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Cyber-Security Firm Discovers Firmware Backdoor in Many Gigabyte Motherboards
Cyber-Security firm, Eclypsium has revealed today that they have discovered a hidden security backdoor in the firmware of GIGABYTE motherboards. Security Backdoor in Gigabyte Motherboards As shared by Wired.com, the cyber-security company Eclypsium discovered that many Gigabyte motherboards use a code within the firmware to update quietly in the background.…
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New Vulnerabilities Found in TPM 2.0 Library
A pair of new vulnerabilities have been found within the TPM 2.0 Library by a cybersecurity company by the name of Quarkslab. These vulnerabilities have the potential to be a threat to billions of devices What Are the Vulnerabilities? These vulnerabilities involve the Trusted Platform Module, TPM for short, which…
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Raspberry Pi Used to Steal 500MB of Data via NASA’s JPL
Hackers Connected Raspberry Pi to JPL Networks The Raspberry Pi is a versatile little tool that is quite the darling of the DIY community. Mostly due to its low-cost and functionality. While many hobbyists use it for homemade projects, there are also others who use it for nefarious means. That…
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US Officials Plugged in Alleged Spy’s Malware USB into Their PCs
What Do You Do With a Suspicious USB Drive? Remember that Chinese national who was arrested at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-lago resort two weeks ago? The one who has a USB drive with “malicious malware”. Her name is Yujing Zhang and as it turns out, the US Secret Service who…
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WikiLeaks Co-Founder Julian Assange Arrested in London
Facing US Extradition on Federal Conspiracy Charges WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange has now been arrested at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London. He is guilty of failing to surrender to the court on Thursday. Now, he is likely to face extradition to the US. That is if the UK agrees to…
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Huawei Chairman Says US Govt. Has “A Loser’s Attitude”
Company Gloats Following Reports of $100B in Sales Huawei has finally crossed over the $100B sales figure for the first time. To celebrate the event, Huawei chairman Guo Ping took the opportunity to speak to reporters about their success. It also includes some pretty sharp words for the United States…
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Security And Hack Issues Revealed To Hot Tubs
Hot Tubs Hacking I daresay that many people for Christmas decided to treat themselves (or their family) to the purchase of a hot tub. Yes, I have to admit, there is something mildly pleasant in having the jacuzzi like experience in the open air. Oh, and maybe a bottle or…
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Chinese ‘State Backed’ Hackers Charged In The US
Hackers Charged With Attacks On US Companies There is little doubt that many countries apply what is known as ‘state-backed’ hacking groups. For those of you unaware of the term, this is quite literally an organisation that receives funding from a state with the sole purpose of looking to conduct…
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Intel Enter Discussions To Potentially Sell McAfee
Intel May Be Preparing To Sell McAfee It has been a little over 7 years since Intel purchased the McAfee antivirus program. It is, however, perhaps something of a surprise to those of you who didn’t know it, but yes, Intel owns them. The purchase made in 2011 for around…
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Bloomberg Claims Even More Hardware Tampering by China
Bloomberg Doubles Down on Accusing China Bloomberg reported last week of the Chinese spying on US companies through a miniscule chip installed on Supermicro server motherboards. Shortly after, Supermicro, along with Amazon and Apple have issued independent statements vehemently refuting the claim. The latter two being some of the companies…
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UK Banks Told To Reveal Meltdown Plans
UK Banks Are Told To Reveal Their Meltdown Contingency Plans With cybersecurity becoming a greater necessity as we further devote our society online, one of the highest priorities and likely targets will be banks. With many banks now allowing for online access to accounts, there is always the risk of attack.…
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US Government Bans Use of Kaspersky Labs Software
Just three months short after the General Services Administration removed Kaspersky Labs from the list of approved federal vendors, US Homeland Security has outright banned the Moscow-based company from the government’s IT systems. The move stems from concerns that company officials have deep ties with Russian intelligence services. In fact,…
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“Great Firewall of Britain” Proposed
A proposal by the UK internet watchdog National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to filter internet content at the DNS level has been dubbed the “Great Firewall of Great Britain” due to the idea’s similarity to China’s infamous draconian national firewall, colloquially known as the Great Firewall of China. The head…
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Is Someone Plotting to Take Down the Whole Internet?
A renowned security technologist has revealed that someone – possibly Chinese or Russian – is planning to take down the online infrastructures that effectively run the internet. Bruce Scheler, a cybersecurity expert and writer for Lawfare, believes a large nation state “has been probing the defenses of the companies that…
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John McAfee’s Plan for a New Internet Will Make the ‘Cloud’ Obsolete
Kooky magnate John McAfee – businessman, US Presidential candidate, and alleged double murderer – has been flapping his lips again, this time to wax lyrical about his new acquisition, which he claims will destroy the ‘cloud’ and reinvent the internet as it should have been from the start. McAfee –…
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