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MyBook Users Urged to Unplug Devices from Internet

Krebs on Security

The My Book Live and My Book Live Duo devices received its final firmware update in 2015. “The vulnerability report CVE-2018-18472 affects My Book Live devices originally introduced to the market between 2010 and 2012,” reads a reply from Western Digital that Wizcase posted to its blog.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Voting Systems

ForAllSecure

In 2010, she was interviewed by O'Reilly Media. Halderman : In 2010, Washington D.C. Among the many reasons, money, and with state budgets tight, she suggested back in 2010 that such an expense could be better spent to secure more of the voting process. Alex Halderman, a professor who was then with the University of Michigan.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Voting Systems

ForAllSecure

In 2010, she was interviewed by O'Reilly Media. Halderman : In 2010, Washington D.C. Among the many reasons, money, and with state budgets tight, she suggested back in 2010 that such an expense could be better spent to secure more of the voting process. Alex Halderman, a professor who was then with the University of Michigan.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Voting Systems

ForAllSecure

In 2010, she was interviewed by O'Reilly Media. Halderman : In 2010, Washington D.C. Among the many reasons, money, and with state budgets tight, she suggested back in 2010 that such an expense could be better spent to secure more of the voting process. Alex Halderman, a professor who was then with the University of Michigan.

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Top 6 Rootkit Threats and How to Protect Yourself

eSecurity Planet

Firmware Rootkit. A firmware rootkit uses device or platform firmware to create a persistent malware image in the router, network card, hard drive or the basic input/output system (BIOS). The rootkit is able to remain hidden because firmware is not usually inspected for code integrity.

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