Cybersecurity

https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/02/politics/smart-tv-fbi-warning-cyber-monday/index.html In a pre-holiday message to consumers, an FBI field office is warning that "smart TVs" -- televisions equipped with internet streaming and facial recognition capabilities -- may be vulnerable to intrusion. "At the low end of the risk spectrum, they can change channels, play with the volume, and show your kids inappropriate videos," the…

https://askcybersecurity.com/cyber-security-attacks-2019/ It is not unusual to read that a major corporation was hacked. Massive hacks of 2018 included Equifax and Yahoo. The attention-getting hacks involved credit card companies and money, but personal data is just as important.

Prosecutors in the Netherlands are asking for three years in prison for a Dutch politician who hacked into women’s personal iCloud accounts and stole nude photos and other personal digital material belonging to them, then leaked some of it online. Link

https://cyware.com/news/fake-steam-skin-giveaway-site-tricks-users-into-sharing-their-login-credentials-3108731d this article is about a phishing scam. the page was tricking players to think they won a free skin, and asking them to use their steam credentials to log in to claim the free prize.

https://cyware.com/news/major-breaches-this-thanksgiving-season-de625bb9 This article is about breaches happened when people were busy with thanksgiving in the United States. Adobe, Mixcloud and TrueDialog were breached. also, a lot of shopping scams happened during black Friday period.

https://cyware.com/news/rcs-technology-most-users-are-vulnerable-to-hacking-b53f9a6f Researchers discovered that the RCS protocol makes users more prone to cyber attacks. RCS is is a protocol that is aimed to replace sms.

https://cyware.com/news/microsoft-fixes-a-flaw-with-third-party-authentication-c19d9716 Microsoft recently fixed a Authentication issue that was vulnerable to hackers that could access their cloud accounts.

https://cyware.com/news/major-breaches-this-thanksgiving-season-de625bb9 During Thanksgiving week there were many breach's in security across cyberspace. Effecting many different companies causing them to have to shut down their operations.

Allows malicious apps to pose as legitimate. Uses permission harvesting to obtain access to various data on the device, and also commences phishing attacks by using the permissions to display overlay log-in screens to other apps. https://promon.co/security-news/strandhogg/

Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) published a document that would force gov't agencies to provide and monitor a channel for bug reporting. They also wouldn't be able to publish "threatening language discouraging bug hunters," and also couldn't prohibit bug hunters from publicly releasing the bugs after an "acceptable period." https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/infosec/us-government-will-welcome-ethical

The French hospital with over 10,000 staff members has become the single largest healthcare building in Europe to be struck with ransomware. https://www.2-spyware.com/ransomware-hits-french-hospital-6000-computers-end-up-on-lockdown

GitHub has announced the launch of GitHub Security Lab, designed to help bring the online community together to secure open source programs. https://cybersecuritynews.com/github-security-lab/

hackers have been distributing config files for special hacking software up to two months prior the launch of the streaming service. https://cybersecuritynews.com/disney-hack/

the dark web seller of a trojan designed to give full control over a victims computer has been taken down, it had amassed over 14,500 users and being sold for just $25 https://www.2-spyware.com/europol-captures-actors-behind-im-rat-cuts-off-malware-operations

Target is suing an insurer for up to 74$ million for a data breach that has recently occurred. New cards had to be issued after a hacker installed software to Target's computer information and have gathered information of over 60 million customers and payment cards of over 40 million customers. Target Sues Insurer Over Data…

With the shortage of cybersecurity skills at an all time high it has ever been, 53% of organizations have stated they have suffered as a result of this high percentage. Brute force attacks have resulted in 65% of all network-based attacks, according to Bitdefender telemetry. New Cyberattack Threats

Two security researchers have discovered 4 billion records of 1.2 billion people are an unsecured server and are vulnerable to hackers. The data stored onto the server includes personal information, full names, and phone numbers. Unsecure Server Exposes 4 Billion Records

Scammers have successfully stolen log-in credentials through phishing emails that state users will not be able to upload files due to system delay. The attackers then perform takeover attacks once the victim submits their Microsoft Excel login credentials via phishing link. Microsoft Excel Scam

The new android phones that were just recently shipped out have uncovered 146 CVE-level flaws in devices from 29 smartphone makers. The security issues are not a problem while using the phone they actually come pre loaded with these problems. The culprit is a range of software specific to each of the manufacturers. It is…

They have targeted organizations in the government, research, aerospace, energy, oil, consulting, finance, telecoms, manufacturing and chemical sectors in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, aiming at high value targets.