Security researchers at Chinese Internet giant Tencent have discovered a series of critical security flaws affecting recent Qualcomm chips including the Snapdragon 835 and 845 that are used in highly …
Organizations At Risk for Data Breaches: System Vulnerabilities Increase by 92 Percent
Bugcrowd has released a new study on the current state of crowdsourced security. The report cites a 92% surge in the total number of vulnerabilities that were reported by bug bounty researchers last …
47% of Android Anti-Malware Apps Are Flawed
Almost half (47%) of anti-malware applications available for Android devices have serious shortcomings, a new product comparison study by Comparitech reveals. Of the 21 different anti-malware apps …
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The Pentagon Spent Millions on Vulnerable Chinese Tech in 2018, Watchdog Says
An internal Pentagon audit by the inspector general found that the US Department of Defense last year spent around $33 million on 8,000 printers and 1,500 computers from Chinese companies that have …
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Trivial Bug Turns Home Security Cameras Into Listening Posts
A Tenable Security researcher has found a flaw in the firmware of a popular IP home security video camera produced by Amcrest that can enable threat actors to obtain online access the audio stream of …
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Cisco to pay $8.6 million for selling vulnerable software to US government
After a former Cisco contractor informed Cisco about a number of serious security flaws in its video surveillance software in 2008, the company failed to address the issues for years but simply …
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95% of Pen Test Problems Can Be Easily Resolved
New statistics gathered by Lares show that the most common security issues found by ethical hackers as part of penetrating testing engagements are: Brute forcing accounts with weak and guessable …
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Insecure Real-Time Video Protocols Allow Hollywood-Style Hacking
New research by Forescout Technologies shows that default settings in millions of network-connected video cameras could allow threat actors to carry out Hollywood-style attacks by replacing video …
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US Issues Hacking Security Alert for Small Planes
Because security researchers from Rapid7 recently discovered that modern flight systems in small planes can be easily disrupted by a threat actor with physical access to an aircraft, the US Department …
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Capital One Data Breach Affects 106 Million People, Suspect Arrested
Capital One, the 10th largest bank in the United States, has suffered a massive data breach impacting 100 million people in the US and another 6 million in Canada. The exposed data includes sensitive …
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