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Experts hacked 28,000 unsecured printers to raise awareness of printer security issues

Security Affairs

Our selection was based on: Device location (to cover the entire globe) Device manufacturer Protocols used to access the printers. Or they can simply use these printers to mine cryptocurrency, ramping up their victims’ electricity bills in the process. Securing your printer. Update your printer firmware to the latest version.

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Group-IB presented latest cybercrime and nation-state hacking trends in Asia

Security Affairs

The threats that are notable for the Asian region are represented by a significant number of attacks aimed at manufacturing of chips, microprocessors and system control boards of different IT vendors, whose principal manufacturing operations are located in Asia. In 2017-2018 hackers’ interest in cryptocurrency exchanges ramped up.

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The Scammers’ Playbook: How Cybercriminals Get Ahold of Your Data

eSecurity Planet

According to statistics from the FBI’s 2021 Internet Crime Report , complaints to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) have been rising since 2017. According to the 2021 IBM Threat Force Intelligence Index , Manufacturing was the industry most likely to be attacked last year, comprising 23.2% billion in reported losses.

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Weekly podcast: 2018 end-of-year roundup

IT Governance

The year started with the revelation of Spectre and Meltdown – major security flaws affecting processors manufactured by Intel, ARM and AMD. that the crooks were only able to mine a paltry $24 – which Coinhive refused to pay out anyway. Dixons Carphone admitted suffering a major data breach in July 2017, involving 5.9

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Forescout Platform: NAC Product Review

eSecurity Planet

This article was originally written by Drew Robb on July 7, 2017 , and updated by Chad Kime on April 7, 2023. Organizations with a varied array of technologies should make sure to include Forescout’s Platform in their short list of NAC technologies to consider.

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Jason R. Baron of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP: eDiscovery Trends 2018

eDiscovery Daily

So, there’s the question of liability, i.e., whether the software developer or manufacturer are held to a standard of strict liability, and what kind of ethical considerations are involved. Where are mining operations? Who’s doing the mining? What is a blockchain’s future when all the tokens have been mined?

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Bug Bounty Hunters

ForAllSecure

It kind of came on my radar somewhere around 2017. Vamosi: In 2017, Stok created a YouTube channel designed around two things: teaching hacking skills and building community. Stok: I went to DEF CON in 2017. Vamosi: So, prior to 2017, prior to attending DEF CON 25, had Stok ever tried his hand at bug bounty hunting?

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