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Despite reports of hacking, baby monitors remain woefully insecure

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Disturbing reports in recent years of hackers hijacking baby monitors and screaming at children have creeped out parents, but these incidents apparently haven’t spooked makers of these devices.

A security analysis of nine baby monitors from different manufacturers revealed serious vulnerabilities and design flaws that could allow hackers to hijack their video feeds or take full control of the devices.

The tests were performed by researchers from security firm Rapid7 during the first half of this year and the results were released Tuesday in a white paper. On a scale from A to F that rated their security functionality and implementation, eight of the devices received an F and one a D.

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Oracle CSO to customers: we don’t need your (false positive) bug reports

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Mary Ann Davidson

Oracle’s CSO thinks customers who reverse-engineer its code in attempts to find bugs should cut it out because they’re not finding much worth acting on and, more importantly, they’re violating their licensing agreements.

The condescending tone of the blog that sets down her objections rankled readers – and presumably customers – so much so that Oracle took it down, but not before it was cached.

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Ransomware, Flash Malware Surge in 2015, McAfee Labs Reports – HSToday

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Ransomware, Flash Malware Surge in 2015, McAfee Labs Reports
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McAfee Labs addressed in-depth the topic of ransomware, a type of malware that holds a computer hostage until a ransom is paid, after seeing a 165 percent increase this quarter. The report indicated this increase is largely due to the new, hard-to …

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US reports massive breach of government personnel data

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The U.S. is investigating a massive data breach that exposed personal information on around 4 million federal government workers, according to news reports Thursday.

China is suspected of having a hand in the attack, described by an unnamed official as “one of the largest thefts of government data ever seen,” the Wall Street Journal reported.

APOLOGIES: Sorriest Technology Companies of 2014

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