Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2018

The TheHackerGiraffe used the Printer Exploitation Toolkit (PRET) to hijack +50k vulnerable printers to Promote PewDiePie YouTube Channel. An anonymous hacker hijacked over 50,000 internet-connected printers worldwide to print out messages promoting the subscription to the PewDiePie YouTube channel. Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, aka PewDiePie , is a popular Swedish Youtuber, comedian, and video game commentator, formerly best known for his Let’s Play commentaries and now mostly known for h

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WIRED Threat Level

DECEMBER 2, 2018

While HTTPS has made the web at large a much safe place, Apple has chosen to forgo it for iTunes and App Store downloads.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Cisco has released security updates to address a vulnerability in the web framework code of Cisco Prime License Manager that could be exploited by an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries. Cisco has fixed a vulnerability in Cisco Prime License Manager that could be exploited by a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries. The flaw is caused by the lack of proper validation SQL queries provided in input by the users.

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The Security Ledger

DECEMBER 2, 2018

The Marriott breach underscores how companies fail to price in the risk of poor data security. In the age of GDPR, that could be an expensive failure. . The post Massive Marriott Breach Underscores Risk of overlooking Data Liability appeared first on The Security Ledger. Related Stories NotPetya Horror Story Highlights Need for Holistic Security AggregateIQ Faces First GDPR Enforcement Over Data-Privacy Dispute Taking the Long View of Breach Fallout.

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Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Two days after Moscow opened a new cable car system hackers infected its computer systems with ransomware. The cable car system is long over 700 meters and spans across the Moscow river linking the Luzhniki Olympic Complex to the observation platform on Sparrow Hills. Two days after Moscow cable car was opened, the servers of the Moscow Ropeway (MKD), the organization that operates the infrastructure was infected with the ransomware and attackers requested the payment in Bitcoin.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2018

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal. 20% discount. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy. Once again thank you! · Very trivial Spotify phishing campaign uncovered by experts. · Experts found a new powerful modular Linux cryptominer. · Hacker stole $1m from Silicon Valley executive via SIM swap. · Linux Kernel i

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