Articles and Comments By Craig Young
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Hackers Use Zero-day To Mass-wipe My Book Live Devices
July 01 , 2021 by Craig Young
This is a particularly interesting case because we don’t often see widespread zero-day attacks lik...
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FreakOut Botnet Targets Linux- Experts Offer Perspective
January 20 , 2021 by Craig Young
The commoditization of malware has absolutely lowered the bar for those looking to snoop or steal bu...
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Massive Fraud Operation Facilitated By Evil Mobile Emulator Steals Millions From Banks
December 18 , 2020 by Craig Young
While there are various things consumers can do to reduce their likelihood of becoming a victim of s...
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Two-Factor Authentication Bypass Flaw Affects 70 Million+ Domains
November 26 , 2020 by Craig Young
cPanel’s 2-factor authentication could be bypassed because it did not lock users out for failed at...
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Security Blueprints Of Many Companies Leaked In Hack Of Swedish Firm Gunnebo - Experts Reaction
October 29 , 2020 by Craig Young
Groups like REvil and Maze have been wildly successful at monetizing data exfiltrated from their vic...
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Experts On Apps For Children Must Offer Privacy By Default
September 03 , 2020 by Craig Young
Although it may not always be obvious, the small bits of data people generate with online activities...
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Expert Advise on Home Routers Largely Unpatched
July 07 , 2020 by Craig Young
I’m absolutely stunned that they would assess that Netgear and ASUS do a better job than others. O...
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Expert Insight On CallStranger Vulnerability Lets Attacks Bypass Security Systems And Scan LANs
June 09 , 2020 by Craig Young
As the researcher noted, UPnP was effectively designed from the ground up without security. Although...
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Researchers Find Bug Existing Since iOS 13.3.1 Which Interferes With VPNs Encrypting Traffic
March 30 , 2020 by Craig Young
This kind of bug could be a big concern for people who rely on VPN technology for privacy. In this s...
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Scanning For Ghostcat - Expert Reaction
March 04 , 2020 by Craig Young
This is an interesting situation because Apache JServ Protocol (AJP) connections should absolutely n...
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Cypress WiFi Chips Leak Sensitive Info Due To Kr00k Bug In Broadcom - Experts Insight
February 27 , 2020 by Craig Young
Researchers from ESET have identified yet another widespread privacy concern related to faulty WPA2...
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Jeff Bezos' Phone Hacked By Saudi Crown Prince - Expert Comments
January 23 , 2020 by Craig Young
Based on the publicly available details, the attack most likely exploited WhatsApp CVE-2019-11931 us...
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FBI Warns About Snoopy Smart TVs Spying On You - Expert Advise
December 04 , 2019 by Craig Young
Smart TVs are more often than not vulnerable to various cross-site attacks where remote web sites ca...
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21 Million Logins For Top 500 Firms Offered On The Dark Web
October 31 , 2019 by Craig Young
This is an interesting glimpse into the inner-workings of underground criminal hacking markets. It i...
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Experts Comment: Attackers Exploit 0-Day Vulnerability That Gives Full Control Of Android Phones
October 08 , 2019 by Craig Young
The real irony of this situation is that Google’s own automated bug hunting tools found the kernel...
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Comment: Magecart Skimmers Found Targeting Routers For Customer Wi-Fi Networks
September 26 , 2019 by Craig Young
Injecting JavaScript payloads into the connections of unsuspecting hotel guests is a huge win for sc...
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125 New Flaws Found In Routers And NAS Devices From Popular Brands
September 17 , 2019 by Craig Young
Although some are looking at this report and claiming it is an indicator of worsening IoT security,...
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Android Trojan Infects Tens Of Thousands Of Devices In 4 Months
August 29 , 2019 by Craig Young
Trojan droppers are commonly used in Android malware due to their effectiveness in sneaking maliciou...
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Microsoft Contractors Listened To Xbox Owners In Their Homes
August 23 , 2019 by Craig Young
Incidents like this are a good reminder of the risk inherent in virtually all cloud-driven IoT syste...
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IoT Camera Exploit Allows Attackers To Listen In Over HTTP
August 02 , 2019 by Craig Young
It is generally unwise to configure any security cameras to be accessed directly across the Internet...
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