Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.


Russia accused of massive GPS spoofing campaign

Russia has been hijacking signals sent by Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) systems such as GPS, researchers claim.


Spycam sex videos of 1,600 motel guests sold to paying subscribers

1,600 guests were filmed with hidden webcams that live-streamed the action. The site also sold videos.


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New Attacks Against SCADA, ICS, and Industrial Safety Control Systems

This can’t be good.  Klaxons sounding at the chemical plant only meant one thing, that the automatic safety systems were not working and that a dangerous explosion was immanent.  The explosion would release a toxic cloud of hydrogen sulfide gas that would kill everyone at the plant and hundreds of people living nearby.

A movie scene?  A spy novel plot?  Unfortunately not, this is an actual event that took place in ...

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Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.


Social Warfare WordPress Plugin Zero-Day: Details and Attack Data

In our earlier post, we issued a warning to users of the Social Warfare plugin regarding a zero-day vulnerability affecting their sites. At this time, the plugin’s developers have issued a patch for the flaw. All users are urged to update to version 3.5.3 immediately.


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Personal and Business Uses for Keyloggers.

Would you like to use a keylogger to spy on your spouse?  How about your kids?  Is it legal?  Can an employer use a keylogger to monitor employee computer activity in the workplace?

Usually, when I am discussing keyloggers, it is the kind of keylogger a cyber-criminal would use, and how to keep them off our computer.  Today we are looking at this from another angle.

A keylogger, if you don’t know, ...

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Cybersecurity Basics for Small Businesses

If you are a small business owner or manager, you have a target on your back.   You face a special set of risks from cyber-crime exploits.  Most often, you do not have the financial resources to afford a full time IT support employee.  You do not have the budget for expensive Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), or Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems.  You might not even have a firewall, ...

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Cybersecurity Basics

It’s April Fools Day, and in honor of those people who are still trading away safety for convenience when working with a computer or online, we have a short list of simple and basic security methods.  If you are someone who provides “tech support” for a family member or are the “go-to” unofficial tech support in a small business, this is a good place to start.

Behaviors

This is simple stuff, but ...

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