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Credit to Author: Jon Clay| Date: Wed, 03 May 2017 12:00:30 +0000
Discuss cyber attacks involving robots and many people might think you’re talking about the latest Hollywood blockbuster to hit the screens. The reality, however, is that industrial robotic systems now form a vital cog in the manufacturing process of everything from silicon chips to cars and even glassware. A new Trend Micro report, Demonstrating Industrial…
Credit to Author: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols| Date: Wed, 03 May 2017 04:00:00 -0700
In the beginning, devices on the internet were fun. My favorite was the Carnegie-Mellon’s Computer Science Department Coke Machine. Starting in the 1970s, you could “ping” it to see if it had sodas ready and if they were cold yet. It was good, silly fun. Now everything except the cat* is hooked to the internet, and that’s not so funny at all.
Oh, sure, some internet of things (IoT) devices are enjoyable and useful. I have an Amazon Echo in my bedroom and a Google Home in my kitchen. I use them every day. But I’m aware of their privacy problems. You should be too.
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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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Read MoreCredit 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.
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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
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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.”
Read MoreCredit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Tue, 02 May 2017 20:14:27 +0000
It will be important to understand how to protect against new CERBER strains and what is being done to close current vulnerabilities.
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,…
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