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2019-07-30 08:08:01 | Researchers Hack Surveillance Systems to Show Fake Video Feed (lien direct) | Security researchers analyzing the security flaws present in IoT devices used in smart buildings were able to replace the real video feeds with arbitrary footage. [...] | Hack | ||
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2019-07-30 07:40:04 | How to get visitors on to your home wi-fi easily (lien direct) | The tech hack that means visitors to your home will never have to ask for your wi-fi login again. | Hack | ||
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2019-07-28 14:57:02 | Crooks used rare Steganography technique to hack fully patched websites in Latin America (lien direct) | Experts at Trustwave observed threat actors using a rare technique to compromise fully patched websites. Security experts at Trustwave observed threat actors using a rare steganography technique, attackers are hiding PHP scripts in Exchangeable Image Format (EXIF) headers of JPEG images that are uploaded on the website. The Exchangeable image file format is a standard […] | Hack Threat | ||
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2019-07-28 08:53:00 | Your Android smartphone can be hacked just by playing a malicious video (lien direct) | Beware! Just opening a video on Android can hack your smartphone More than one billion devices running versions between Android 7.0 Nougat and Android 9.0 Pie are facing a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability, reports The Hacker News. The critical RCE flaw ( CVE-2019-2107 ) in question resides in the Android Media framework that is used for […] | Hack | ||
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2019-07-28 08:45:00 | Developer brings Touch Bar alive on MacBook Pro running Windows 10 (lien direct) | This developer has made MacBook Pro's Touch Bar compatible with Windows 10 A clever hack by a third-party developer has brought MacBook Pro's Touch Bar functionality alive when running under Windows 10 via Bootcamp. The Touch Bar on Windows 10 allows you to easily access the Start menu, search, Cortana and also switch between apps […] | Hack | ||
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2019-07-27 08:36:04 | \'I don\'t get paid\' - Running Instagram for Love Islanders (lien direct) | No pay, nasty messages and hack attempts - the friends who look after social media for Love Island contestants. | Hack | ||
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2019-07-26 18:10:01 | A flaw in LibreOffice could allow the hack of your PC (lien direct) | LibreOffice users have to know that their unpatched computers could be hacked by simply opening a specially crafted document. Bad news for LibreOffice users, the popular free and open-source office suite is affected by an unpatched remote code execution vulnerability Recently, LibreOffice released the latest version 6.2.5 that addresses two severe flaws tracked as CVE-2019-9848 and CVE-2019-9849. […] | Hack Vulnerability | ||
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2019-07-26 14:57:02 | Telegram voicemail hack used against Brazil\'s president, ministers (lien direct) | Four hackers have been arrested this week on suspicion of breaking into more than 1,000 Telegram accounts. | Hack | ||
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2019-07-26 07:31:01 | Just Opening A Document in LibreOffice Can Hack Your Computer (Unpatched) (lien direct) | Are you using LibreOffice?
You should be extra careful about what document files you open using the LibreOffice software over the next few days.
That's because LibreOffice contains a severe unpatched code execution vulnerability that could sneak malware into your system as soon as you open a maliciously-crafted document file.
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2019-07-25 23:49:03 | Netflix Cambridge Analytica film: Social media is \'like a crime scene\' (lien direct) | The makers of Netflix's The Great Hack say data is now the world's most valuable asset. | Hack | ||
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2019-07-23 19:07:03 | A new ProFTPD vulnerability exposes servers to hack (lien direct) | A flaw in the open-source ProFTPD file transfer protocol (FTP) server can be exploited to copy files to vulnerable servers and potentially execute arbitrary code. The security researcher Tobias Mädel discovered a vulnerability in the open-source ProFTPD file transfer protocol (FTP) server that can be exploited to copy files to vulnerable servers and potentially execute arbitrary […] | Hack Vulnerability | ||
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2019-07-23 13:00:00 | How to prevent elder abuse and financial fraud (lien direct) |
The elderly population in the U.S has been on a steady incline for the past few decades. With more seniors living longer new challenges arise. Unfortunately, many seniors become vulnerable to different types of abuse, neglect, and exploitation as they age. The National Council on Aging estimates that financial fraud and abuse against seniors costs older Americans up to $36.5 billion each year.
The perpetrators of financial abuse can be anyone, such as family members, paid caregivers, or strangers who hack into systems and steal vital financial data. You must be well informed about financial fraud to know what to do about it and keep the seniors in your life safe.
Vulnerability and financial fraud
Financial exploitation can leave any target, such as businesses and individuals, with significant losses. However, when you combine this general risk with some of the cognitive deficits common to the elderly population, the result can be financial devastation. Risk factors that place seniors at a higher-than-average risk of becoming a victim include:
Needing assistance with activities of daily living.
Poor health.
Fixed income.
Living with no spouse or partner.
Not using regulated social services.
Just a few short years ago, financial fraud had to be committed face-to-face with the senior, another family member, or banking institution. Today, attackers can sit in the comfort of their home and electronically attack funds in banking institutions, social security information, and other vital data that can unlock several accounts. These types of security incidents might not even be reported by the victims because they are often not required by law to report.
Importance of prevention
Recovery after financial abuse or exploitation can be nearly impossible. Taking steps to prevent it from ever happening is the best strategy to keep seniors safe. Here are a few strategies you can use:
Know the types of abuse
The underlying message around financial fraud is that you and any seniors you care for should never feel safe when it comes to their money. Types of financial fraud range from someone selling them services they don’t need to complex online identity theft. Here are a few of the types of fraud you should know about.
DDoS attacks happen when hackers take control of a company’s servers, networks, or devices. During a DDoS attack, the attacker can access vital information about hundreds or thousands of people. To protect seniors, be sure to assist them with choosing reputable companies when they do business.
Phishing happens when hackers send emails to a bank’s or other business’ customers that look legit. The email will usually ask the user to provide an account login, personal data, or a passwo |
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2019-07-22 16:59:01 | Russian intelligence \'targets Tor anonymous browser\' (lien direct) | A hack of a Russian intelligence contractor exposes secret projects - including cracking Tor. | Hack | ||
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2019-07-22 15:22:02 | (Déjà vu) Hack the Box: Friendzone Walkthrough (lien direct) | FriendZone is a recently retired CTF VM on Hack the Box with the objective – Capture the user and root flag. Hack the Box offers a wide range of VMs for practice from beginner to advanced level and it is great for penetration testers and researchers. Level: Intermediate Task: To find user.txt and root.txt file... Continue reading → | Hack | ||
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2019-07-20 15:49:03 | Israeli firm can steal your private data from Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon (lien direct) | Apple, Google, Facebook, and Amazon are vulnerable to malware from an Israeli firm Israel-based cybersecurity company, NSO Group has developed a surveillance tool that can obtain user data from Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft servers, according to The Financial Times. NSO Group, whose software product was used to hack Facebook-owned WhatsApp Messenger in May, […] | Malware Hack Tool | ||
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2019-07-18 13:56:00 | Slack resets passwords for 1% of its users because of 2015 hack (lien direct) | Company said it received a batch of compromised credentials related to the 2015 hack via its bug bounty program. | Hack | ||
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2019-07-18 10:29:05 | Slack Resets Account Passwords Compromised During 2015 Hack (lien direct) | Slack has started sending out emails informing users that their account passwords have been reset due to being compromised during the Slack 2015 security incident. Slack has stated that this is only affecting 1% of their users. [...] | Hack | ||
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2019-07-18 07:58:00 | Security researcher arrested after data on every adult in Bulgaria hacked from government site (lien direct) | Police in Bulgaria have arrested a 20-year-old man after a hack against the Bulgarian tax authority, known as the National Revenue Agency (NRA), which saw data on every single adult living in Bulgaria stolen, and offered to the media. | Hack | ||
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2019-07-17 23:25:02 | Smashing Security #137: Porn trolling lawyers, Insta hacking, and Ctrl-Alt-LED (lien direct) | Erection your honour! Lawyers find themselves behind bars after they make porn movies in an attempt to scam internet users, boffins in Israel detail a way to steal data from an air-gapped computer, and Instagram coughs up $30,000 after a researcher finds a simple way to hack into anybody’s account. All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast. | Hack | ||
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2019-07-17 16:30:02 | Telecoms Giant Sprint Suffers Data Breach via Samsung Website (lien direct) | It has been reported that American telecommunications provider Sprint has suffered a data breach, telling customers that hackers broke into their accounts through a Samsung website. The number of customer accounts breached isn’t yet known. The hack occurred June 22, Sprint told its customers in a letter, and included details like first and last name, billing address, phone number, subscriber ID, account number, … The ISBuzz Post: This Post Telecoms Giant Sprint Suffers Data Breach via Samsung Website | Data Breach Hack | ||
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2019-07-17 12:01:01 | Bulgarian IT Specialist Held Over Taxpayer Data Hack (lien direct) | A 20-year-old Bulgarian cybercrime specialist has been arrested over a hack and leak of a trove of taxpayer data, which authorities had initially suspected was a Russia-linked cyberattack, an official said Wednesday. | Hack | ||
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2019-07-15 12:42:03 | Instagram Account Takeover Vulnerability Earns Hacker $30,000 (lien direct) | A researcher claims to have received $30,000 from Facebook after discovering a critical vulnerability that could have been exploited to easily hack Instagram accounts. India-based bug bounty hunter Laxman Muthiyah discovered the security hole while analyzing Instagram's password recovery system for mobile devices. | Hack Vulnerability | ||
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2019-07-15 10:01:00 | Connected hair straighteners can be hacked to cause fire hazard. (lien direct) | Researchers have found a way to successfully hack connected hair straighteners to turn them on and increase the heating element up to its maximum temperature-causing a serious fire hazard for unsuspecting owners. Pen Test Partners decided to put the Glamoriser hair straightener through its security paces, given that it has Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) embedded […] | Hack | ||
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2019-07-15 01:50:02 | This Flaw Could Have Allowed Hackers to Hack Any Instagram Account Within 10 Minutes (lien direct) | Watch out! Facebook-owned photo-sharing service has recently patched a critical vulnerability that could have allowed hackers to compromise any Instagram account without requiring any interaction from the targeted users.
Instagram is growing quickly-and with the most popular social media network in the world after Facebook, the photo-sharing network absolutely dominates when it comes to user |
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2019-07-12 09:02:04 | Japan Firm Says $32 Million Missing in Cryptocurrency Hack (lien direct) | Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange said Friday it had halted all services after losing cryptocurrency worth more than $32 million in the latest apparent hack involving virtual money. | Hack | ||
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2019-07-10 12:23:01 | Marriott faces £99.2 million fine after hack exposed 393 million hotel guest records (lien direct) | The UK's Information Commissioner’s Office (IOC) has announced its intention to fine the US hotel group Marriott International £99.2 million (US $123 million) for a data breach that exposed the personal details of hundreds of millions of guests. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. | Data Breach Hack | ||
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2019-07-10 06:09:01 | GE Says Anesthesia Machine Vulnerability Poses No Risk to Patients (lien direct) | Researchers have discovered a vulnerability that can be used to hack some of GE Healthcare's hospital anesthesia devices, but the vendor says it does not pose a direct risk to patients. | Hack Vulnerability | ||
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2019-07-09 04:04:02 | (Déjà vu) Hack the Box: Netmon Walkthrough (lien direct) | Netmon is a recently retired CTF VM on Hack the Box with the objective – Capture the user and root flag. Hack the Box offers a wide range of VMs for practice from beginner to advanced level and it is great for penetration testers and researchers. Level: Intermediate Task: To find user.txt and root.txt file... Continue reading → | Hack | ||
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2019-07-07 08:58:02 | Ubuntu-Maker Canonical\'s GitHub Account Gets Hacked (lien direct) | An unknown hacker yesterday successfully managed to hack into the official GitHub account of Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu Linux project and created 11 new empty repositories.
It appears that the cyberattack was, fortunately, just a "loud" defacement attempt rather than a "silent" sophisticated supply-chain attack that could have been abused to distribute modified malicious versions |
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2019-07-04 11:51:03 | YouTube policy on removing \'instructional hacking\' content causes infosec community outrage. (lien direct) | YouTube recently decided that instructional content in the realm of cybersecurity, including hacking how-to videos, were not acceptable on the ad-driven video platform. There is a gray area to be sure when it comes to teaching people not only how to hack but also educating users more broadly about the infosec industry — and this fine […] | Hack | ||
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2019-07-03 14:30:05 | Foreign cyber attackers tried to hack into police and council IT systems 90,000 times a day after Salisbury poisonings forcing staff to stop wearing Fitbits and pedometers in meetings. (lien direct) | Foreign cyber attackers tried to hack police and council computers immediately after the Salisbury novichok poisonings. Up to 90,000 attacks a day were launched in the days after the assassination attempt after Sergei Skripal was targeted by the nerve agent in March 2018. Wiltshire Council has revealed it was subjected to the ‘well coordinated’ hack […] | Hack | ||
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2019-06-30 11:44:05 | Security Affairs newsletter Round 220 – News of the week (lien direct) | A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! Expert released PoC for Outlook for Android flaw addressed by Microsoft Hundreds of million computers potentially exposed to hack due to a flaw in PC-Doctor component NASA hacked! An […] | Hack | ||
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2019-06-27 10:55:04 | Hackers can take control of Tesla Model 3 navigation. (lien direct) | Sat Nav spoofing is a growing threat to in-car driver assistance systems and autonomous vehicles, warns Regulus. Security researchers claim to have been able to hack into the navigation system of a Tesla Model 3, getting the vehicle to turn itself on. In early June, security specialists from Regulus conducted a test drive of the […] | Hack Threat | Tesla | |
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2019-06-27 04:59:03 | Flaws in EA Games Login exposed accounts of 300 Million Gamers to hack (lien direct) | Experts discovered security flaws in EA Games’ login process that could allow an attacker to take over EA gamers’ accounts and steal sensitive data. Experts at Check Point Research and Cyberint discovered multiple security flaws in EA Games’ login process that could allow an attacker to take over EA gamers’ accounts and steal sensitive data. […] | Hack | ||
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2019-06-25 07:04:01 | Two brothers arrested for Bitfinex hack and multi-year cryptocurrency phishing campaign (lien direct) | Computer crime authorities in Israel have arrested two brothers in connection with a phishing campaign that spread over multiple years and the 2016 hack of the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. | Hack | ||
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2019-06-23 14:28:05 | Hack the Box: Help Walkthrough (lien direct) | Help is a recently retired CTF challenge VM on Hack the Box and the objective remains the same– Capture the root flag. Hack the Box offers a wide range of VMs for practice from beginner to advanced level and it is great for penetration testers and researchers. Level: Intermediate Task: To find user.txt and root.txt... Continue reading → | Hack | ||
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2019-06-23 14:25:02 | Hundreds of million computers potentially exposed to hack due to a flaw in PC-Doctor component (lien direct) | Hundreds of million computers from many vendors may have been exposed to hack due to a serious flaw in PC-Doctor software. Experts at SafeBreach discovered that the Dell SupportAssist software, that comes preinstalled on most Dell PCs, was affected by a DLL hijacking vulnerability tracked as CVE-2019-12280. The flaw could have been exploited by an […] | Hack Vulnerability | ||
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2019-06-22 12:32:04 | Hackers can hack your PC by exploiting critical vulnerability in VLC media player (lien direct) | VideoLAN releases a security update for vulnerable VLC Media player VLC media player has been discovered with two high-risk security flaws on software versions 3.0.6 and earlier that can allow attackers to load specially crafted video files in the vulnerable system to execute the arbitrary code. For those unaware, VLC media player is one of […] | Hack Vulnerability | ||
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2019-06-22 09:03:02 | Flaws allow hacking a system playing untrusted videos on VLC Player (lien direct) | Two vulnerabilities in VLC media player could allow remote attackers to take full control over a computer system while playing untrusted videos. An attacker could remotely take full control over a computer system while playing untrusted videos with any version of VLC media player software prior to 3.0.7. The hack is possible due to two […] | Hack | ||
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2019-06-21 12:33:02 | Beware! Playing Untrusted Videos On VLC Player Could Hack Your Computer (lien direct) | If you use VLC media player on your computer and haven't updated it recently, don't you even dare to play any untrusted, randomly downloaded video file on it.
Doing so could allow hackers to remotely take full control over your computer system.
That's because VLC media player software versions prior to 3.0.7 contain two high-risk security vulnerabilities, besides many other medium- and |
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2019-06-20 18:00:00 | Physicists Hack the Uncertainty Principle to See an Ion Wiggle (lien direct) | Heisenberg's famous principle can't be violated, but it can be gamed. A new study shows a way to measure particles with far more precision than before. | Hack | ||
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2019-06-20 16:04:04 | Why Process Reimaging Matters (lien direct) | 
As this blog goes live, Eoin Carroll will be stepping off the stage at Hack in Paris having detailed the latest McAfee Advanced Threat Research (ATR) findings on Process Reimaging. Admittedly, this technique probably lacks a catchy name, but be under no illusion the technique is significant and is worth paying very close attention to. […]
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2019-06-19 14:59:00 | Tech news roundup: HPE Discover 2019, Facebook\'s Libra cryptocurrency, and Google Cloud\'s debacle (lien direct) | This week's TechRepublic and ZDNet news stories include a look at the companies that hire the most data scientists, four significant impacts of a security breach, and a first-hand account of a major hack job. | Hack | ||
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2019-06-18 10:53:00 | EatStreet food ordering service discloses security breach (lien direct) | Hacker "Gnosticplayers" took credit for the hack in a private conversation with ZDNet last month. | Hack | ||
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2019-06-18 10:20:02 | US and Russia clash over power grid \'hack attacks\' (lien direct) | Russia has countered attempts to hack into its infrastructure, says Kremlin spokesman. | Hack | ||
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2019-06-13 05:28:05 | Senators Question FBI on Russian Hack of Voting Firm (lien direct) | Two U.S. senators asked the FBI on Wednesday to explain what it has done to investigate the suspected hack by Russian intelligence of a Florida-based voting software company before the 2016 election. | Hack | ||
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2019-06-12 12:51:01 | Radiohead releases a trove of stolen music in response to the hack (lien direct) | The English rock Radiohead released 18-hour trove of private recordings from their 1997 album “OK Computer” in response to the recent hack. The alternative rock band Radiohead released an 18-hour trove of private recordings from their 1997 album “OK Computer” after being hacked by crooks that demanded a ransom of $150,000 for the music. Radiohead uploaded 1.8-gigabyte […] | Hack | ||
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2019-06-11 14:18:02 | Customs and Border Protection (CBP) confirms hack of a subcontractor (lien direct) | Customs and Border Protection (CBP) revealed that photos of travelers and license plates collected at a single U.S. border point have been stolen by hackers. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) revealed that photos of travelers and license plates collected at a single U.S. border point have been stolen as a result of a cyber attack. […] | Hack | ||
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2019-06-11 12:39:02 | Beware Linux users! Vulnerability in Vim or Neovim Editor could compromise your Linux (lien direct) | CVE-2019-12735: Opening a specially crafted file in Vim or Neovim Editor could hack your Linux system Security expert Armin Razmjou recently detected a high-risk arbitrary OS command execution vulnerability (CVE-2019-12735) in Vim and Neovim. For those unaware, Vim and Neovim are two most popular and powerful command-line text editing applications that come pre-installed in most of […] | Hack Vulnerability | ||
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2019-06-11 11:34:02 | Tens of thousands of images stolen in US border hack (lien direct) | Images of tens of thousands of travellers crossing the US border were taken, officials say. | Hack |
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