Tag Archive for: Creepy

Mitre, the creepy company checking your fingerprints on Facebook for the US Government

Cybercrime reporter Thomas Brewster has written a fascinating exposé of the activities of Mitre Corporation, which has taken on some eyebrow-raising projects for the US government.

Graham Cluley

Creepy CloudPets pulled from stores over security fears

Creepy CloudPets pulled from stores over security fears

Major retailers have begun pulling CloudPets cuddly toys from their shelves after warnings were issued that the internet-enabled toys posed a risk to privacy.

Read more in my article on the Bitdefender BOX blog.

Graham Cluley

Creepy new Android ransomware installs itself, demands payment in iTunes gift cards – BGR


BGR

Creepy new Android ransomware installs itself, demands payment in iTunes gift cards
BGR
This brand new Android threat might not affect a large number of users, but it deserves some attention considering its ingenuity. Unlike other malware threats that need to fool the user to install them, this new ransomware-like attack does it
Cyber Police ransomware can lock your Android device and ask for paymentDigital Trends
'Dogspectus' Breaks New Ground For Android RansomwareDark Reading
Dogspectus: Android ransomware silently installs, demands $ 200 iTunes gift card ransomComputerworld
Threatpost –Tech Times –Inquirer
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U.S. still No. 1 for unsecured security cameras: Creepy site linked to over 5,700 in U.S.

In November 2014, access to the video streams of 73,011 unsecured security cameras were available on a site that provided a Peeping Tom paradise for voyeurs and creepers. At that time, there were 11,046 unsecured security cameras in the U.S. Now there is roughly half that amount, but the U.S. is still number one by having more insecure security cameras than any other nation in the world.

On December 17, there were 4,104 unsecured security cameras located in the United States that were listed as part of the Insecam project, which claims to have “the world’s biggest directory of online surveillance security cameras.” With six cameras per page, that was equal to 684 pages which I viewed while counting the brand of network video cameras available online, because each of those U.S. cameras did not have a unique password to protect it. That took between five and six hours, including the time to grab some screenshots as well; during that time, the number of unsecured cameras in the U.S. fluctuated wildly and dropped to barely 4,000 before going back up to cover 684 pages again. The most common unsecured cameras in the U.S. found on that site was made by Foscam, and the first 30 pages of links to unsecured IP cameras linked back to those under the Foscam brand.

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