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27 Mar

Hackers Exploit Zero-Day Bugs in Draytek Devices to Target Enterprise Networks

Cybersecurity researchers with Qihoo 360’s NetLab today unveiled details of two recently spotted zero-day cyberattack campaigns in the wild targeting enterprise-grade networking devices manufactured by Taiwan-based DrayTek. According to the report, at least two separate groups of hackers exploited two...
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24 Mar

Critical RCE Bug Affects Millions of OpenWrt-based Network Devices

A cybersecurity researcher today disclosed technical details and proof-of-concept of a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting OpenWrt, a widely used Linux-based operating system for routers, residential gateways, and other embedded devices that route network traffic. Tracked as CVE-2020-7982, the...
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21 Mar

Mukashi: A New Mirai IoT Botnet Variant Targeting Zyxel NAS Devices

A new version of the infamous Mirai botnet is exploiting a recently uncovered critical vulnerability in network-attached storage (NAS) devices in an attempt to remotely infect and control vulnerable machines. Called “Mukashi,” the new variant of the malware employs brute-force...
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2 Mar

Hackers Can Use Ultrasonic Waves to Secretly Control Voice Assistant Devices

Researchers have discovered a new means to target voice-controlled devices by propagating ultrasonic waves through solid materials in order to interact with and compromise them using inaudible voice commands without the victims’ knowledge. Called “SurfingAttack,” the attack leverages the unique...
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26 Feb

New Wi-Fi Encryption Vulnerability Affects Over A Billion Devices

Cybersecurity researchers today uncovered a new high-severity hardware vulnerability residing in the widely-used Wi-Fi chips manufactured by Broadcom and Cypress—apparently powering over a billion devices, including smartphones, tablets, laptops, routers, and IoT gadgets. Dubbed ‘Kr00k’ and tracked as CVE-2019-15126, the...
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17 Feb

A Dozen Vulnerabilities Affect Millions of Bluetooth LE Powered Devices

A team of cybersecurity researchers late last week disclosed the existence of 12 potentially severe security vulnerabilities, collectively named ‘SweynTooth,’ affecting millions of Bluetooth-enabled wireless smart devices worldwide—and worryingly, a few of which haven’t yet been patched. All SweynTooth flaws...
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7 Feb

#cybersecurity | Why secure your IoT Devices?

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Introduction to IoT This blog describes one of the current disruptive technologies in the market, i.e. IoT (Internet of Things) devices. The Internet of things (IoT)...
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1 Feb

#comptia | Save on Amazon’s 4K Fire TV devices, the Pixel 4, and more

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans This story is part of a group of stories called Only the best deals on Verge-approved gadgets get the Verge Deals stamp of approval, so if you’re looking for a deal...
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15 Jan

#comptia | #ransomware | Ryuk Ransomware Waking Up Powered-Down Devices to Encrypt Them

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Security researchers observed the Ryuk ransomware using a special hardware feature to wake up powered-down devices in order to encrypt them. According to Bleeping Computer, a security researcher observed some samples...
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12 Jan

#nationalcybersecuritymonth | Security lifeline: WhatsApp to pull support for older Android and iOS devices next month

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Upgrade or be left behind ANALYSIS Millions of smartphone users may have a little less mobile security next month, after WhatsApp withdraws its support for older versions of Android and iPhone...
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