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2020-01-28 12:02:00 UTC
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LoRaWAN for IoT: Beware Encryption Misconfigurations and Security Pitfalls

Researchers warn users not to “blindly” trust the encryption implementations of their LoRaWAN networks.

IoT Vulnerabilities Critical Infrastructure Cyber Attacks Cybersecurity DDoS Encryption Hackers Healthcare Industrial Control Networks IOActive IoT Security Long Range Wide Area Networking LoRaWAN Networks Network Keys Smart Home
2020-01-28 11:02:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
States sue over rules that allow release of 3D-printed gun blueprints

The government has flip-flopped, most recently proposing rules that would transfer regulation out of the hands of the State Department.

Law & Order 3d Printed Gun 3d Printing Firearms Ghost Guns Gun Legislation Gun Regulation Lawsuit
2020-01-28 11:00:00 UTC
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Zoom Fixes Flaw Opening Meetings to Hackers

Zoom has patched a flaw that could have allowed attackers to guess a meeting ID and enter a meeting.

Vulnerabilities Web Security Cpx 360 Teleconference Meeting Web Conferencing Zoom Zoom Flaw
2020-01-28 10:51:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
Facial recognition firm sued for scraping 3 billion faceprints

A potential class action says Clearview AI is breaking biometrics privacy law by ransacking social media so police can match photos with IDs.

Facebook Law & Order Machine Learning Privacy Social Networks Twitter AI Artificial Intelligence Biometrics BIPA Class Action Clearview AI David Mutnick Faceprints Facial Recognition Hoan Ton-That Illinois Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act Law Enforcement Lawsuit Privacy Law Venmo YouTube
2020-01-28 10:50:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
Cisco patches bugs in security admin center and Webex

Cisco has patched bugs in Webex and in Firepower Management Centre, the device that controls its security products.

Security Threats Cisco Critical Patch Firepower Management Centre FMC Patches
2020-01-28 10:38:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
Mozilla bans Firefox extensions for executing remote code

Mozilla’s policy is unambiguous - add-ons must be self-contained and not load remote code, which opens up the user to all sorts of risks.

Firefox Mozilla Security Threats Web Browsers "Edge" Apple Safari Browser Extensions Chrome Google Chrome Malicious Extensions Microsoft Edge Mozilla Firefox Safari Web Browsers
2020-01-27 21:26:00 UTC
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Google, Mozilla Ban Hundreds of Browser Extensions in Chrome, Firefox

After discovering a wide pattern of potentially malicious behavior in browser extensions, the two search giants are cracking down.

Web Security 2ring Add-ons Ban Block Browser Extensions Chrome Cisco Contact Center Data Theft Firefox Google Mozilla Remote Code Execution Roblox Rolimons Tamo Junto Unified Communications
2020-01-27 20:00:00 UTC
Dark Reading
Dark Reading
Russian Brothers Sentenced to 12 Years for Fraud and Identity Theft

The pair, based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., were running a sophisticated credit card fraud factory.

2020-01-27 19:57:00 UTC
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As Necurs Botnet Falls from Grace, Emotet Rises

Researchers wonder if a recent "amateur spam" campaign by the once-prevalant malware distribution botnet is a sign of trojans looking to other infection paths.

Malware Botnet Dridex Emotet Including GameOver Zeus Loki Malware Necurs Necurs Botnet Ransomware TrickBot
2020-01-27 18:21:00 UTC
Krebs on Security
Krebs on Security
Russian Cybercrime Boss Burkov Pleads Guilty

Aleksei Burkov, an ultra-connected Russian hacker once described as "an asset of supreme importance" to Moscow, has pleaded guilty in a U.S. court to running a site that sold stolen payment card data and to administering a highly secretive crime forum that counted among its members some of the most elite Russian cybercrooks.

Ne'er-Do-Well News Aleksei Burkov Aqua CardPlanet DirectConnection Evil Corp. Haaretz K0pa Maksim Viktorovich Yakubets Naama Issachar The Times Of Israel Vladimir Putin

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