01 Jul 2025
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 7/01/2025

Bluetooth flaws could let hackers spy through your microphone Vulnerabilities affecting a Bluetooth chipset present in more than two dozen audio devices from ten vendors can be exploited for eavesdropping or stealing sensitive information. Researchers confirmed that 29 devices from Beyerdynamic, Bose, Sony, Marshall, Jabra, JBL, Jlab, EarisMax, MoerLabs, and Teufel are affected. The list of impacted products includes speakers, earbuds, headphones, and wireless microphones. The security problems could be leveraged to take over a…
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27 Jul 2020
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 7/27/2020

Slack credentials abundant on cybercrime markets, but little interest from hackers Slack credentials are abundant on hacking forums and the dark web; however, an analysis of the cybercrime underworld shows there's little interest in the platform among hacker groups. The conclusion belongs to cybersecurity firm KELA, who scoured the cybercrime market for Slack credentials following last week's Twitter hack and shared their findings with ZDNet this week. The credentials belonged to more than 12,000 different…
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27 Dec 2019
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 12/27/2019

1 - Chinese malware broker behind US hacks is now teaching computer skills in China A Chinese malware broker who was sentenced in the United States this year for dealing in malicious software linked to major hacks is back at his old workplace: teaching high-school computer courses, including one on Internet security. Mr Yu Pingan, who spent 18 months in a San Diego federal detention centre, had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit computer hacking.…
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