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Beware the coffee shop: Mobile security threats lurk around every corner

Issued by: Help Net Security

40 percent of organizations believe that C-level executives, including the CEO, are most at risk of being hacked when working outside of the office, according to a new report from iPass. Cafés and coffee shops were ranked the number one high-risk venue by 42 percent of respondents, from a list also including airports (30 percent),…

Network Security, Vulnerabilities

185,000+ vulnerable Wi-Fi cameras just waiting to be hijacked

Issued by: Help Net Security

A generic wireless camera manufactured by a Chinese company and sold around the world under different names and brands can be easily hijacked and/or roped into a botnet. The flaw that allows this to happen is found in a custom version of GoAhead, a lightweight embedded web server that has been fitted into the devices.

Network Security

Wi-Fi risks: Delivering a secure hotspot

Issued by: Help Net Security

The fact that Wi-Fi stands for Wireless Fidelity hints at how long Wi-Fi has been around, but it was only in 1999 that the Wi-Fi Alliance formed as a trade association to hold the Wi-Fi trademark, under which most products are sold. Today, Wi-Fi is on the top of the list of must-haves for businesses…

Vulnerabilities

How to make sure your data doesn’t crash and burn

Issued by: CSO

The dangers of public Wi-Fi are already well known, but the security issues of in-flight Internet connection are still somewhat obscure. Typically there’s no password protection on the Wi-Fi connection, so persons with malicious intent can intercept data that’s being transmitted on the wireless network quite easily. Airplanes are unique hacking grounds more dangerous than…

Mobile Security

Traveling on business? Beware of targeted spying on mobile

Issued by: Help Net Security

Corporate spying is a real threat in the world of cyber war. Employees traveling on behalf of their company could create opportunities for sophisticated adversaries to take sensitive corporate data. This is especially true if they are not careful with their mobile devices. The targeted malware attack It may sound like something out of a…

Network Security

Hacker shows how easy it is to take over a city’s public Wi-Fi network

Issued by: CIO Security

In a perfect example of how public wireless networks can be dangerous for privacy and security, an Israeli hacker showed that he could have taken over the free Wi-Fi network of an entire city. On his way home from work one day, Amihai Neiderman, the head of research at Israeli cybersecurity firm Equus Technologies, spotted…

Mobile Security

Mobile subscriber identity numbers can be exposed over Wi-Fi

Issued by: CIO Security

For a long time, law enforcement agencies and hackers have been able to track the identity and location of mobile users by setting up fake cellular network towers and tricking their devices to connect to them. Researchers have now found that the same thing can be done much more cheaply with a simple Wi-Fi hotspot….