In this week’s web security news we read about an issue which has been a popular discussion in the past for security professionals. Baby monitors from time to time make the news for the wrong reasons as the security of them comes into question. An article this week discusses baby monitoring devices and how easy it is to gain access to them via a browser.
In other news jailbroken iPhones are the topic as 225000 are hit with malware. As the article says it is not surprising since jailbreaking removes all OS security features.
More Cyber Security News Below…
Mentioned Above
- It’s Depressingly Easy To Spy On Vulnerable Baby Monitors Using Just A Browser (Forbes)
- Hack Brief: Malware Hits 225,000 (Jailbroken, Mostly Chinese) iPhones (WIRED)
More News
- Barclays first bank to accept bitcoin (SC Magazine)
- Chrysler Catches Flak for Patching Hack Via Mailed USB (WIRED)
- Domain hijacking spear-phisher foiled by the last line of defenseparanoia (ArsTechnica)
- Google patches 29 vulnerabilities in latest Chrome release (ZDNet)
- HMRC breaches job applicants’ privacy in mass email spaff (The Register)
- LinkedIn Sockpuppets Are Targeting Security Researchers (Reddit)
- Malvertising attack menaces Match.com users with tainted love (The Register)
- Many new top-level domains have become Internets bad neighborhoods (ArsTechnica)
- Nintendos solution for playing Wii U online: Turn of firewall (Reddit)
- ReverbNation notifies users of breach, recommends changing passwords (SC Magazine)
- Seagate Patches Vulnerabilities in Wireless Hard Drives (SecurityWeek)
- TWEET of DOOM: tiny exploit back pillaging keychains (The Register)
Weekly Cyber Security News – 04/09/2015
