Orvibo is a Chinese manufacturer of smart home solutions. These are devices that allow owners to manage connected smart appliances in their home, remotely control lighting, security, HVAC, and home entertainment devices, as well as monitor energy usage. Data from those operations are hosted on the company's Smart Home cloud platform. Orvibo … [Read more...] about SmartHome Device Vendor Data Leak Includes User Information
Archives for July 2019
Protecting Utilities From Cyber Threats Is One Step Closer
The US government took another important step toward protecting the nation's vulnerable electrical infrastructure with the passage of the SEIA bill in the Senate. The bill would mandate the use of analog or manual technologies on US power grids as a fallback in the event of a cyber-attack against the grid. That kind of attack could bring energy … [Read more...] about Protecting Utilities From Cyber Threats Is One Step Closer
Recent Popular Aged Face APP on Facebook Has Serious Privacy Issues
If you spend any time at all on social media, you've probably seen the latest craze: People posting photos of themselves aged, so they look like they're in their sixties, seventies, or even older than that. FaceApp, the program behind the face-aging magic, has actually been available for a few years, but it has only recently gained the attention of … [Read more...] about Recent Popular Aged Face APP on Facebook Has Serious Privacy Issues
Update Your Browser To Fix New Firefox Security Vulnerability
Are you a Firefox user? If so, you'll want to update to version 67.0.4 as soon as possible. Just last week, Mozilla released Firefox 67.0.3 to address a critical remote code execution vulnerability that was being used in the wild to target vulnerable systems selectively. Unfortunately, that proved to be just the tip of the iceberg. Since … [Read more...] about Update Your Browser To Fix New Firefox Security Vulnerability
NASA Suffers Data Breach With Device Connected To Network
Not even NASA is immune to hacking. Recently, the American space agency announced that they traced a breach back to April of 2018. That was when a group described as an APT (Advanced, Persistent Threat) breached the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's network via a 'Raspberry-Pi' device that was improperly connected to the network. The hackers made off … [Read more...] about NASA Suffers Data Breach With Device Connected To Network
Large Percentage Of Mobile Apps Have Security Flaws
How many apps do you have on your phone? If you're like most people, you've likely got dozens or more. Considering how much storage is available on mobile devices these days, people tend to install apps, and when they no longer want them, they don't bother to uninstall them. Whatever your number is, the statistics recently published by Positive … [Read more...] about Large Percentage Of Mobile Apps Have Security Flaws
