Polar fitness app exposed location data of users in military & airbases

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Polar Fitness App Exposes Location of ‘Spies’ and Military Personnel

Fitness device maker Polar Flow suspended an Explore tracking feature on its mobile app after researchers discovered profile and geolocation data of high-ranking military personnel and “spies” that were being exposed to the public on its network. In a report released by Dutch publication De...

“Unbreakable” Smart Lock Tapplock Issues Critical Security Patch

Tapplock, a smart padlock that received positive reviews and media hype when it was released earlier this year, has issued a critical patch after researchers discovered several security issues enabling them to easily hack into and unlock the device. The $100 lock is Bluetooth-based and can be...

Report: Chinese Hackers Siphon Off ‘Massive’ Amounts of Undersea Military Data

Nation-state attackers affiliated with the Chinese government have made off with a trove of undersea military secrets, according to a report. Hackers were able to mount a lateral attack after compromising the networks of a Navy contractor working for the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Rhode...

Phishing Spy Campaign Targets Top Mideast Officials

Researchers have discovered a phishing campaign that infected Android devices with custom surveillance-ware bent on extracting data from top officials, primarily in the Middle East. Researchers at Lookout Security told Threatpost that the tool, dubbed Stealth Mango, has been used to collect over ...

Man who hacked West Point military academy website arrested from LA

By Waqas A hacker who hacked and defaced more than 11,000 websites This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Man who hacked West Point military academy website arrested from LA...

us-army-military-shop.de XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-602693 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| us-army-military-shop.de Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

ATI Systems Emergency Mass Notification Systems False Alert Vulnerability (CNVD-2018-07875)

ATI Systems designs, builds and installs mass notification systems for the community, campus, industrial and military markets.Emergency Mass Notification Systems is an emergency mass notification system. An unauthorized operation vulnerability exists in ATI Systems Emergency Mass Notification...

military-clocks.com XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-600073 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| military-clocks.com Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

GoScanSSH Malware Targets SSH Servers, But Avoids Military and .GOV Systems

Researchers have identified a new malware family, dubbed GoScanSSH, that targets public facing SSH servers, but avoids those linked to government and military IP addresses. The malware has been in the wild since June 2017 and exhibits a number of unique characteristics, such as being written in t...

APT15 Hackers Hit UK Govt Contractor to Steal Military Technology Secrets

By Waqas The APT15 hacking group has always been associated with Chinese This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: APT15 Hackers Hit UK Govt Contractor to Steal Military Technology Secrets...

China-Linked APT15 Used Myriad of New Tools To Hack UK Government Contractor

CANCUN, Mexico – Researchers at NCC Group have discovered multiple backdoors on a UK government contractor’s computer systems designed to steal sensitive government and military data. The hack is tied to China-linked cyber espionage group APT15, which researchers said is utilizing many new tools ...

tracking.military.com Open Redirect vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-561944 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| tracking.military.com Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| Open Redirect / CWE-601 CVSSv3 Score:| 3.4...

military.wikireading.ru XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-553831 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| military.wikireading.ru Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

Locating Secret Military Bases via Fitness Data

In November, the company Strava released an anonymous data-visualization map showing all the fitness activity by everyone using the app. Over this weekend, someone realized that it could be used to locate secret military bases: just look for repeated fitness activity in the middle of nowhere. New...

Strava’s Global Heat Map Exposes User Locations Including Military Bases

By Waqas Strava is a GPS tracking and fitness-tracker app manufacturer that This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Strava’s Global Heat Map Exposes User Locations Including Military Bases...

Heat Map Released by Fitness Tracker Reveals Location of Secret Military Bases

Every one of us now has at least one internet-connected smart device, which makes this question even more prominent —how much does your smart device know about you? Over the weekend, the popular fitness tracking app Strava proudly published a "2017 heat map" showing activities from its users arou...

January 10, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Common Sense” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! January 10, 2018 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Seven Ransomware...

valor.militarytimes.com XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-442368 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| valor.militarytimes.com Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Remediation Guide:| OWASP XSS Prevention...

Leaky AWS Storage Bucket Spills Military Secrets, Again

For the second time in ten days, researchers at UpGuard released sensitive data belonging to the United States Defense Department that was stored insecurely online. This time it was nearly 100 GB of critical data belonging to the United States Army Intelligence and Security Command INSCOM. Some o...