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689 different Brother printer models all use the serial number to create default password
By Sunny Grimm published
The password vulnerability cannot be fixed with firmware, so change your dang passwords.

Massive DDoS attack delivered 37.4TB in 45 seconds, equivalent to 10,000 HD movies, to one victim IP address
By Jowi Morales published
Cloudflare says that it blocked the 7.3 Tbps of junk traffic in mid-May — the largest DDoS attack to happen in recorded history.

16 billion accounts exposed in one of the largest data breaches in history
By Sunny Grimm published
Another major security event acts as a stark reminder to regularly change passwords and login credentials.

University researchers tout using smartwatches to steal data from air-gapped systems
By Stephen Warwick published
A new air-gap attack dubbed 'SmartAttack' theorizes using a smartwatch to capture covert signals and steal information.

Massive privacy concern: over 40,000 security cameras are streaming unsecured footage worldwide
By Kunal Khullar published
Bitsight warns of real-time privacy breaches as cameras in homes, offices, and factories stream openly on the web

Asus responds to concerns over 9,000+ routers compromised by botnet — firmware updates and factory reset can purge routers of persistent backdoor
By Dallin Grimm published
Some concerns over a persistent SSH backdoor left by a stealthy exploit soothed by Asus

9,000 Asus routers compromised by botnet attack and persistent SSH backdoor that even firmware updates can't fix
By Kunal Khullar published
New botnet campaign exploits legitimate system features to establish deep persistence while remaining virtually undetectable

Flaw in Asus DriverHub makes utility vulnerable to remote code execution
By Aaron Klotz published
DriverHub is automatically installed on many Asus motherboards, laptops and desktop PCs. But thankfully, the vulnerability has already been patched.
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