Month: March 2020

Marriot Hotels breached AGAIN: Two compromised logins abused to exfil guests’ personal deets

How many customers deets? They aren’t saying just yet Marriot Hotels has suffered its second data breach in as many years after an “unexpected amount” of guests’ data was accessed through two compromised employee logins, the under-fire chain has confirmed.… …read more Source:: Register


Palo Alto Networks to Buy CloudGenix for $420M

Palo Alto Networks plans to integrate CloudGenix’s SD-WAN technology into its Prisma SASE platform following the deal. …read more Source:: DarkReading


Reverse Engineering a Ceiling Fan Remote

In the quest to automate everything in your home, you no doubt have things that aren’t made with home automation in mind. Perhaps your window AC unit, or the dimmer in your dining room. [Seb] has several ceiling fans that are controlled by remotes and wanted to connect them to his home automation system. In…


Zoom Meetings Aren’t End-to-End Encrypted, Despite Misleading Marketing

An anonymous reader shares a report: Zoom, the video conferencing service whose use has spiked amid the Covid-19 pandemic, claims to implement end-to-end encryption, widely understood as the most private form of internet communication, protecting conversations from all outside parties. In fact, Zoom is using its own definition of the term, one that lets Zoom…


Millions of Guests Impacted in Marriott Data Breach, Again

The second breach in less than 24 months stemmed from employee account compromises. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Comcast Details What the Coronavirus Has Done To Network Traffic

Comcast said that internet traffic has risen 32% because of the coronavirus, but the company said it has the capacity to handle peak traffic demands in the U.S. From a report: Tony Werner, Comcast president of technology, said in a press briefing that the company normally adds capacity 12-18 months ahead of time, with typical…


Roku OS 9.3 adds voice support in Spanish – CNET

You’ll soon be able to use voice commands in Spanish to launch channels, control playback and more. …read more Source:: CNet


Marvel and DC grind to a halt due to coronavirus lockdown – CNET

The two major comic book publishers stopped or limited their new releases this week. …read more Source:: CNet


10 Tuesday deals you won’t want to miss – CNET

Killer savings on smartwatches, work-from-home accessories, lifetime subscriptions and lots more, including some Cheapskate exclusives. …read more Source:: CNet


FBI Re-Sends Alert About Supply Chain Attacks For The Third Time In Three Months

…read more Source:: PacketStorm