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Amazon Echo and Kindle devices were discovered last year to contain WPA/WPA2 protocol vulnerabilities that could potentially allow malicious actors to uncover keychains used to encrypt Wi-Fi traffic. Source: SC Magazine

Our homes are becoming more interconnected, with IoT (Internet of Things) devices becoming regular parts of our lives. One of the devices that is the centerpiece of most households is the television set – and with it often come internet-connected streaming services. So, what is the trade-in for having the convenience of a vast library of content at your fingertips? Source: We Live Security

Silent Librarian cyberattackers are switching up tactics in a phishing scheme bent on stealing student credentials. Silent Librarian is targeting university students in full force with a revamped phishing campaign. The threat group, aiming to steal student login credentials, is using new tricks that bring more credibility to its phishing emails and helping it avoid detection. Source: Threat Post

Sextortion emails stating that your computer was hacked and video was created of you on porn sites have become so common that many ignore them and treat them simply as another spam. That does not mean, though, that they are not profitable as a new report shows that the attackers are generating a decent revenue stream by utilizing infected PCs to do their dirty work. Source: Bleeping Computer

Attackers behind a new malicious campaign are using WAV audio files to hide and drop backdoors and Monero cryptominers on their targets' systems as BlackBerry Cylance threat researchers discovered. While various other malware peddlers were previously observed injecting payloads in JPEG or PNG image files with the help of steganography, a well-known technique used to evade anti-malware detection, this is only the second time threat actors were seen abusing audio files for their malicious purposes. Source: Bleeping Computer

Basic and 'inept' worm managed to compromise Docker hosts by exploiting misconfigurations. Some 2,000 Docker hosts have been attacked and infected by a relatively basic worm that exploits misconfigured permissions to download and run cryptojacking software as malicious containers. Source: Dark Reading

A cybergang has created a malicious website that dangles the reward of being able to jailbreak an iPhone, but instead injects the device with click fraud malware. The threat actors use the legitimate Checkm8 vulnerability, which does allow some legacy iOS devices to be jailbroken, as the basis for their program, reported Cisco Talos researchers Warren Mercer and Paul Rascagneres. Essentially, the group set up a website called checkraincom. Source: Bleeping Computer

It appears North Korean hackers have revisited a tried-and-true scheme to attack Mac owners who work at cryptocurrency exchanges: creating a fake company and corresponding cryptocurrency trading app that actually infects users with malware. Researcher Patrick Wardle, creator of OS X security firm Objective-See, reported in a blog post late last week that malicious actors set up a website for a phony crypto firm called JMT Trading, with a link to a GitHub page where visitors could supposedly...

A thriving online bazaar selling stolen payment card data has been hacked in a heist that leaked the records for more than 26 million cards, KrebsOnSecurity reported on Tuesday. The 26 million figure isn't significant only to the legitimate consumers and businesses who own the stolen cards or the financial institutions that issued them. Fortunately for the card owners, the database is now in the hands of affected financial institutions, who can invalidate and replace the cards....

Users of older versions of Apple’s iPhone are being warned against jailbreaking their device after Cisco Talos security researchers discovered a new targeted click fraud campaign. Capitalising on the recently disclosed “checkra1n”, the malicious campaign leverages a fake website that claims to give iPhone users the ability to jailbreak their phones. Instead, the fake website, checkraincom, prompts people to download a malicious profile and consequently fall victim to click fraud. Source: Forbes