Cybersecurity

The post flight analysis tool AirFASE is found to have at least 35 exposed systems. The researchers that found this issue also looked into the AirFASE web panel and found that anyone curious enough could intercept credentials of logged in operators. The researchers were able to identify and contact 20 airports, airlines, and organizations that…

https://thehackernews.com/2018/10/hack-whatsapp-account-chats.html

So as an American, how safe are we really when it comes to being protected by our government. According to this report, our system testers were able to disrupt, change and download data as well as shut down certain systems. The full report is also found linked to this site. https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/411232-watchdog-exposes-pentagons-cyber-struggles?amp

Last May, the UK's NHS had been hacked with ransomware costing NHS around £20m. One of the reasons the attack was successful was that the UK's NHS computers were running windows XP, which in 2018 is ancient. Even though this attack was covered months ago it is an important look on how unpatched systems can…

This article talks about the problem with the Department of Defense vulnerabilities, and how they are still in denial about their system. https://www.wired.com/story/us-weapons-systems-easy-cyberattack-targets/

Remotely execute malicious code on a targeted computer and take full control of the system just by convincing Users to view a specially crafted website designed to invoke MSXML through a web browser all of that an attacker can do to your systems. That why Microsoft has just released an updating and fixing total of…

The two biggest companies of America are Apple and Amazon with a value of trillion dollars. It was a good bait for China to look at. Of course they will find a way to hacking by attaching the malicious chips(not much bigger than a grain of rice) to mother boards to spy on American companies,…

This week I found a article talking about the problems with how US weapons systems have critical cyber security problems. It talked about all of the vulnerabilities in the US weapons systems for things like missiles.

The same company that was targeted in the mirai virus 2 year ago has been found with another huge vulnerability. Via a feature that is enabled by default, People are allowed to access their webcam devices remotely, over the internet.

There is a new campaign pretending to be Adobe Flash Player installers, that is distributing cryptocurrency miners. This has been going on, but now the campaign wants to update Flash Player, on top of installing a miner. By doing so, this campaign wants to be looked at as legitimate. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/coinminers-use-new-tricks-to-impersonate-adobe-flash-installers/

Recently, there are still reports of common threats and security issues. While there is an increase in cyberthreats, employers can help reduce the risk of threats by developing good security habits both inside and outside the workplace. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-reports-show-increased-cyberthreats-user-risks-remain-high/

With the "remember log on" or "sign on one" This being hacked can create an issue with 3rd party sites that you have connected facebook to. Leaking out more data from the consumers using the app.

A new wifi standard has been released and it will be called "Wi-Fi 6." Wi-Fi standards such as "802.11ac" will now be categorized as "Wi-Fi 5." This allows users with certain devices to easily know if their device is supported. These new standards will be much more efficient with power and higher data speeds. https://thehackernews.com/2018/10/wifi-version-6.html

The underground market for malware and other illegal services are very different when looking at the Russian and Chinese hackers. The Russians are very professional. Very little communication between people. Automated services set up to distribute stolen information, such as credit card info. The Chinese prefer to share and communicate among one another. Offering their…

Xiongmai put millions of people at risk on their product. They can log on to the device using the cloud, which means that the computer does not need a strict firewall. This can allow for holes in the users network. Also they can use the internet to remotely access their IP camera.They investigated the problem…

Citizens of the state can sue companies if they do not follow the new legislation. https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/89472-ca-to-ban-weak-passwordsw

Election workers receiving email ballots from voters can be exposed to malware/viruses by spoof ballot emails sent by hackers. If receiving a ballot with a jpeg or pdf ballot, it requires the election worker to open it to process the ballots vote. Which would then allow malware to get into the elections workers computer which…

Google shuts down its social media(aka.Google+) page due to massive breach. over a hundred thousands google plus users had their private data leaked to third party developers https://thehackernews.com/2018/10/google-plus-shutdown.html

https://thehackernews.com/2018/10/china-spying-server-chips.html