Researchers at BitDefender have discovered cyber security flaws in WebOS, the operating system used in LG smart TVs. Over 90,000 LG Smart TVs may be exposed to remote attacks (bleepingcomputer.com) I manual ran a software update on my TV to ensure it is running the latest secure version of WebOS. …
The Threat Actors will abuse any service for their own ends
Researchers are warning that threat actors are abusing the Google Cloud Run – an application and website development and management service – to distribute banking trojans on an industrial scale: Hackers abuse Google Cloud Run in massive banking trojan campaign (bleepingcomputer.com) Your takeaway Any applications or software you have written …
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See what Bruce Schneier has to say about Microsoft spying on you!
Most days I read what Bruce Schneier has to say, I have also seen him speak and bought (and quoted from) his books. This piece is short and to the point: Microsoft Is Spying on Users of Its AI Tools – Schneier on Security Your takeaway Sometimes you just have …
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The Digital Dark Age
The term “digital dark age” was popularised by Terry Kuny in 1997, to describe the digital phenomenon that electronic media and information is easily lost or destroyed. Books from centuries ago are still accessible – but could you read that 250MB Zipdisk today? We are living in a ‘digital dark …
“View Document”
Sometimes a cyber-attack is something as easy as adding a button saying “view document” when whale phishing senior people in an organisation. Ongoing Microsoft Azure account hijacking campaign targets executives (bleepingcomputer.com) Your takeaway When was the last time you audited the credentials and associated authorisations of those credentials? If you …
