David Bisson
Author Bio
David Bisson is an infosec news junkie and security journalist. He works as Contributing Editor for Graham Cluley Security News, Associate Editor for Tripwire's "The State of Security" blog, Contributing Author for Carbonite, and Content Contributor to Metacompliance Ltd. and OASIS Open.
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Shocking! USB Killer Uses Electrical Charge to Fry Vulnerable Devices
A commercial device known as USB Kill 2.0 allegedly has the ability to fry a number of electrical devices by sending an electrical charge to a public-facing USB port. Using a standard USB port, USB Killer will charge itself with electricity and then discharge to fry the device it is plugged into.
- September 09, 2016
- 05:00 PM
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Fraudulent Pokémon GO Social Media Profiles Pushing Malware to Users
Researchers at security firm Proofpoint found 543 social media profiles related to Pokemon Go, with 167, or about 30%, being fraudulent. These profiles are being used to target users with adware, spyware, and malware.
- September 08, 2016
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Down but Not Out! Dridex Begins Targeting Crypto-Currency Wallets
The Dridex banking trojan might be involved in fewer attack campaigns, but its developers are still outfitting it with some new functionalities, including the ability to target crypto-currency wallets.
- September 07, 2016
- 06:26 PM
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Gugi Trojan Guffaws at Android 6 Security Measures... and Then Bypasses Them
A mobile banking trojan called Trojan-Banker.AndroidOS.Gugi.c, or "Gugi" for short, found no problem bypassing a couple of the security measures introduced in Android 6.. Even worse, it does it through social engineering rather than exploiting vulnerabilities.
- September 06, 2016
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50% of Users Fall for Clickbait Despite Knowledge of Risks, Finds Experiment
Researchers have found that approximately half of all users will click on links sent to them from unknown senders despite knowing the risks of phishing and a malware infection.
- September 01, 2016
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New Software Bridges an Air Gap Using an Unmodified USB
Researchers have created a piece of software that uses an unmodified USB device to leak data stored on an air-gapped computer over radio frequency (RF) signals.
- August 31, 2016
- 12:15 PM
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Sneaky Tech Support Scammers Invent New Tricks to Fool Google Chrome Users
Tech support scammers have devised a slew of new tricks with which they hope to trick unsuspecting Google Chrome users. Malwarebytes have uncovered a new technique that tech support scammers can use to make it look like the site you are visiting a legitimate one, rather than one under the scammers control.
- August 30, 2016
- 09:51 AM
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Researchers Devise Method to Monitor your Keystrokes Using WiFi Signals
Researchers have devised a system that can recognize a user's keystrokes by exploiting available WiFi signals. Using these attacks, under the right set of circumstances, hackers or other criminals could potentially monitor what you are typing purely on WiFi signals.
- August 29, 2016
- 01:11 PM
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Millennium Hotels & Resorts Warns of Potential POS Breach at 14 Locations
Hospitality chain Millennium Hotels & Resorts North America is warning customers that malware may have affected food and beverage point-of-sale (POS) systems at 14 of its locations. MHR first learned about a possible malware infection, which is believed to have occurred in early March 2016, from the United States Secret Service.
- August 26, 2016
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C&C Servers? Too Risky! Android Botnet Goes with Twitter Instead
For the first time ever, researchers have detected an Android botnet leveraging a Twitter command-and-control (C&C) account to manage communications across all enslaved devices.
- August 25, 2016
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Did Russia Hack The New York Times? The FBI Seems to Think So
U.S. intelligence officials think hackers working for Russia perpetrated a series of alleged intrusions targeting reporters at The New York Times and other media outlets.
- August 24, 2016
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Encrypted App Makers Need to Help Fight IS, Argue Germany and France
Germany and France feel the makers of encrypted messaging apps like Telegram and Signal should help fight Islamic State terrorists, and they're pushing for Europe-wide rules to make that happen.
- August 23, 2016
- 01:09 PM
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How to Trick Facial Recognition Tech with a Facebook Photo
Security researchers have demonstrated a system by which they can use publicly available photographs of an individual to trick facial recognition technology and achieve successful authentication.
- August 22, 2016
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Warning! Next Bitcoin Core Version Could be Hacked, Reads Advisory
On 17 August, open-source project Bitcoin.org announced on their website that the next version of Bitcoin Core, a popular digital wallet for the cryptocurrency, could be hacked and replaced with a malicious look-alike by state sponsored actors.
- August 19, 2016
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Australian Porn Site Members Targeted School Girls for Nude Images
Members of a pornography website targeted dozens of Australian schools so they could view and swap graphic sexual images of female students and other non-consenting women. News.com reports that members of the site have posted and shared more than 2,000 images since December 2015.
- August 18, 2016
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