Security News > 2018 > September

Thousands of unsecured 3D printers discovered online
2018-09-06 11:02

With access control disabled, other people could download previous print files, or even maliciously damage the printer.

MikroTik Routers Targeted In Data Eavesdropping Scheme
2018-09-06 10:48

Attackers Continue To Meddle With Hundreds Of Thousands Of MikroTik RoutersUnknown attackers are intercepting every piece of data handled by more than 7,500 routers made by MikroTik, while also...

Ungagged Google warns users about FBI accessing their accounts
2018-09-06 10:20

Some of those who received the letters conjecture that it may be because they purchased the LuminosityLink RAT.

How to nab a HTTPS cert for a stranger's website: Step one, shatter those DNS queries...
2018-09-06 10:01

Domain validation systems fooled by boffins Updated Researchers in Germany have discovered how to obtain HTTPS security certificates for web domains they don't own – even if the certs are...

Using just a laptop, boffins sniff, spoof and pry – without busting browser padlock
2018-09-06 10:01

Researchers break certificate authorities' domain validation Researchers based in Germany have discovered how to spoof certificates they don't own – even if the certs are protected by the...

Cisco Issues Security Patch Updates for 32 Flaws in its Products
2018-09-06 09:03

Cisco today released thirty security patch advisory to address a total of 32 security vulnerabilities in its products, three of which are rated critical, including the recently disclosed Apache...

Nope, the NSA isn't sitting in front of a supercomputer hooked up to a terrorist’s hard drive
2018-09-06 08:13

They wish. Backdooring, encryption, and governments Analysis Not since the days of the US Clipper chip in the early 1990s, have backdoors put there by government decree to bypass encryption been...

VPN Company AnchorFree Raises $295 Million
2018-09-06 08:11

AnchorFree, the company that makes the popular Hotspot Shield virtual private network (VPN) software, on Wednesday announced that it raised $295 million in a new funding round. read more

NASA 'sextortionist' allegedly tricked women into revealing their password reset answers, stole their nude selfies
2018-09-06 07:06

Then exploited pix to demand more X-rated snaps, Feds claim A former NASA contractor was arrested and charged on Wednesday for allegedly sextorting women.…

Do you really think crims would do that? Just go on the 'net and exploit a Windows zero-day?
2018-09-06 06:04

Don't wait for Patch Tuesday – check out these mitigations The Windows APLC security hole that emerged early last week remains unpatched, even though it is being actively exploited by hackers to...