Fortune 500 firms are the target for a hacker who is using a new variant of the RouteX malware to infect Netgear routers. The malware hijacks vulnerable routers and turns them into SOCKS proxies, which the attacker then leverages in further attacks involving “credential stuffing against Fortune 500 companies”. Researchers at US-based cybersecurity firm Forkbombus Labs, who uncovered the attacks, said that their analysis into the attacks led them to the discovery that the…

The personal information of nearly 600,000 voters in Alaska has been exposed online do to an unsecured CouchDB database. Security researchers at the Kromtech Security Research Center discovered the database of about 593,000 voters was accidentally configured for public access without password protection, potentially allowing anyone with a web browser to access and view the sensitive information. The exposed records contained the sensitive and personally identifiable information of prospective voters…

The Nintentdo SNES Classic Mini Edition, which is due for release soon, can be hacked, , providing you can get your hands on the retro-remake. Using a program called hakhi2, the NES Classic, which made a splash last year before it sold out at a heady pace, hobby hackers can crack into the systems software via a micro USB connection and load up hundreds of additional games alongside the suite of classic…

Vevo, the multinational video service, was just hacked. Roughly 3.12TB worth of internal files have been posted online, and a couple of the documents reviewed by Gizmodo appear sensitive. The OurMine hacker squad has claimed responsibility for the breach. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Gizmodo The post Vevo has been Hacked appeared first on IT SECURITY GURU. Source: http://www.itsecurityguru.org

New research has found that the popular Fitbit devices are vulnerable to hackers.  A study looked into how personal information can be stolen from the fitness brands. Computer researchers at the University of Edinburgh intercepted messages from the Fitbit One and Fitbit Flex wristbands, which calculate activity including steps, distance travelled, calories burned and sleep duration. The team accessed personal information from the devices as it was sent to the company’s cloud servers…

LinkedIn has bit the target of a new phishing campaign which has spread through users via direct messages and the LinkedIn InMail feature. They are sent from legitimate LinkedIn Premium accounts that have been hijacked by the phishers, thus increasing the likelihood that recipients will trust the message and click on the link. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Helpnetsecurity The post Premium LinkedIn accounts hijacked by Phishers appeared first on…