Vulnerability DJI drones made live images available and take over drones possible
Check Point security researchers discovered a vulnerability in dronemaker DJI's software last March. Malicious parties would have access to the drone maker's accounts, without the need for a password. The hole was closed last September.
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IoT botnet infects 100,000 routers to send spam
A new botnet has infected approximately 100,000 routers, connecting them to webmail services and probably sending large-scale spam campaigns via email. The botnet has grown in silence over the past two months, reports ZDNet.
The botnet was discovered in September by the Netlab team at Qihoo 360. The... Read more
Hackers abused StatCounter and infected nearly 700,000 websites
Hackers who use cryptographic currency have hacked into one of the most widely used services for traffic analytics. They abuse StatCounter in an attempt to steal bitcoin from the users of online stock exchange Gate.io. More than 688,000 websites were affected by the attack.
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Intel processors face new side-channel vulnerability
Intel processors are facing a new vulnerability. This enables attackers to leak encrypted data from the CPU's internal processes. The vulnerability was named PortSmash and was discovered by a team of five academics from Finland and Cuba.
The researchers state that every CPU is designed with a Simult... Read more
Cisco vulnerability to crash systems used in the wild
Cisco's security team revealed earlier this year that products running Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) software had a zero-day vulnerability. Now it appears that this vulnerability has been abused in the wild. There are no patches for the problem yet.
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FIFA again hacked; preparing for harmful leaks
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is the victim of a phishing attack in which data has been stolen. The hack was supposed to have taken place in March. In any case, private e-mail exchanges have been stolen, some of which have been passed on to the German magazine De... Read more
Americans sue Chinese hackers for stealing information from aerospace companies
The US Attorney General's office today charged ten Chinese spies with hacking American and European aerospace companies. Six hackers, two Chinese intelligence agents and two insiders were part of a conspiracy to steal information from the companies concerned.
The indictment states that the ten Chine... Read more
Cryptovalutabeurs canceled due to hack, but is possible exit scam
A small Canadian exchange for cryptic currency has been closed down, after it claimed to have been hacked. The scholarship that bore the name MapleChange is accused by critics of cheating on people. On the stock exchange, 62 crypt currencies, including bitcoin, ethereum and litecoin, could be traded... Read more
Kaspersky discovers NSA malware DarkPulsar on multiple devices
Kaspersky Lab reports today that it has discovered computers infected with DarkPulsar. This is malware that is rumoured to have been developed by the American National Security Agency (NSA). Networks in Egypt, Iran and Russia would have to deal with the malware.
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Facebook investors want Zuckerberg to resign as chairman
Facebook investors have called on CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg to step down as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Shareholders of the American states of Illinois, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and New York, as well as Trillium Asset Management, want the position to become independent, says ITPro.
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