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Flaw with password manager LastPass could hand over control to hackers

28

Jul

2016

Even password manager LastPass can be fooled. A Google security researcher has found a way to remotely hijack the software. It works by first luring the user to a malicious site. The site will then exploit a flaw in a LastPass add-on for the Firefox browser, giving it control over the password management software. LastPass wrote […]

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Facebook Messenger flaw underscores risk of growing reliance on chat platforms

28

Jun

2016

Tom’s Hardware contributor Lucian Armasu reported in early June that security researchers had pinpointed a vulnerability in both the web browser and mobile app version of Messenger that would provide certain malicious capabilities to hackers. Further research uncovered that the processes cyber criminals were able to carry out by exploiting this weakness were actually functions that Facebook […]

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Serious Flaw Found in Popular D-Link Wi-Fi Camera

09

Jun

2016

An unpatched vulnerability in a popular Wi-Fi camera from D-Link allows hackers to reset the device’s password and gain remote access to its video feed. The flaw, discovered by researchers at IoT security startup Senrio as part of their analysis into consumer and enterprise device vulnerabilities, affects D-Link’s DCS-930L Wi-Fi cameras, which are designed for […]

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