October 16, 2017
Reaper: Calm Before the IoT Security Storm? — Krebs on Security
Source: Reaper: Calm Before the IoT Security Storm? — Krebs on Security
FBI Director Christopher Wray says federal agents haven’t been able to retrieve data from more than half of the mobile devices they’ve tried to access in a year. Source: FBI couldn’t access nearly 7K devices because of encryption | Fox Business
With the release of Windows 10 Fall Creators Update last week, the “Controlled Folder Access” that Microsoft touted in June is now live for millions of users. Source: Windows 10’s “Controlled Folder Access” Anti-Ransomware Feature Is Now Live
October 13, 2017
A Gigantic IoT Botnet Has Grown in the Shadows in the Past Month
Since mid-September, a new IoT botnet has grown to massive proportions. Codenamed IoT_reaper (Reaper for this article), researchers estimate its current size at nearly two million infected devices. Source: A Gigantic IoT Botnet Has Grown in the Shadows in the Past Month
October 12, 2017
WPA2 security flaw puts almost every Wi-Fi device at risk of hijack, eavesdropping | ZDNet
Security experts have said the bug is a total breakdown of the WPA2 security protocol. Source: WPA2 security flaw puts almost every Wi-Fi device at risk of hijack, eavesdropping | ZDNet