We discussed in a recent edition of our Cyber Security blog how biometric security is making it’s way into our lives. The future of technology is exciting but it does come with flaws and an article this week discusses a pretty worrying one. Android passwords can be bypassed by typing in a long password which crashes the system leading to the home screen. See for yourself in this article.
Some of you reading these would have come accross fake Blue Screen of Death pages before but this week we discovered an article all about them and how in 2015 scammers are still trying their luck to fool us.
Read more below and find out how to build your own surveillance Jeep!… yeah, you heard us right.
Mentioned Above
- Android 5 lock-screens can be bypassed by typing in a reeeeally long password. In 2015 (The Register)
- It’s 2015 and miscreants are still trying to dupe you with fake BSoDs (The Register)
- Build Your Own Scary Surveillance Jeep For Under $5000 With This Hacker’s Guide (Forbes)
More News
- UK firms hit as Dridex criminals target 385 million emails (SC Magazine)
- An overview of Device Guard and its powerful anti-malware capabilities (Reddit)
- Attackers install highly stealthy backdoors in Cisco routers (ArsTechnica)
- Drupal addresses Twitter module vulnerabilities (SC Magazine)
- iOS 9 Resolves Hijacking via AirDrop Vulnerability (SecurityWeek)
- Smartwatch detects what you type on your keyboard (SC Magazine)
- Thought Heartbleed was dead? Nope hundreds of thousands of things still vulnerable to attack (The Register)
- Twitter faces privacy lawsuit over Direct Messages algorithm (SC Magazine)
- Why Cybercrime Now Exceeds Conventional Crime (InfoRiskToday)
- Xerox bets printed memory labels, encryption can thwart counterfeiters (ZDNet)
- Xerox PARC’s new chip will self destruct in 10 seconds (Reddit)
- New ATM Malware Allows Attackers to Physically Steal Cards (SecurityWeek)
Weekly Cyber Security News 18/09/2015
