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  • Slashdot: 40,000 IoT Cameras Worldwide Stream Secrets To Anyone With a Browser

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/06/10/2039202/40000-iot-cameras-worldwide-stream-secrets-to-anyone-with-a-browser?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: 40,000 IoT Cameras Worldwide Stream Secrets To Anyone With a Browser Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The report highlights a significant vulnerability in internet-connected cameras, with researchers accessing 40,000 live feeds, particularly emphasizing the risk posed to national security and personal privacy. It underscores the necessity…

  • Slashdot: FBI: BadBox 2.0 Android Malware Infects Millions of Consumer Devices

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/06/06/2033225/fbi-badbox-20-android-malware-infects-millions-of-consumer-devices?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: FBI: BadBox 2.0 Android Malware Infects Millions of Consumer Devices Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text details a significant malware campaign known as BADBOX 2.0, which has reportedly infected over 1 million IoT devices, turning them into residential proxies for malicious activities. The FBI warns…

  • Slashdot: ASUS Router Backdoors Affect 9,000 Devices, Persists After Firmware Updates

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/05/29/2052229/asus-router-backdoors-affect-9000-devices-persists-after-firmware-updates?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: ASUS Router Backdoors Affect 9,000 Devices, Persists After Firmware Updates Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a significant security issue involving the compromise of thousands of ASUS routers with malware-free backdoors, which could enable the establishment of a botnet. The report highlights the sophisticated…

  • Microsoft Security Blog: Analyzing open-source bootloaders: Finding vulnerabilities faster with AI

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    Source URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2025/03/31/analyzing-open-source-bootloaders-finding-vulnerabilities-faster-with-ai/ Source: Microsoft Security Blog Title: Analyzing open-source bootloaders: Finding vulnerabilities faster with AI Feedly Summary: Using Microsoft Security Copilot to expedite the discovery process, Microsoft has uncovered several vulnerabilities in multiple open-source bootloaders impacting all operating systems relying on Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Secure Boot. Through a series of prompts, we…

  • The Register: Hm, why are so many DrayTek routers stuck in a bootloop?

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/25/draytek_routers_bootloop/ Source: The Register Title: Hm, why are so many DrayTek routers stuck in a bootloop? Feedly Summary: Time to update your firmware, if you can, to one with the security fixes, cough cough DrayTek router owners in the UK and beyond had a pretty miserable weekend after some ISPs began to notice…

  • The Register: Mobsters now overlap with cybercrime gangs and use AI for evil, Europol warns

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/24/modern_mafiosos_wield_ai/ Source: The Register Title: Mobsters now overlap with cybercrime gangs and use AI for evil, Europol warns Feedly Summary: PLUS: Russian bug-buyers seeks Telegram flaws; Another WordPress security mess; NIST backlog grows; and more! Infosec In Brief Organized crime networks are now reliant on digital tech for most of their activities according…