A Critical Random Number Generator Flaw Affects Billions of IoT Devices

The Hacker News Daily Updates Why outbound email is legal's biggest security risk Outbound Email Security Report Download Now Sponsored LATEST NEWS Aug 10, 2021 Experts Believe Chinese Hackers Are Behind Several Attacks Targeting Israel A Chinese cyber espionage group has been linked to a string of intrusion activities targeting Israeli government institutions, IT providers, and telecommunications companies at least since 2019. FireEye's Mandiant threat intelligence arm attributed the campaign to an operator it tracks as "UNC215", ... Read More Hackers Exploiting New Auth Bypass Bug Affecting Millions of Arcadyan Routers Unidentified threat actors are actively exploiting a critical authentication bypass vulnerability to hijack home routers as part of an effort to co-opt them to a Mirai-variant botnet used for carrying out DDoS attacks, merely two days after its public disclosure. Tracked as CVE-2021-20090 (CVSS ... Read More A Critical Random Number Generator Flaw Affects Billions of IoT Devices A critical vulnerability has been disclosed in hardware random number generators used in billions of Internet of Things (IoT) devices whereby it fails to properly generate random numbers, thus undermining their security and putting them at risk of attacks. "It turns out that these 'randomly' chosen ... Read More Users Can Be Just As Dangerous As Hackers Among the problems stemming from our systemic failure with cybersecurity, which ranges from decades-old software-development practices to Chinese and Russian cyber-attacks, one problem gets far less attention than it should—the insider threat. But the reality is that most organizations should be at ... Read More Beware! New Android Malware Hacks Thousands of Facebook Accounts A new Android trojan has been found to compromise Facebook accounts of over 10,000 users in at least 144 countries since March 2021 via fraudulent apps distributed through Google Play Store and other third-party app marketplaces. Dubbed "FlyTrap," the previously undocumented malware is believed to ... Read More Why outbound email is legal's biggest security risk Outbound Email Security Report Download Now Sponsored This email was sent to myemailku.ghdbrevo2018@blogger.com. You are receiving this newsletter because you opted-in to receive relevant communications from The Hacker News. To manage your email newsletter preferences, please click here. Contact The Hacker News: info@thehackernews.com Unsubscribe The Hacker News | Pearls Omaxe, Netaji Subash Place, Pitampura, Delhi 110034 India