The security flaw allows for an attacker within Bluetooth range of an affected device to spoof the Bluetooth address of a previously bonded remote device, thus successfully authenticating without knowing the link key normally used for establishing an encrypted connection. “It is possible for an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to impersonate a previously paired/bonded device and […]
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Australian PayPal users are being targeted in what is a now-typical pattern of phishing against the global payment service.The trick is short and simple: you receive an email “acknowledging” a smallish payment. It’s $79 to an eBay advertising service in our example:You know you didn’t spend that money yourself. Perhaps, at this time of the […]
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Six months ago, Flashback was attracting a lot of attention from researchers and media due to its wide spread and interesting features. Since then, we have witnessed its operator abandoning control of the botnet by shutting down its latest command and control server. This happened in May this year. The number of infected systems has […]
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