https://www.hackread.com/mirai-botnet-hacks-surveillance-camera-in-98-secs/ This article reports how Mirai botnet got access to security camera. The security of networked security cameras needs to be improved – the devices with default password can get hacked faster than you can find how to change the password! →
https://www.wired.com/2016/11/great-now-even-headphones-can-spy/ Very many gadgets have microphone that can be used for spying. And in some cases even headphones that don’t have microphones can be used for recording sounds… →
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/11/17/google_hacker_pleads_try_whitelists_not_just_bunk_antivirus_ids/ →
http://electronicsofthings.com/news/iot-dont-be-surprised-gadgets-do-spy-on-you/?utm_source=eotpage&utm_medium=eotpage&utm_campaign=eotpage&utm_content=eotposts You are being spied on by your gadgets. Get used to it. →
https://motherboard.vice.com/read/trumps-cia-director-pick-thinks-using-encryption-may-itself-be-a-red-flag?utm_source=mbfb Crypto wars going on strong… First their spying forces services to start to encryption by default. When encryption is almost “new normal”, they start to consider it as “red flag”. →
http://www.dailydot.com/layer8/bruce-schneier-internet-of-things/ Internet is now a dangerous place with hackers and rogue IoT devices! →
http://thehackernews.com/2016/11/hacking-android-smartphone.html?m=1 Scary if numbers and details are correct.. →
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/nsa-chief-wikileaks-us-election-disclosures-were-conscious-effort-by-nation-state-1591881?spMailingID=970109&spUserID=MTI0NzI1NTYyNzMS1&spJobID=670275163&spReportId=NjcwMjc1MTYzS0 →
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/7-killer-skills-make-you-stand-out-network-security-engineer-essomba?trk=hp-feed-article-title-like This article list skills and gives links where to get tolls to learn those skills. Many of the listed skills are more or less product specific skills. →
http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/51389/breaking-news/plc-rootkit.html?utm_campaign=crowdfire&utm_content=crowdfire&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter Industrial automation systems attacks will get more advanced than Stuxnet. Can we keep aging PLC and SCADA systems safe? →