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Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Wed, 03 May 2017 05:30:22 +0000

Cyberbullying is defined as the use of the Internet and mobile technologies to bully, especially amongst children and teenagers. It not only affects the academic career of kids but also adversely impacts their physical, social, and mental well-being. This post lists 6 tips to protect your kids from cyberbullying. …

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Security Wired

May 2, 2017 admin

Hack Brief: Intel Fixes a Critical Bug That Lingered for 7 Dang Years

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 02 May 2017 20:11:49 +0000

A remotely executable bug in some Intel microprocessors means it’s time to get patching. The post Hack Brief: Intel Fixes a Critical Bug That Lingered for 7 Dang Years appeared first on WIRED.

Independent Securiteam

May 2, 2017 admin

SSD Advisory – Serviio Media Server Multiple Vulnerabilities

Credit to Author: Maor Schwartz| Date: Tue, 02 May 2017 10:58:33 +0000

Vulnerabilities Summary The following advisory describes a five (5) vulnerabilities found in Serviio Media Server. Affected version: 1.8.0.0 PRO, 1.7.1, 1.7.0, 1.6.1. Serviio is a free media server. It allows you to stream your media files (music, video or images) to renderer devices (e.g. a TV set, Bluray player, games console or mobile phone) on … Continue reading SSD Advisory – Serviio Media Server Multiple Vulnerabilities

Independent Krebs

May 2, 2017 admin

Breach at Sabre Corp.’s Hospitality Unit

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 02 May 2017 18:41:42 +0000

Breaches involving major players in the hospitality industry continue to pile up. Today, travel industry giant Sabre Corp. disclosed what could be a significant breach of payment and customer data tied to bookings processed through a reservations system that serves more than 32,000 hotels and other lodging establishments. In a quarterly filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today, Southlake, Texas-based Sabre said it was “investigating an incident of unauthorized access to payment information contained in a subset of hotel reservations processed through our Hospitality Solutions SynXis Central Reservations system.”

Security TrendMicro

May 2, 2017 admin

How organizations can protect against new CERBER variations

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Tue, 02 May 2017 20:14:27 +0000

Cerber is adept at avoiding detection and evading machine learning tools. It will be important to understand how to protect against new CERBER strains and what is being done to close current vulnerabilities.

Fortinet Security

May 2, 2017 admin

Bricker Bot – A Silver Lining to Force Accountability for IoT Security?

Credit to Author: Douglas Jose Pereira dos Santos| Date: Tue, 02 May 2017 13:33:56 -0700

The Bricker bot made the news a couple of weeks ago as being responsible for knocking unsecured IoT devices offline, rather than hijacking them into other botnets and using them for a DDoS attack like the massive event we saw last year against DYN. This is the third botnet that targets insecure IoT devices, but the only one that is destructive. The second, dubbed Hajime, breaks the into IoT devices, but instead of bricking them, it makes them more secure by disabling remote access to the device from the internet. Of course, Mirai was the first,…

Security Wired

May 2, 2017 admin

Hundreds of Apps Can Listen for Marketing ‘Beacons’ You Can’t Hear

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 02 May 2017 11:00:16 +0000

So-called ultrasonic beacons are becoming even more popular with marketers. Here’s how to shut them out. The post Hundreds of Apps Can Listen for Marketing ‘Beacons’ You Can’t Hear appeared first on WIRED.