Cybersecurity Highlights

VTech fined $650K for violating US privacy regulations UU

Posted date 22/01/2018

This fine occurs three years after an information leak of more than 4.8 million customers that affected the company. VTech Electronics Ltd, which...

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Information leak

BlackBerry website used to mine cryptocurrencies

Posted date 25/01/2018

A vulnerability in the Blackberry website allowed a malicious user to use the CoinHive script to mine Monero cryptocurrencies, taking advantage of the...

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Cybercrime

Trackmageddon: critical vulnerabilities in GPS tracking systems

Posted date 17/01/2018

Researchers Vangelis Stykas and Michael Gruhn have disclosed Trackmageddon, a series of vulnerabilities that affect servers that host data from up to...

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Vulnerability

Meltdown and Spectre: The vulnerabilities of modern processors

Posted date 12/01/2018

An article in The Register revealed these potential vulnerabilities, initially reporting on their impact on Intel platforms, but later, a group of...

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Movistar mistakenly uses visitors' computers to mining cryptocurrencies

Posted date 15/01/2018

Several users have reported that Movistar's website has been used to mining Monero cryptocurrencies using visitors' computers without them being aware...

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