Credit to Author: Stan Kaminsky| Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2024 14:55:48 +0000
How to protect against new threats in 2024: artificial intelligence in the hands of hackers, vulnerabilities in smart homes, new types of financial fraud, and much more.
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Credit to Author: Stan Kaminsky| Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2023 14:34:27 +0000
How to manage Android apps that have uninstall protection.
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Credit to Author: Stan Kaminsky| Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2023 20:51:08 +0000
Why hackers go for routers and firewalls, and what role the device firmware plays in this.
Read moreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 15:11:05 +0000
Millions of Lenovo laptops were shipped with a backdoor that was intended for the manufacturing process only.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 16:32:34 +0000
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| A roundup of the previous week’s most notable security stories and events, including cloud identity management, a noteworthy Twitter scam-tastrophy, RobbinHood ransomware, and more. Categories: Tags: awisBlueKeepcatfishingChrome ExtensionCrypto scamsdeepfakeselectionsepic gamesfirmwareIDaaSidentity-as-a-serviceJamila KayaLokiBotransomwarescammerstwitterVoatzweek in securityweekly blog roundupYouTube hack |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jean Taggart| Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2018 19:15:59 +0000
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| In part two of our blog assessing the security of a portable router, we will acquire the tools and equipment to make a copy of the firmware on our target router so that we can assess whether there are any vulnerabilities. Categories: Tags: Bus PirateeepromfirmwareFlashromhardwarelinuxportable routerrouter |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jean Taggart| Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2018 15:00:00 +0000
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| In this post, we acquire the necessary equipment to analyze the security of an inexpensive portable router, which we access through its diagnostic interface, and poke around inside. Categories: Tags: COM Cable Adapter ModulecybersecurityEnd Of LifeEOLfirmwareGNDhardwarePL-2303HXAPL-2303Xportable routerPxrouterRS232TxU-bootUART pinsUSBVCCwifi |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jean Taggart| Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 16:44:37 +0000
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| A serious flaw in the wireless protocol that secures all modern protected Wi-Fi networks has been discovered. If your device supports Wi-Fi, it is most likely affected. This feasible attack, dubbed KRACK, could abuse design or implementation flaws in the Wi-Fi standard, not some specific hardware. Categories: Tags: cybersecurityfirmwareHTTPSKRACKWi-Fi |
The post Release the KRACKen: flaw in Wi-Fi security leaves users vulnerable appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
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