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Vendor refusing to fix backdoor
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- Written by: CyberFreek
- Category: Information Security
Recently posted on a website, is a story that RuggedCom who boasts "hardened" and "industrial strength" systems, has been found to have a known backdoor into their systems.
The link to the story that I am posting here at this time contains a script to possibly exploit this vulnerability. I do not suggest you download and / or try this and suggest you stay Cyber Safe by only reading the article. I do not approve of malicious behavior.
Read the article by clicking here
I find it amazing that some people go to great lengths to protect their network and their companies where others sometimes miss the importance of "hardened systems". If this is completely true and their systems do have a backdoor, then they are not hardened at all.
Remember the old adage, the chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Is Boasting the weak link or being discovered to have a backdoor found the weak link? Personally, I think its both. if you climb up and put yourself onto a pedestal, there are a lot of people with sling-shots waiting for you to stand there and pound your chest.
be safe, be smart, be thorough !
Elite Hacker done in by his iPhone
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- Written by: CyberFreek
- Category: Celll Phones and Mobile devices
Anyone ever notice that if you take a photo with your cell phone, the photo is geotagged with information. These geotagging can pinpoint where you snapped the photo, time of day, etc.
Nifty feature, right ? But it is all about tracking users, tracking your every location and what you are doing (is Big Brother really watching now ?) 
Well there is an article recently posted that states that an Elite Hacker from one of the off-shoots of Anonymous teased Law Officials with more information than they should have. They sent or posted photos in the attempt to tease the Law that they could not find them. (nyah nyah, you can't find me). But the images posted contained GPS coordinates and other information associated with Geotagging of photos. Did the Hacker screw up ? Big time.
Take the time to read this article , it IS hilarious in the long run.
This is a prime example of stupidity of the smartest of us. No matter how smart they are, eventually they will do something dumb that will get them caught. I don;t care who the person is, historically the more you are wanted, eventually something stupid will trip you up. So sometimes, I guess it pays to stay stupid and not be elite ?
Having accomplished various investigations into "Cyber Happenings", the devil IS in the details and its usually something everyone often overlooks. Something we take for granted or worse, something stupid that exposes what was going on. Its that piece of the puzzle that is staring you right in the eyes. Some may say "you are looking too deeply" or "you are looking to make something out of something that is just not there". It's always there. How smart are you to catch the smallest of details or something staring you right between the eyes?
Enjoy.
New Directions, old pit falls
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- Written by: CyberFreek
- Category: Personal Cyber Security
Everyone is pushing for and jumping onto the bandwagon of New Technology which includes Mobile Devices, Cloud and of course Social Media.
I had an opportunity recently to join CIO Perspectives in New York City (which I want to elaborate more on in another article, watch for it...) and I was appalled how so many just plainly ignored the security of these new technologies.
Here is a great article that gives you a good idea at how blind everyone seems to be to the insecurity these technologies represent. <Click here for article>
This to me, is amazing. Claiming that Hackers Own the PCs and talk about:
"To satisfy these requirements, the key characteristics of a post-PC architecture are scalability, semantics and security."
Yet there is nothing in the article that even touches on Security. It again is ignored.
Doesn't this reek of the Hans Christian Andersen's story, the Emperors New Clothes?
I really think everyone is so blind to the dangers that they just do not care. Security is to many, an intangible item that doe snot need any focus or funding UNTIL a breach or their names get into the headlines for a "Lack of Security" issue. But this is a topic for yet another new and upcoming article, so watch this website. I got some good ones coming!
Steve
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