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2019-05-20 11:29:00 UTC
HackRead
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TeamViewer was Targeted by Chinese Hackers in 2016

By Ryan De Souza

TeamViewer has only confirmed now that Chinese state-sponsored hackers targeted the company in 2016. The Germany-based company behind the world-famous remote desktop software TeamViewer has confirmed that in 2016 TeamViewer software was compromised. The confirmation comes right after the report published by Der Speigel, a German newspaper, regarding a successful cyber attack on TeamViewer. While […]

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2019-05-20 10:25:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
Bots rigged Russian finale of ‘The Voice Kids’ talent show

It turns out that robo-dialed calls accounted for 56.5% of the phone-in vote for the millionaire's daughter.

Mobile Security Threats Election Meddling Robocalls Russian Bots SMS Spamming Spam Calls
2019-05-20 09:45:00 UTC
The Daily Swig
The Daily Swig
Ireland saw a 60% drop in malware in 2018, says Microsoft

Ransomware slowdown welcomed by security experts, but businesses can’t afford to relax just yet

2019-05-20 08:56:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
Monday review – the hot 20 stories of the week

It was a week of patches - from a severe Linux kernel flaw to a new 'wormable' Windows bug, here's a roundup of the week's top stories.

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2019-05-18 13:44:00 UTC
Krebs on Security
Krebs on Security
Account Hijacking Forum OGusers Hacked

Ogusers[.]com -- a forum popular among people involved in hijacking online accounts and conducting SIM swapping attacks to seize control over victims' phone numbers -- has itself been hacked, exposing the email addresses, hashed passwords, IP addresses and private messages for nearly 113,000 forum users.

A Little Sunshine Ne'er-Do-Well News Ace Ogusers Omnipotent RaidForums SIM Swapping
2019-05-18 11:45:00 UTC
Ars Technica
Ars Technica
33 Linksys router models leak full historic record of every device ever connected

Hard-to-fix flaw cause >25,000 routers to leak >756,000 unique MAC addresses.

Biz & IT Exploits Linksys Privacy Routers Security Vulnerabilities
2019-05-18 11:45:00 UTC
Ars Technica
Ars Technica
>20,000 Linksys routers leak historic record of every device ever connected

Linksys said it fixed flaw in 2014. Researcher Troy Mursch disagrees.

Biz & IT Exploits Linksys Privacy Routers Security Vulnerabilities
2019-05-17 20:00:00 UTC
Dark Reading
Dark Reading
Artist Uses Malware in Installation

A piece of 'art' currently up for auction features six separate types of malware running on a vulnerable computer.

2019-05-17 19:28:00 UTC
ThreatPost
ThreatPost
WordPress WP Live Chat Support Plugin Fixes XSS Flaw

A cross-site scripting flaw in a popular WordPress plugin enables an unauthenticated attacker to insert JavaScript payloads into impacted websites.

Web Security File Upload HTML PHP Security Flaw Social Warfare Wordpress Wordpress Plugin WP Live Chat Yellow Pencil Visual Theme Customizer
2019-05-17 17:49:00 UTC
Dark Reading
Dark Reading
When Older Windows Systems Won't Die

Microsoft's decision to patch unsupported machines for the critical CVE-2019-0708 flaw is a reminder that XP, 2003, and other older versions of Windows still run in some enterprises.

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