This week in cybersecurity with the Code Curmudgeon March 20, 2020
Five interesting stories from cybersecurity news. Car keys once again are found to be less secure than you think, Hackers are exploiting fear of and interest in Coronavirus to send malware and ransomware, another android security app is spying on users, another cloud database leak, and how good are password managers. All this on this week in cybersecurity with me, the Code Curmudgeon.
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Car keys security flaws: 00:38 • This week in cybersecurity with the Code C...
Coronavirus hacker exploitation: 04:32 • This week in cybersecurity with the Code C...
Android “security” app: 07:36 • This week in cybersecurity with the Code C...
Cloud database leak: 10:15 • This week in cybersecurity with the Code C...
Password managers: 12:48 • This week in cybersecurity with the Code C...
For more information:
Car keys
Encryption flaws in a common anti-theft feature expose vehicles from major manufacturers.
https://www.wired.com/story/hackers-c...
Previous TWIC episode on car remotes: • This week in cybersecurity with the Code C...
Coronavirus hacker exploitation
Lots of attackers are leveraging Coronavirus or COVID-19 name (articles, email, social posts, etc.)
Regular spyware, trojan, virus, etc.
https://securityboulevard.com/2020/03...
Fake coronavirus tracking app
Will leak your social media info and delete your phone storage unless you pay $100 in bitcoin
https://www.businessinsider.com/coron...
People posing as WHO officials
https://www.businessinsider.com/coron...
Android security app spying – 1 billion downloads
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbr...
cloud database leak - another week, another leak.
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com...
Password managers
You should have a different password for each place you login, because breaches are inevitable. Don’t make them so crazy that you’ll go crazy.
https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-e...
We have talked about passwords before…
FBI advice • This week in cybersecurity with the Code C...
Two weeks ago • This week in cybersecurity with the Code C...
Last week • This week in cybersecurity with the Code C...
See also
SQLi Hall-of-shame http://sqlihallofshame.com for SQL Injection
IoT Hall-of-shame http://iothallofshame.com
IoT Hall-of-shame Reddit / iothallofshame
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