Cybersecurity

http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/53871/iot/deutsche-telekom-hack.html Malware hits large number of home routers in Germany. →

https://www.hackread.com/anadroid-gooligan-google-accounts-breached/ Avoid third party app stores! →

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/11/san-francisco-rail-system-hacker-hacked/ This hack was on news few days ago. This article is a good report on what happened.  →

http://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/87590-of-organizations-wont-survive-a-cyberattack?utm_content=42849784&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin According to this article most organizations are not properly prepared against cyber attack. Many of them might not be able to properly recover from such attack. →

https://www.hackread.com/mirai-botnet-hacks-surveillance-camera-in-98-secs/ This article reports how Mirai botnet got access to security camera. The security of networked security cameras needs to be improved – the devices with default password can get hacked faster than you can find how to change the password! →

https://www.wired.com/2016/11/great-now-even-headphones-can-spy/ Very many gadgets have microphone that can be used for spying. And in some cases even headphones that don’t have microphones can be used for recording sounds… →

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/11/17/google_hacker_pleads_try_whitelists_not_just_bunk_antivirus_ids/ →

http://electronicsofthings.com/news/iot-dont-be-surprised-gadgets-do-spy-on-you/?utm_source=eotpage&utm_medium=eotpage&utm_campaign=eotpage&utm_content=eotposts You are being spied on by your gadgets. Get used to it. →

https://motherboard.vice.com/read/trumps-cia-director-pick-thinks-using-encryption-may-itself-be-a-red-flag?utm_source=mbfb Crypto wars going on strong… First their spying forces services to start to encryption by default. When encryption is almost “new normal”, they start to consider it as “red flag”. →

http://www.dailydot.com/layer8/bruce-schneier-internet-of-things/ Internet is now a dangerous place with hackers and rogue IoT devices! →