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China-linked Budworm APT returns to target a US entity

Security Affairs

The group was involved in cyber espionage campaigns aimed at new generation weapons and in surveillance activities on dissidents and other civilian groups. It has legitimate uses as a penetration testing tool but is frequently exploited by malicious actors. LaZagne: A publicly available credential dumping tool.

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HID Mercury Access Controller flaws could allow to unlock Doors

Security Affairs

Researchers from security firm Trellix discovered some critical vulnerabilities in HID Mercury Access Controllers that can be exploited by attackers to remotely unlock doors. The flaws impact products manufactured by LenelS2, a provider of advanced physical security solutions (i.e. ” reads the advisory.

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Understanding the Different Types of Audit Evidence

Centraleyes

Documentary Evidence: Tangible and straightforward, documentary evidence encompasses policies, procedures, and documentation related to information security controls. Auditors perform security tests, penetration testing, or vulnerability assessments to ensure robust controls capable of withstanding potential threats.

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Camera tricks: Privacy concerns raised after massive surveillance cam breach

SC Magazine

Pictured: a Dome Series security camera from Verkada. A hacking collective compromised roughly 150,000 internet-connected surveillance cameras from Verkada, Inc., When surveillance leads to spying.

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Attack of drones: airborne cybersecurity nightmare

Security Affairs

Naturally, threat actors follow the trend and exploit the technology for surveillance, payload delivery, kinetic operations, and even diversion. Dronesploit seeks to combine various tools useful for penetration testing specific to drone platforms. Danger Drone platform.

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The Hacker Mind: Hacking Social Media

ForAllSecure

His approachable style and his desire to teach others what he’s learned about information security has resulted in a massive following of half a million subscribers. LiveOverflow is well past that number but he still has a pen testing job to support himself. blackbox pap tests, that sort of stuff. Check it out.

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The Hacker Mind: Hacking Social Media

ForAllSecure

His approachable style and his desire to teach others what he’s learned about information security has resulted in a massive following of half a million subscribers. LiveOverflow is well past that number but he still has a pen testing job to support himself. blackbox pap tests, that sort of stuff. Check it out.

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