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Crickets from Chirp Systems in Smart Lock Key Leak

Krebs on Security

The lock’s maker Chirp Systems remains unresponsive, even though it was first notified about the critical weakness in March 2021. “Given that I am pretty picky about what I trust on my devices, I downloaded Chirp and after decompiling, found that they were storing passwords and private key strings in a file.”

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Top IoT Security Solutions of 2021

eSecurity Planet

IoT security is where endpoint detection and response ( EDR ) and enterprise mobility management ( EMM ) meet the challenges of a rapidly expanding edge computing infrastructure. Internet of Things (IoT) devices are the smart consumer and business systems powering the homes, factories, and enterprise processes of tomorrow.

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Google: China dominates government exploitation of zero-day vulnerabilities in 2023

Security Affairs

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and Mandiant reported a surge in the number of actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in 2023. In 2023, Google (TAG) and Mandiant discovered 29 out of 97 vulnerabilities exploited in the wild. ” reads the report published by Google TAG. ” concludes the report.

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A WhatsApp zero-day exploit can cost several million dollars

Security Affairs

The research of zero-day exploits for popular applications such as WhatsApp is even more complex due to the security mechanisms implemented by the developers of the mobile OSs and the app. Someone was willing to pay these great payouts to remotely gain access to the messages of a target. and $8 million. and $8 million.

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Microsoft February 2021 Patch Tuesday fixes 56 bugs, including an actively exploited Windows zero-day

Security Affairs

Microsoft February 2021 Patch Tuesday addresses 56 vulnerabilities, including a flaw that is known to be actively exploited in the wild. The CVE-2021-1732 zero-day is an elevation of privilege issues that resides in the Windows Win32k component. Microsoft did not disclose details about the attacks that exploited this flaw.

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Top Cybersecurity Products for 2021

eSecurity Planet

We’ve narrowed this list down to four categories of products that are essential to modern cybersecurity: Endpoint detection and response (EDR) , next-generation firewalls (NGFW) , cloud access security brokers (CASB) and security information and event management (SIEM). Top cybersecurity products. Best EDR tools. CrowdStrike.

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

” Or you might see a readme.txt stating, “Your files have been replaced by these encrypted containers and aren’t accessible; you will lose your files on [enter date] unless you pay $2500 in Bitcoin.” Also Read: Best Encryption Tools & Software for 2021. Adaptive Monitoring and Tagging.