The Internet of Things (IoT) botnet, Mirai, has plagued the internet since 2016 and had many different variants. This week, researchers from Unit 42 disclosed a new Mirai variant that seems to be targeting business meeting rooms. Besides updating its default password list, the new version also includes exploits for 27 vulnerabilities in various IoT devices, including 11 new … [Read more...]
GearBest Data Leak – Security Byte
GearBest is a semi-popular, discount, electronics e-commerce site in China. Though not everyone uses it, it's popular in some regions for its remote control (RC) and drone products, and I use it myself. According to the VPNMentor security research team, many of GearBest’s user and order databases are openly available online, leaking everything from your email and address to … [Read more...]
FaceBook Not Hacked – Security Byte
Last week, Facebook had what many think is its longest outage ever. As one might expect, many worried that a cyber attack may have caused the outage. In today’s video, Corey clears that up and discusses how a simple server configuration mistake can lead to a cascading failure. Watch the video below. Episode Runtime: 2:38 Direct YouTube Link: … [Read more...]
March 2019 Patch Tuesday – Security Byte
As always, the second Tuesday of March is both Microsoft and Adobe patch day. This month’s Microsoft’s updates take the spotlight at they fix two critical vulnerabilities that attackers are exploiting in the wild, as well as many other serious non-exploited ones. Adobe, on the other hand, only released relatively minor patches for Photoshop and Digital Editions. Watch our video … [Read more...]
Chrome 0day in the Wild – Security Byte
Last week, the Chrome team warned that attackers were exploiting a zero day vulnerability in the popular browser in the wild. At a high level, Chrome’s FileReader suffers from a memory corruption vulnerability that attackers could exploit to escape Chrome’s sandbox and execute code. The criminals exploiting the flaw are also leveraging a Windows vulnerability as well. Watch the … [Read more...]
