by Shawn | Sep 10, 2021 | Business, Central Monitoring, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Hacker, Home Security, Malware, Monitoring, Ransomware, Security, Security Breach, Websites
The operations behind REvil ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) staged a surprise return after a two-month hiatus following the widely publicized attack on technology services provider Kaseya on July 4. REvil’s comeback occurred in the form of a new version of its...
by Shawn | Sep 8, 2021 | Business, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Hacker, Malware, Monitoring, Network Security, Networking, Ransomware, Security, Security Breach, Technology News, Websites
A recent wave of spear-phishing campaigns leveraged weaponized Windows 11 Alpha-themed Word documents with Visual Basic macros to drop malicious payloads, including a JavaScript implant, against a point-of-sale (PoS) service located in the U.S. Users clicked on the...
by Shawn | Sep 6, 2021 | Business, Central Monitoring, Controllerless WiFi, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Hacker, Home Security, Malware, Network Security, Ransomware, Security, Security Breach
A set of new security vulnerabilities has been disclosed in commercial Braktooth Bluetooth stacks that could enable an adversary to execute arbitrary code and, worse, crash the devices via denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. By default, Bluetooth devices are vulnerable...
by Shawn | Sep 3, 2021 | Burglar Alarms, Business, Central Monitoring, Cloud-Based Access Control, Controllerless WiFi, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Fire Alarms, Hacker, Home Monitoring, Home Protection, Home Security, Malware, Monitoring, Network Security, Security, Security Breach, Smoke Detectors
New vulnerabilities have been discovered in Fortress S03 Wi-Fi Home Security System that could be potentially abused by a malicious party to gain unauthorized access with an aim to alter system behavior, including disarming the deceives without the victim’s...
by Shawn | Sep 1, 2021 | Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Hacker, Home Protection, Home Security, Malware, Monitoring, Network Security, Ransomware, Security, Security Breach, Websites
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol or SMTP has easily exploitable security loopholes. Email routing protocols were designed in a time when cryptographic technology was at a nascent stage (e.g., the defacto protocol for email transfer, SMTP, is nearly 40 years old now), and...
by Shawn | Aug 30, 2021 | Business, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Hacker, Home Security, Malware, Network Security, Ransomware, Security, Security Breach, Websites
Google and Microsoft said they are pledging to invest a total of $30 billion in cybersecurity advantages over the next five years, as the U.S. government partners with private sector companies to address threats facing the country in the wake of a string of...
by Shawn | Aug 27, 2021 | Business, Central Monitoring, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Hacker, Malware, Network Security, Networking, People That Make A Difference, Ransomware, Security, Security Breach
A Nigerian cybercrime threat actor has been observed attempting to recruit employees by offering them to pay $1 million in bitcoins to deploy Black Kingdom ransomware on companies’ networks as part of an insider threat scheme. At the beginning of October, a...
by Shawn | Aug 25, 2021 | Automation, Business, Central Monitoring, Cloud-Based Access Control, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Deterrent Tactics and Devices, Home Automation, Home Entertainment, Home Monitoring, Home Protection, Home Security, Monitoring, Network Security, Security, Security Breach, Technology News
A security vulnerability has been found affecting several versions of ThroughTek Kalay P2P Software Development Kit (SDK), which could be abused by a remote attacker to take control of an affected IoT device and potentially lead to remote code executions. The issue...
by Shawn | Aug 23, 2021 | Central Monitoring, Cybersecurity, Home Protection, Home Security, Malware, Network Security, Security, Security Breach
A new social engineering-based malvertising campaign targeting Japan has been found to deliver malicious ads that deploy a banking trojan on compromised Windows machines to steal credentials associated with cryptocurrency accounts. Malicious ads attack are not a new...
by Shawn | Aug 20, 2021 | Automation, Biometrics, Business, Central Monitoring, Cybersecurity, Home Automation, Home Protection, Home Security, Monitoring, Security, Security Breach, Smart Home, Technology News, Video Surveillance
Much of what people do on daily basis involves touching hundreds of items without thought – we turn to a doorknob to open a door, touch a keypad to type on a computer and push elevator buttons to close the door and select a floor. Until recently, people...
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