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Abysmal security practices by toy maker VTech result in massive data breach

Hong Kong-based electronic toy maker VTech has suffered a massive breach. The target was the Learning Lodge app store, from which registered users can download games, music, …

CISO at U.S. Bank offers tips for secure online purchasing

The thrill and chaos of holiday shopping has started, and unfortunately with that comes the inherent risk of fraud. With an increased threat of digital fraud, what can …

How UK businesses plan to tackle security threats in 2016

81% UK IT decision makers experienced some sort of data or cyber security breach in their organisation in 2015, according to training company QA. 66 per cent said that the …

Week in review: Dell computers shipped with root CA cert and private key, analytics services tracking users via Chrome extensions

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles:Four ways an attacker can infiltrate an organization by diverting security …

More than 900 embedded devices share hard-coded certs, SSH host keys

Embedded devices of some 50 manufacturers has been found sharing the same hard-coded X.509 certificates (for HTTPS) and SSH host keys, a fact that can be exploited by a …

Linux crypto ransomware continues to wreak havoc, but there’s some good news

Trojan Encoder crypto ransomware family, whose main target are web servers running on Linux, is obviously making quite a splash. Dr. Web, the security company that first …

GPS faker software broadcasts spam across thousands of fake profiles

Different from traditional email spam, social spam can reach a large audience by nature of the platform and can appear trustworthy since it is coming from people in your …

IBM cloud tool enables privacy-preserving user authentication

Identity Mixer, a new tool to protect a consumer’s personally identifiable information, is now generally available on IBM Cloud. The tool is built on years of cryptography …

MagSpoof: A device that spoofs credit cards, disables chip-and-PIN protection

Hacker and security researcher Samy Kamkar, who’s noted for being the author of the first Web 2.0 worm, creating zombie cookies, and USBdriveby, has now come out with a …

Amazon resets customers’ potentially compromised passwords

Has Amazon suffered a breach? We won’t know for sure until the company offers more information.So far, we known only what users affected by the data theft/leak incident …

Another root CA cert with key found on Dell’s machines

The main piece of news on Monday was that Dell’s desktop PCs and laptops shipped since August 2015 contain a root CA certificate (eDellRoot) complete with the private …

IoT attacks and evasion techniques will characterize threats in 2016

As in years past, the Internet of Things and cloud play heavily in the predictions but new malicious tactics and strategies will create unique challenges for vendors and …

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