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Your old router could be a hacking group’s APT pawn

The Parallax

In a newly released Symantec study he led, Grange says the hacker group is now using hijacked Wi-Fi routers, Internet of Things devices, and cloud services to cover its tracks. READ MORE ON ROUTERS AND THE INTERNET OF THINGS. Time for a Department of the Internet of Things? The long reach of Mirai, the Internet of Things botnet.

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Even North Korea has an antivirus program—but it’s used for spying

The Parallax

Malware and antivirus software usually go together like tacos and pickles. How Spain is waging Internet war on Catalan separatists. Pretty much any software can be targeted to be ripped off,” says Mark Lechtik, a security researcher on the Check Point Malware Research Team who led the investigation into SiliVaccine.

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Apple patches nasty security bugs, HBO Max suddenly removes content, and a16z backs Neumann’s next thing

TechCrunch

” Google shutters IoT Core : Google’s IoT Core is a service meant to help device makers build internet-connected gadgets that connect to Google Cloud. But when one of them found and registered a certain domain name in the malware’s code, the attack stopped dead in its tracks.

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Are you ready for state-sponsored zombie malware attacks?

CTOvision

On January 4, 2017 CTO Vision published a blog post titled “Are you ready for a state-sponsored cyber attack?” In hindsight, the blog post should have been titled “Are you ready for state-sponsored zombie malware attacks?” Zombie malware combines the most deadly aspects of malware and zombie computers into one horrible mess.

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How to protect your smart TV from hackers

The Parallax

In the middle of June, Samsung tweeted out advice to owners of its smart TVs: Scan them for malware and viruses. Consumers face security and privacy risks from smart TVs, they say, just like any other device connected to the Internet. READ MORE ON SECURING THE INTERNET OF THINGS. Time for a Department of the Internet of Things?

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Seven Trends and Predictions for 2017

CTOvision

Seven Trends and Predictions for 2017. With that in mind, here are my on-the-record predictions for 2017. Prediction: Self-driving cars will complete trials in 2017. Trend #2—Internet of Things (IoT). Prediction: Internet of Things will move off the hype list and become a dominant technology in 2017.

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How to use your Android as a 2FA key

The Parallax

Google’s move to turn Androids themselves—the ones already in consumers’ hands—into the physical keys needed to unlock accounts is a “game changer,” Joseph Lorenzo Hall, chief technologist and director of the Internet Architecture project at the Center for Democracy and Technology , said in an email. “It Android Q adds privacy, fragmentation.

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