Robert Lemos

Two security researchers working separately are warning consumers and enterprises that network-connected video cameras from different manufacturers may not be secure, after researchers found vulnerabilities and backdoor code in the devices that could allow attackers to create internet-of-things botnets or spy on the users. In a research note published on Dec. 6, security firm SEC […]

Ransomware attacks continue to rise, and U.S. computer users are getting hit the most according to an analysis released by security firm Malwarebytes on Dec. 8. The company analyzed the telemetry sent from its software running on customers systems between June 1 and October 15, finding hundreds of thousands of ransomware attacks. More than 26 […]

Application developers for Apple’s iOS platform are running against an end-of-the-year deadline to encrypt all communications to and from iOS apps using the platform’s encryption standard, known as App Transport Security or ATS, mobile-app management firm Appthority said on Dec. 6. So, far only 3 percent of apps currently seen in enterprise environments implement the […]

Cyber-security professionals have become more skeptical of the security of their companies computer systems and data due to a lack of confidence in their ability to secure the cloud and the “overwhelming cyber-threat environment,” according to a study published by network security company Tenable on Dec. 5. The study, the 2017 Global Cybersecurity Assurance Report […]

Three days before the 2016 presidential election, Facebook users began sharing an anti-Hillary Clinton article. The headline, in all caps, declared “FBI AGENT SUSPECTED IN HILLARY EMAIL LEAKS FOUND DEAD IN APPARENT MURDER-SUICIDE.” The article was a fake, naming a fictional police chief and published on an incomplete site called the “Denver Guardian,” a site […]

A collection of rogue applications has compromised more than a million Android devices, harvesting the security tokens for Google’s services and using those tokens to download additional applications and post reviews on behalf of the users, security firm Check Point Software Technologies stated in research posted on Nov. 30. The attack, which Check Point dubbed […]

Researchers at security firm Check Point Software Technologies warned social media users that online criminals have begun using specially crafted image files to spread ransomware using a weakness in some social media services. The report, posted to the company’s website, came as attackers used Facebook and other services to spread images containing links to sites […]

While most people know not to leave their computer alone in a public space, locking the system with a password gives many users a feeling of security. A new hacking tool released this week has shown how illusory that feeling is, demonstrating the danger of leaving any system unsupervised. The tool, known as PoisonTap, can […]

After massive denial-of-service attacks in October, security experts are warning that the relative lack of security of the Internet of Things will continue to make connected devices favored targets of attackers looking to create botnets from which to launch denial-of-service attacks. On Nov 16 security experts plan to testify in front of two subcommittees in […]

A team of academic researchers demonstrated how even the simplest internet of things devices could be used to spread malicious code when they exploited a vulnerability in a popular smart light bulb to infect other devices. In a draft research paper, researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and Dalhousie University in Canada […]