Data Breach Today

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Hackers Use Stolen Email Credentials to Takeover a Home Smart Devices The FBI is warning of a rise in "swatting attacks," which see hackers use compromised email accounts to access poorly-secured home smart devices that are equipped with cameras and voice capabilities to make hoax calls to emergency services.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 27, 2020

Trend Micro Says Botnet Families Fight for Control of Vulnerable Routers Trend Micro says it has seen increasing attempts to infect home routers for use as proxies and for DDoS attacks. The battle is primarily being fought by three bot families - Mirai, Qbot and Kaiten - that enable low-level fraudsters to hide their activity.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 20, 2022

Vulnerabilities May Allow Attackers to Gain Admin Privileges Researchers at security firm ESET have found three vulnerabilities affecting Lenovo laptops worldwide and targeting users who work from home.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 9, 2023

nursing home chain with a checkered past. Consulate Health Care Says Breach Originated At an Unnamed Third Party Vendor The Hive ransomware as a service group claimed responsibility for a data breach involving patients of a U.S. The chain, Consulate Health Care, posted a notice saying the leak originated at an unnamed vendor.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 1, 2022

After years of competitive jockeying, the leading tech giants have agreed to embrace a brand new open-source standard – called Matter – that will allow consumers to mix and match smart home devices and platforms. LW: When a consumer sees a smart home device with a Matter logo this fall, what do you hope that conveys?

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 17, 2020

Defense Department to Issue Detailed Security Guidance As more of its employees shift to working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Department of Defense is warning workers to take security precautions to guard against potential hackers. It plans to release detailed guidance soon.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 1, 2020

Survey Sizes Up Increased Risks, New Duties for Security Staff The shift to working at home is opening the door to cybersecurity incidents. Some 23% of respondents to a small survey conducted by the training organization (ISC)2 say their organization has experienced an increase in cybersecurity incidents since transitioning to remote work.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2023

’ The report highlighted the superficial approach to cyber security of Suella Braverman, former Home Secretary. “We The report urges a change in guarding against ransomware threats, proposing to shift the responsibility from the Home Office to the Cabinet Office and NCSC.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 4, 2019

Vulnerabilities Found in APIs Controlling Croatia-Based Zipato's IoT Devices Findings from researchers who hacked Croatia-based vendor Zipato's smart hub controllers, which can manage networked locks, lights and security cameras, underscore the risks that can accompany home automation devices.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 29, 2021

Latest Attack Affected 753,000 Patients, Employees A home healthcare company says a data breach affecting more than 753,000 patients, employees and former workers stems from a ransomware attack on its private cloud hosted by managed service providers. The company reported a similar incident 15 months ago.

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Data Breach Today

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Technical Data Plus Emails Made It Possible to Link Cameras to People Seattle-based smart home device maker Wyze says an error by a developer exposed a database to the internet over a three-week period earlier this month. The data included customer emails, nicknames of online cameras, WiFi SSIDs, device information and Alexa tokens.

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 1, 2024

On March 1, 2024, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) announced that it had issued an enforcement notice and a warning to the UK Home Office for failing to sufficiently assess the privacy risks posed by the electronic monitoring of people arriving in the UK via unauthorized means.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 22, 2020

The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report features Retired General Keith Alexander, former NSA director, discussing the long-term security implications of the shift to working from home. Also: an update on ransomware gangs leaking data and an analysis of using open source code for app development.

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KnowBe4

JUNE 2, 2022

The messages state that a driver tried to deliver a package, but no one was home. A smishing campaign is impersonating the UK-based delivery company Evri with text messages informing recipients that their package couldn’t be delivered, according to Paul Ducklin at Naked Security.

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KnowBe4

JANUARY 19, 2024

In this new scam, legitimate Facebook advertising is used to post fake work-from-home job ads from several companies. A new job posting scam found by IT security company Qualysys is focused on capturing victim’s identity details, accessing victim’s Facebook accounts, and committing fraud.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 5, 2023

On May 31, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission announced a proposed order against home security camera company Ring LLC (“Ring”) for unfair and deceptive acts or practices in violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Ever feel like your smart home has dyslexia? This new home automation connectivity standard rolls out this holiday season with sky high expectations. This new home automation connectivity standard rolls out this holiday season with sky high expectations. Related: Why standards are so vital. Matter 1.0 is about to change that.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Personal Touch Home Care Explains Effect on Its Patients A home healthcare company has filed 17 breach reports after a ransomware attack on its cloud-based electronic health records vendor last December, illustrating once again how a vendor breach can have a wide impact.

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Data Breach Today

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Leak Has Been Reported to Australia's Data Regulator A large health insurer in Western Australia shared the home addresses of some psychologists to a web-based appointment booking service, according to a news report. The health insurer belated realized after a complaint from one practitioner that some psychologists work from home.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 10, 2021

Two of my favourite things these days are Have I Been Pwned and Home Assistant. The former is an obvious choice, the latter I've come to love as I've embarked on my home automation journey. Let's begin: Your Home Network Should Not be a "Trusted Environment" We'll start here because other headings logically follow.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Somewhere along the way, Google introduced a Google News feed “left of home,” that valuable real estate that smartphone users access by swiping right from the home screen. I’ve had a Google phone for more than a decade, from its initial incarnation as the “Nexus” to its current apex form, the Pixel 8 Pro.

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Security Affairs

MAY 25, 2021

Trend Micro fixed some flaws in Trend Micro Home Network Security devices that could be exploited to elevate privileges or achieve arbitrary authentication. Trend Micro fixed three vulnerabilities in Home Network Security devices that could be exploited to elevate privileges or achieve arbitrary authentication. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Security Ledger

OCTOBER 14, 2022

In this episode of the Security Ledger podcast, brought to you by ReversingLabs, we interview Danny Adamitis (@dadamitis) of Black Lotus Labs about the discovery of ZuoRAT, malware that targets SOHO routers – and is outfitted with APT-style tools for attacking the devices connected to home networks. As always, you can check our full.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2024

When we sit back and think about the target audience for this training, much of this advice is designed to reach the busy or distracted employee who postpones laptop software updates or who copies sensitive or who copies proprietary information to a USB stick and takes it home.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 15, 2022

Despite Russian Aggression, Distributed Denial-of-Service Attacks Remain Illegal With Ukraine having called on the world to join its "IT Army" and help it hack Russia and ally Belarus, what could possibly go wrong?

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Palo Alto Networks (PANW) is bringing its enterprise-class security to small business and home markets with Okyo , a Wi-Fi 6 hardware device announced today. Still, the level of protection Palo Alto offers should find some takers among home users. Further reading: Top Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) Solutions for 2021.

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Threatpost

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Stolen email credentials are being used to hijack home surveillance devices, such as Ring, to call police with a fake emergency, then watch the chaos unfold.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 1, 2022

Security researchers have uncovered an unusually sophisticated malware that has been targeting small office/home office (SOHO) routers for nearly two years, taking advantage of the pandemic and rapid shift to remote work. The post Highly Sophisticated Malware Attacks Home and Small Office Routers appeared first on eSecurityPlanet.

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AIIM

JUNE 11, 2020

Employees enjoy a better work-life balance, the comfort of their home office, and can avoid the stress of a commute. But, when employees are working remotely on their home wifi systems, it's a bit of a different story. Remote working comes with a number of benefits both for the employee and the employer.

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The Guardian Data Protection

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Digital rights advocates warn little is known about how collected data is used – and that privacy laws are playing catch-up Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Take a look around your home and chances are you have one, or at least you have considered the convenience of having one.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 18, 2018

New research shows that Web sites can run a simple script in the background that collects precise location data on people who have a Google Home or Chromecast device installed anywhere on their local network. For my home Internet connection, the IP geolocation is only accurate to about 3 miles.

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AIIM

MARCH 26, 2020

For many across the globe, limiting their human contact, the home has become…well, home base for just about everything. In our work lives, companies are piecing together Digital Workplace strategies to allow their employees to work from home. It can be so easy to get lost in your work since your home is now your office.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 29, 2021

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic turned many office workers into work-from-home (WFH) experts, the trend toward working without having to commute was clear. Maybe you want better pay, to be home near your kids or you just like the idea of avoiding the daily drive to an office. Related: Mock attacks help SMBs harden defenses.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 24, 2023

Police: Fitzpatrick Waived Right to Silence, Confessed to Starting & Running Forum The alleged administrator of criminal online forum BreachForums may have thought he took steps to hide his real identity, but instead he left a trail of digital breadcrumbs that led to his arrest and prosecution, shows information unsealed in federal court.

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