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FBI: Russian spies exploiting a 7-year-old Cisco bug to slurp configs from critical infrastructure

Snarfing up config files for ‘thousands’ of devices…just for giggles, we’re sure The FBI and security researchers today warned that Russian government spies exploited a seven-year-old bug in end-of-life Cisco networking devices to snoop around in American critical infrastructure networks and collect information on industrial systems.… READ MORE HERE…

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McDonald’s not lovin’ it when hacker exposes nuggets of rotten security

Burger slinger gets a McRibbing, reacts by firing staffer who helped A white-hat hacker has discovered a series of critical flaws in McDonald’s staff and partner portals that allowed anyone to order free food online, get admin rights to the burger slinger’s marketing materials, and could allow an attacker to get a corporate email account with which to conduct a little filet-o-phishing.… READ MORE HERE…

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