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This Week in Security News: Risky Radio Remotes and Cybercrime
Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about Trend Micro’s new research on radio frequency technology and the risks of radio remote controllers. Also, understand why there i...
Apple CEO Demands Federal Data Privacy Legislation
Apple CEO Tim Cook is adding his voice to the wave of tech giants, privacy watchdogs, and consumers calling for the government to roll out tightened consumer data privacy regulations. The Apple executive called on Congress to pass “comprehensive federal privacy legislation” that would effectively...
Unprotected Government Server Exposes Years of FBI Investigations
A massive government data belonging to the Oklahoma Department of Securities ODS was left unsecured on a storage server for at least a week, exposing a whopping 3 terabytes of data containing millions of sensitive files. The unsecured storage server, discovered by Greg Pollock, a researcher with...
Millions of Oklahoma Gov Files Exposed by Wide-Open Server
Millions of sensitive files on a storage server belonging to the Oklahoma Department of Securities were left exposed for a week – including credentials, internal docs and personal data stretching back decades. Researchers at UpGuard who discovered the data leak said that the publicly accessible...
As the Government Shutdown Drags on, Security Risks Intensify
From potential nation state hacks to a brain drain, the shutdown has done nothing good for cybersecurity...
How the government shutdown is influencing cybersecurity jobs
As of this writing, the government shutdown of 2019 is the longest ever in America. The only good news about this situation is that, with each passing day, a new group of people in the country seems to rediscover just how essential government services are, now that they're unavailable. The next...
Police Can't Force You To Unlock Your Phone Using Face or Fingerprint Scan
Can feds force you to unlock your iPhone or Android phone? ..."NO" A Northern California judge has ruled that federal authorities can't force you to unlock your smartphone using your fingerprints or other biometric features such as facial recognition—even with a warrant. The ruling came in the ca...
Government shutdown impacts .gov websites, puts Americans in danger
If you are in the United States, then you likely already know that we are on our 24th day of a government shutdown. While it is considered a "partial" shutdown, there are still plenty of government workers who are furloughed, which impacts the services they run—both online and off. Last week,...
Ring Security Cam Snooping, Location Tracking, and More Security News This Week
A German hack confession, unencrypted government sites, and more security news this week...
U.S. Government Shutdown Leaves Dozens of .Gov Websites Vulnerable
As the U.S. federal shutdown continues, dozens of U.S. government websites have been rendered either insecure or inaccessible due to expired transport layer security TLS certificates that have not been renewed. In fact, .gov websites are using more than 80 TLS certificates that have expired,...
Security Vulnerabilities in Cell Phone Systems
Good essay on the inherent vulnerabilities in the cell phone standards and the market barriers to fixing them. So far, industry and policymakers have largely dragged their feet when it comes to blocking cell-site simulators and SS7 attacks. Senator Ron Wyden, one of the few lawmakers vocal about...
Snowden’s Attorney Urges Canada to Take in Whistleblower Helpers (Part Two)
In our second part of Threatpost’s interview of lawyer Robert Tibbo, who represented former N.S.A. contractor-turned-whistleblower Edward Snowden, Tibbo describes the present day systematic harassment of families that sheltered Snowden while he was in Hong Kong in 2013. Tibbo also describes how h...
Hackers Leak Personal Data from Hundreds of German Politicians On Twitter
Germany has been hit with the biggest hack in its history. A group of unknown hackers has leaked highly-sensitive personal data from more than 100 German politicians, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Brandenburg's prime minister Dietmar Woidke, along with some German artists, journalist...
Snowden’s Attorney Talks Govt Harrassment of Whistleblower Helpers (Part One)
Human rights lawyer Robert Tibbo represented former N.S.A. contractor-turned-whistleblower Edward Snowden when he fled the United States to Hong Kong in 2013. Less publicized has been Tibbo’s work representing several families from the Hong Kong refugee community that welcomed Snowden into their...
Newsmaker Interview: Bruce Schneier on Physical Cyber Threats
Attacks on physical devices and infrastructure offer a new target for cyber crime, a new opportunity for espionage and even a few front in cyber war. Rather than exploit computers and their applications, the Internet of Things allows malicious actors to go after a whole new category of devices,...
‘Snowden Refugee’ Has No Regrets for Helping Whistleblower
LEIPZIG, GERMANY – Refugee families located in Hong Kong that helped shelter Edward Snowden in 2013 are under crushing pressure to cooperate with local authorities or face deportation to their countries of origin, where they face an uncertain fate. However, despite years of what their lawyer call...
Vulnerability of the Android APP of Hunan Provincial People's Government with Ultra-rights Access (CNVD-2019-01346)
Hunan Provincial People's Government Android APP is the mobile portal of Hunan Provincial Government information disclosure, with news news, matters inquiries, matters applications, office query, service evaluation, payment services, logistics services, material upload, online reservation, office...
A week in security (December 17 – 23)
Last week on Labs we looked at Fuchsia OS as a possible alternative for Android, explained all the reasons why cybercriminals want to hack your phone, discussed a flaw in Twitter form that may have been abused by nation states, gave you a Christmas tech scams roundup, revealed why many online...
Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Cloud Platform for Smart Government Construction
River network is a key news website in Henan Province, is agreed by the Henan Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government, approved by the State Council Information Office, in the integration of the province's news and information resources based on the Henan newspaper network, the...