Smartphone and speaker voice assistants can be hacked using lasers

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 13:03:16 +0000

A US-Japanese team published a research paper which confirms an interesting and under-estimated possibility – these devices will also accept “signal injection” commands sent to them using pulses of laser light over distances of a hundred metres or more.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/_7WhfQGzceQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Mozilla says ISPs are lying to Congress about encrypted DNS

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 12:34:07 +0000

Mozilla on Friday posted a letter urging Congress to take the broadband industry’s lobbying against encrypted DNS within Firefox and Chrome with a grain of salt.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/L0V0e9wwPL4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Ransomware attacks in Spain leave radio station in “hysteria”

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 11:55:37 +0000

A ransomware attack has ransacked at least two Spanish companies, leaving their employees without computer access.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/m_1Nziw6xLQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Founders of ‘worthless cryptocurrency’ ATM Coin fined over $4.25m scam

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 10:57:57 +0000

Invest in “binary options,” they said, neglecting to mention the software set up to rig transactions so that customers lost the gamble.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/oHkWV_OUw7w” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Office for Mac 2011 users warned about SYLK file format

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2019 17:14:21 +0000

Still running Office 2011 on a Mac? If so, there are at least two reasons why that might not be a good idea.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/HjBh551ovHI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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SophosLabs surveys the threat landscape for 2020 trends

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2019 13:50:31 +0000

SophosLabs this morning published its annual assessment on the state of internet and information security, and our outlook on what security threats are likely to affect the world in the coming year: the SophosLabs 2020 Threat Report, available for download now. This year, our report broadens the scope of our analysis to cover topics beyond [&#8230;]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/tFcwsfiM20g” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Google patches bug that let nearby hackers send malware to your phone

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2019 14:42:47 +0000

Google has patched an Android bug that could have allowed attackers to use NFC to send over a malicious file to the victim’s phone<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/9svl-4gT4-I” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Florida city sends $742K to fraudsters as it bites the BEC hook

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2019 12:43:11 +0000

“Here’s our new bank account number,” the scammers said. When the real construction firm sent their invoice, payment was made to the crooks.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/jj_w1wR5CJo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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