Over 19,000 Orange modems are leaking WiFi credentials
Over the weekend, a security researcher has discovered that nearly 19,500 Orange Livebox ADSL modems are leaking WiFi credentials.
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Using Airport and Hotel Wi-Fi Is Much Safer Than It Used to Be
As you travel this holiday season, bouncing from airport to airplane to hotel, you’ll likely find yourself facing a familiar quandary: Do I really trust this random public Wi-Fi network? As recently as a couple of years ago, the answer was almost certainly a resounding no. But in the year of our lord 2018? Friend, go for it.
Vulnerable open source component adoption skyrockets in the enterprise
Open-source software and components are critical to many of the online services we use today. Companies, ranging from the most well-known technology giants to SMBs, will often use open-source technologies to improve their own business processes and access useful software libraries.
Hacking train Wi-Fi may expose passenger data and control systems
Vulnerabilities on the Wi-Fi networks of a number of rail operators could expose customers' credit card information, according to infosec biz Pen Test Partners this week.
Most Industrial Networks Vulnerable to Attack
Despite the fact that so many aspects of a modern society rely on the proper and uninterrupted operations of critical infrastructure, security flaws across many industrial control systems (ICSs) are largely vulnerable to cyber-attacks.
Vulnerabilities on the Rise?
Lately, stories of stolen data, compromised systems, and vulnerabilities that send us scrambling to patch, headline the news. It seems that we have been taking two steps forward and one step back when it comes to fighting the battle to protect our systems and networks.
Security Holes Make Home Routers Vulnerable
Security threats abound on the internet, which is why ethical hackers and security researchers spend much of their time in search of these issues. As part of the work that they do to keep the internet safe, researchers at vpnMentor announced that they have found an RCE vulnerability in the majority of gigabit-capable passive optical network (GPON) home routers.
A Quarter of UK CNI Firms Have Suffered Cyber-Attack Outages
Over a third of critical infrastructure (CNI) outages in the UK over the past year were down to cyber-attacks, according to a new Freedom of Information request.
Cloud Misconceptions Are Pervasive Across Enterprises
Everyone understands the benefits of the cloud, and the recent iboss 2018 Enterprise Cloud Trends Report shows adoption is increasing, with IT decision makers (ITDMS) planning to increase their SaaS spend from 21% of the overall IT budget to 28% over the next year. Despite this vote of confidence in the cloud from IT, the findings indicate that there is still a fundamental misunderstanding about the cloud that’s creating a disconnect – and misplaced concerns – among office workers and ITDMs.
Hackers are using botnets to take the hard work out of breaking into networks
Why hack a network when you can get a botnet to do it for you? It turns out that botnets might be an easier way to break into a network, not least by taking the grunt work out of it. It's not a new concept -- we've seen it before with bots running through lists of default usernames and passwords to hijack Internet of Things devices.
