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Smartwatches for Children are a Privacy and Security Nightmare Researchers analyzed the security of four popular smartwatches for children and found pre-installed downloaders, weak passwords, and unencrypted data transmissions. The analysis demonstrates that most of these devices arbitrarily collect and periodically transmit sensitive data to remote servers without the user knowing about it. This finding
EwDoor Botnet Targets AT&T Network Edge Devices at US Firms A recently discovered botnet is attacking unpatched AT&T enterprise network edge devices using exploits for a four-year-old critical severity Blind Command Injection security flaw. The botnet, dubbed EwDoor by researchers at Qihoo 360’s Network Security Research Lab (360 Netlab), targets AT&T customers using EdgeMarc Enterprise Session Border
Dark Web Market Cannazon Shuts Down After Massive DDoS Attack Cannazon, one of the largest dark web marketplaces for buying marijuana products, shut down last week after suffering a debilitating distributed denial of service attack. As the admins explained in a message signed with the market’s PGP key, they are officially retiring and claim not
Stealthy WIRTE Hackers Target Governments in the Middle East A stealthy hacking group named WIRTE has been linked to a government-targeting campaign conducting attacks since at least 2019 using malicious Excel 4.0 macros. The primary targeting scope includes high-profile public and private entities in the Middle East, but researchers also observed targets in other regions.