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Indian BPO Vendor Wipro Hacked

Brian Krebs reported that Indian mega-outsourcer Wipro was hacked.  Apparently Wipro’s systems were being used to launch attacks against Wipro’s customers. Wipro’s PR police said that they are investigating.  I am sure that they are. Given that Wipro’s customers likely trust Wipro, it is a good launchpad for attacks against their customers. When Brian (Krebs) […]

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The Ongoing Saga of IoT Attacks

Israeli Researchers have disclosed two new Bluetooth attacks that only require you to be in the neighborhood to work.  The attacks exploit flaws in Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) chips made by Texas Instruments. The chips are used by companies like Cisco, Meraki and Aruba in their corporate solutions. The chips are also used in pacemakers […]

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Researchers Find 20 Bugs in Samsung IoT Controller

In the ongoing saga of IoT security (The score is bad guys: a whole bunch, good guys: not very many), the bad guys continue to win. Researchers analyzed Samsung’s house management hub called SmartThings and found 20 problems. The researchers, part of Cisco, said that the attacks are complex and require the attackers to chain […]

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