SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Evil twin attack To set this trick in motion, a scammer creates a rogue Wi-Fi access point that appears to be a trusted one, using a familiar Service Set Identifier (SSID). If that's a no-go for whatever reason, a Wi-Fi VPN can do the heavy lifting in terms of traffic encryption.

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

It’s on the rise faster than your Wi-Fi connection during peak hours (okay, maybe not that fast, but you get the gist). Limit who can see your posts, tag you in photos, or slide into your DMs without an invitation. And guess what? So, hoist the sails as we cruise through the seven seas of cyber safety.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

However, with proper rotation and usage, they can offer a speedy solution for your internet endeavours without the higher price tag of their residential counterparts. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, Public Wi-Fi)

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The first important datapoint of the log entry is what LogCat calls the Tag. In this case, they use an obfuscated tag of sdfsdf — another sign of willful deception. At this instant, it creates additional log entries using tag ActivityManager. App Name: Driver: Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, USB. Google Play URL: [link].

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Pen Test Partners

JANUARY 8, 2024

A faraday cage bag / pouch could be used by shoplifters to steal goods with RFID tags, or by criminals to smuggle mobile phones: EM shielding is vital in the automotive world and transport in general because of the many electronic systems they use. Is my Wi-Fi coverage appropriate? There are positives and negatives of course.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 1, 2022

And I’m not talking about services that can quote remove your buddy’s Instagram photos where you are tagged doing something Not Safe For Work. As soon as you turn on the laptop, it will try and connect to your local Wi Fi. One of the pieces of information caught by your Wi Fi router is your MAC address.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Also read: The Best Wi-Fi 6 Routers Secure and Fast Enough for Business. In September there was another campaign that used emails to deliver Trickbot, an effort that Microsoft linked to an emerging and financially motivated cybercriminal gang that the software giant has tagged as DEV-0193. Technique Used in Multiple Campaigns.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Enter the tagged VLAN and the largest debate surrounding VLANs: Is it better to work with a tagged or an untagged VLAN setup? Tagged VLANs are best for larger organizations that need stricter traffic and security controls over more complex, higher volume, and different types of network traffic. Also read: What is a VLAN?

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

To put in simple terms, it refers to the process of providing a web application with JavaScript tags on input. IoT devices on public Wi-Fi and encrypted networks are especially vulnerable to this type of attack. If such processes lack proper authentication steps, they could work as gateways for bigger problems.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 29, 2022

I heard a comment that the Wi-Fi service in the Expo Hall was “the worst I’ve ever experienced at a conference.” There were a lot of complaints about the Black Hat USA 2022 Wi-Fi network in the Expo Hall on 10 August. With that background, let’s discuss the Wi-Fi in the Expo Hall. The Buck Stops Here.

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Kali Linux

MAY 15, 2022

Your browser does not support the video tag. Hacking as shown in popular media, has ranged from really fun to completely absurd, so we saw the opportunity to do a tribute to some of our favourite instances (and get a little nostalgic). Even though this project was designed for 1st April it still works as an awesome screensaver.

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McAfee

APRIL 12, 2021

For instance, if you’re posting a photo, the app will ask you to “Turn on Location Services” to add a geo-tag. With geofencing, apps use radio frequency identification (RFID), Wi-Fi, and GPS location to send ads at exactly the right moment to a target device. News and weather apps.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 28, 2023

decoded trojan traffic sample Likewise, in this case, we managed to track the compromised system through the Wi-Fi connection and notifiy the user that their system appeared to be compromised. Wi-Fi Considerations We had to adjust our Wi-Fi authentication schema. based, rather than WPA2 / PSK based).

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Pen Test Partners

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Wi-Fi Wi-Fi is sometimes found as a core feature of a particular microcontroller or as an ancillary chip (such as an nRF). Wi-Fi can operate in one of two modes: a client or a host access point. These types of tag are not considered particularly secure but are still in common use in building access control.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 8, 2022

I mean, how exactly is it different from Wi Fi or NFC? This has turned into a RFID tag, which is a fob that you carry in your pocket and the fob reaches out to the car and it will unlock the car or lock the car. I was blinded by that low price tag. Vamosi: So what exactly is Bluetooth?

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The same with social media apps, I have to go through various settings to make sure that I'm not tagged without my permission, or in some cases even block a person now and again. Things like tagging, others, they seem like a great idea at the time but later, maybe not so. And it's not just Microsoft.

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Cisco Security

AUGUST 26, 2021

It provides the user with the date and time the observable was seen in the log, the host that sent the log, and the tag and table names that contain the message. Data is available on a number of RF protocols including Cellular, Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy, Wi-Fi, and IEEE 802.15.4. Read more here.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Although there was a public report of drones used to hack a Wi-Fi network in 2022, there are no accounts of similar events happening in 2023. If an attacker is able to obtain these private keys, they could sign their malware, so that the code is trusted and run by MSI computers. Verdict: prediction fulfilled ✅ 8. Drone hacking!

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Last June, Google’s TAG team released a blog post documenting attacks on Italian and Kazakh users that they attribute to RCS Lab, an Italian offensive software vendor. Although 2022 did not feature any mobile intrusion story on the scale of the Pegasus scandal, a number of 0-days have still been exploited in the wild by threat actors.

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