Biometric authentication techniques have gained momentum over the past few years due to the inherent vulnerability of PINs, passwords, and other similar verification methods. With that said, researchers have shared how a simple fingerprint hacking technique can render biometric authentication useless as a verification method for around 5$. Steps:1. Grab a photograph of someone’s fingerprint […]
The government has introduced new legislation to protect smart devices in people’s homes from being hacked.Recent research from consumer watchdog Which? suggested homes filled with smart devices could be exposed to more than 12,000 attacks in a single week.Default passwords for internet-connected devices will be banned, and firms which do not comply will face fines […]
Irish DPC demanded noyb to sign a “non-disclosure agreement” or remove noyb from Facebook procedure. Schrems: “The DPC engaged in procedural blackmail. Only if we shut up, the DPC would ‘grant’ us our legal right to be heard. This is a regulator clearly asking for a ‘quid pro quo’ to do its job, which likely constitutes bribery in Austria.” […]
Around six million Sky Broadband customer routers in the UK were affected by a critical vulnerability, a DNS rebinding flaw, that took over 17 months to roll out a fix to customers. The disclosed vulnerability could easily be exploit if the user had not changed the default admin password, or a threat actor could brute-force the […]
Apps for Wifi-strength measurement and another to scan barcodes were selling location data without proper consent. It was unclear to users that apps they had downloaded for one purpose were sharing information for a completely different one.
Do you want to understand the modern cyber threats and the most commonly used attack surfaces behind any malware/cyber-attack?Don’ts:1.) Don’t give everything easily to the attacker, make it harder for him to get. (Control Measures in the network)2.) Don’t enable legitimate vulnerable application if not in use, attackers always use legit applications in the network. (Abuse […]
Internet of Things devices offered in the European Union will no longer be allowed to use standard passwords from mid-2024. Instead, users must set a strong password before first use, the European Commission has determined. It must also become easier to update IoT devices, they must be tested for vulnerabilities and stored personal and financial […]
In its latest ambitious digital policy announcement, the European Union has proposed creating a framework for a “trusted and secure European e-ID” (aka digital identity) — available to all citizens, residents and businesses to make it easer to use a national digital identity to prove who they are in order to access public sector or […]
The ruling stated that the devices’ ability to capture conversations at ranges of between 40ft and 68ft away was excessive. The fact remains that anyone with a Ring Doorbell can turn their area of the neighbourhood into a surveilled space due to its video recording functionality and audio processors which are able to pick up […]
Several popular Android phones have been found to collect and share data on a large scale, including with third parties, and users cannot opt out, according to researchers from Trinity College Dublin and the University of Edinburgh. The study https://lnkd.in/eiVzvJj3 examined six variants of the Android operating system, namely those from Samsung, Xiaomi, Huawei, Realme, LineageOS and […]