A week ago, I covered how hackers were pwning printers and ChromeCasts in PewDiePie’s name, with the goal of elevating the subscribers to his channel. Unfortunately, these misguided PewDiePie fans continue to go too far, this time hacking Nest web cameras. In one case, they hacked a baby camera here in Washington state, and used it to yell obscenities at a baby. Watch today’s … [Read more...]
Atlas MMORPG World Hack – Daily Security Byte
Last Friday, an unknown attacker somehow gained credentialed access to the Steam account of a developer for the Atlas MMORPG game. This unauthorized access gave the culprit the ability to spawn world events in this newly released game, which the attacker used to cause mayhem. In today’s video, learn a bit more about this attack, and more importantly, what you should do to avoid … [Read more...]
PewDiePie Hacks – Daily Security Byte
Hey guys! I'm back after a huge hiatus. While I haven't done a Security Byte video in a few months due to scheduling issues and a long holiday, I'm getting back into a normal cadence, and should be posting more regular video starting now. I currently have a backlog, so you may seem some videos release out of sequence. In any case, I look forward to posting regular news and … [Read more...]
202 Million Resumes Leaked
One of the largest data breaches yet is not from a company in the US, and GDPR doesn't apply since they are outside the European Union. On December 28 last year, Bob Diachenko from Hackern.io found 202,730,434 private resumes from Chinese citizens on a database without any authentication protecting it. This database ran on a MongoDB instance hosted on Amazon AWS. The breach … [Read more...]
Bleedingbit Bleeds Bluetooth
A new Bluetooth vulnerability called Bleedingbit came out yesterday, affecting Bluetooth APs if they use a Texas Instruments chip. With many IoT devices using Bluetooth including TVs, cellphones, locks, and modern cars there are a lot of potential devices that could be exploited. Before we dive in, if you are a WatchGuard customer, you're probably wondering if you are … [Read more...]
