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Cable modem remote backdoor, inside a backdoor

23

Nov

2015

A backdoor inside a backdoor. Sounds ominous doesn’t it? The bad guys simply love it. Your Internet Service Provider (ISP) can be your weakest link, in the realm of cable modem security. Some ISP’s rank worse than others, when it gets down to securing consumer cable modems. On Saturday, Bernardo Rodrigues, a Brazilian security researcher […]

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Internal employees account for 43 percent of data loss

21

Sep

2015

Although a majority of data compromises come from external actors, including nation-state groups and cyber-crime gangs, #internal #employees account for 43 percent of #data loss, half of the time these leaks are accidental, a new #study from #intel security indicates. Whether the threat comes from inside or outside a company can affect what data is […]

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Outdated WordPress websites are sitting ducks

07

Sep

2015

Content Management systems (CMS) have become an attractive target for #hackers who aim to #exploit #vulnerabilities in the popular blogging platform #wordpress. Globally, more than 20 percent of WordPress based-websites are running older core versions. #outdated WordPress plugins are also at high #risk. All WordPress sites that are running core version 4.2.3 or below are […]

Category Hacker Vulnerabilities Written by Darkmatters 0 Comments

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