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An inspired writer and content manager who has been with SensorsTechForum since the project started. A professional with 10+ years of experience in creating engaging content. Focused on user privacy and malware development, she strongly believes in a world where cybersecurity plays a central role. If common sense makes no sense, she will be there to take notes. Those notes may later turn into articles! Follow Milena @Milenyim

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Unpatched Windows 10 Exploit Affects Task Scheduler

Another proof-of-concept about a zero-day exploit affecting Windows 10 has been released. The PoC code is published on GitHub and comes from an anonymous researcher or possible hacker known as SandboxEscaper, and that’s the fifth time the hacker releases a…

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Database Exposed Details of 49 Million Instagram Users

Another large-scale data incident has been reported, this time affecting Instagram users. More specifically, information belonging to millions Instagram influencers, celebrities and brand accounts has been exposed online. The database was hosted by Amazon Web Services, TechCrunch reported, and it…

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Adware Is Malicious, and It Uses Advanced Techniques to Infect

Adware generally doesn’t fall into the same category as malicious software. However, a recent research conducted by researchers at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, reveals that adware is in fact very similar to malicious code and its techniques. To prove…

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12,564 Unsecured MongoDB Databases Deleted by Attackers

A total of 12,564 unsecured MongoDB databases have been deleted in the course of three weeks. A message is left after the deletion prompting databases’ owners to get in touch with the hackers to have the data restored. Thousands of…

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Personal Information of 2.25 Million Russian Citizens Exposed Online

Personal and passport information belonging to more than 2.25 million citizens of Russia has been leaked through government websites. Information of government employees and politicians is also exposed, according to findings by Ivan Begtin, co-founder of a Russian NGO known…

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Cipher Stunting – Attackers’ Latest Evasion Technique

Evasion of detection mechanisms used by security companies has always been a goal for cybercriminals. And it seems they have found a new way to improve these efforts. The new method is based on SSL/TLS signature randomization, and is given…

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Actively Exploited CVE-2019-0863 Addressed in May 2019 Patch Tuesday

Microsoft’s May 2019 Patch Tuesday has already rolled out, containing fixes for 79 vulnerabilities in a number of products. The rollout also includes a security update for Windows XP and Server 2003, which were not included in the mainstream customer…

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CVE-2019-11815: Bug in Linux Kernel Prior to Version 5.0.8

A race condition vulnerability tracked as CVE-2019-11815 has been found in Linux machines running distros with kernels prior to 5.0.8. The flaw could lead to a use after free, related to net namespace cleanup, exposing vulnerable systems to remote attacks,…

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CVE-2019-1649 Thrangrycat Exploit Affects Millions of Cisco Devices

CVE-2019-1649 is a severe vulnerability in Cisco products. Also dubbed Thrangrycat, the exploit could allow attackers to implant persistent backdoor on a wide range of devices in enterprise and government networks. Devices could be routers, switches, and firewalls that support…

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CVE-2019-3568 in WhatsApp Exploited Using Pegasus Spyware

Are you a user of WhatsApp? If so, beware that a serious vulnerability in the application has been exploited. The flaw allowed hackers to compromise devices using a form of advanced spyware developed by Israeli company NSO Group. The vulnerability…

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10 Million People Hit by a Single Data Breach in Australia, Report Says

Information belonging to more than 10 million individuals in Australia has been affected in a single data breach. The disclosure of the event comes from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC). With current population of about 25.4million, this…

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CVE-2019-5021: Bug in Official Docker Images Based on Alpine Linux

CVE-2019-5021 is a vulnerability in the Official Docker images based on the Alpine Linux distro. The flaw has been there for at least three years, allowing logging into the root account via a blank password. The bug was initially discovered…

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1.9 Billion Records Exposed in Data Breaches in Q1 of 2019

According to Q1 2019 Data Breach QuickView Report conducted by Risk Based Security, a total of 1903 publicly disclosed data breaches have been registered in the first three months of the year. These breaches exposed more than 1.9 billion records…

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Beware: Malicious JS Scripts Steal Credit Card Data from Websites

Credit card data is once again in danger of being stolen due to active campaign involving more than a hundred e-commerce websites. Qihoo 360’s NetLab researchers came across an ongoing campaign targeting credit card details while observing www.magento-analytics[.]com, a malicious…

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Freedom Mobile Data Breach May Have Exposed 1.5 Million Users

A major data breach has affected Freedom Mobile, the fourth biggest Canadian telecommunications provider. The data breach may have exposed sensitive information of thousands of customers. Freedom Mobile Data Breach Could Be Canada’s Biggest Leak The leak was discovered by…

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URL Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability in UC Browser Left Unpatched

The popular UC Browser and UC Browser Mini Apps for Android are vulnerable to address spoofing attacks. The current status of the vulnerability discovered by security researcher Arif Khan is unpatched, and it doesn’t have a CVE assigned yet. More…

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CVE-2019-1867: Highly Critical Bug in Cisco Elastic Services Controller

Cisco has patched yet another critical vulnerability outlined as CVE-2019-1867. CVE-2019-1867 is a security flaw located in the REST API of Cisco Elastic Services Controller (ESC) that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication on the REST API,…

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Binance Lost Nearly $41 Million in Bitcoin in a Well-Orchestrated Hack

A cryptocurrency heist of great proportion has hit one of the major global exchanges. Binance has confirmed that it lost approximately $41 million in Bitcoin in the largest attack that has hit the company so far. Hackers Stole User API…

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Design Flaws in IoT Devices Prevent Them from Notifying about Hacks

IoT devices are convenient but they are far from secure and harmless, and there’s another report that proves this fact. Apparently, IoT devices contain design flaws that can allow third parties to prevent them from sharing information. Related: [wplinkpreview url=”https://sensorstechforum.com/iot-security-m2m-protocols-abuse/”]…

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