This week in cybersecurity with the Code Curmudgeon February 21, 2020
5 things that happened in cybersecurity this week. MGM hotels had a big data breach, hackers can control a voting app, photo app leaks data, WordPress has another nasty security bug, and California license plate reader data is a privacy nightmare.
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MGM Resorts 00:32 • This week in cybersecurity with the Code C...
Voting app 02:21 • This week in cybersecurity with the Code C...
Photo app 04:05 • This week in cybersecurity with the Code C...
WordPress 05:06 • This week in cybersecurity with the Code C...
ALPR 06:38 • This week in cybersecurity with the Code C...
Story links:
MGM grand – 10.6 million guests’ data
https://www.zdnet.com/article/exclusi...
Hackers can control ballots cast with Voatz voting app
https://threatpost.com/hackers-can-se...
https://securityboulevard.com/2020/02...
PhotoSquared app leaks data via unsecured AWS S3 DB
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com...
Wordpress Bug
https://www.zdnet.com/article/bug-in-...
also https://arstechnica.com/information-t...
California license plate readers exploit privacy ALPR
https://www.inputmag.com/tech/califor...
https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/13/sur...
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
My blog: http://codecurmudgeon.com
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