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Cryptocurrency miners are now being distributed by a new campaign pretending to be Adobe Flash Player installers. While this is not new, this particular campaign is going the extra mile to appear legitimate by not only installing a miner, but also updating Flash Player as well. Source: CoinMiners Use New Tricks to Impersonate Adobe Flash Installers

Re-branded IP cameras and DVRs sold by over 100 companies can be easily hacked, researchers say. Source: Over nine million cameras and DVRs open to APTs, botnet herders, and voyeurs | ZDNet

Source: Apple Said to Have ‘Dramatically Reduced’ Multi-Billion-Dollar iPhone Repair Fraud in China

Google exposed the private data of hundreds of thousands of users of the Google+ social network, though it didn’t find evidence of misuse. The company opted not to disclose the issue this past spring, in part because of fears doing so would draw regulatory scrutiny. Source: Google Exposed User Data, Feared Repercussions of Disclosing to Public – WSJ