Daily NCSC-FI news followup 2019-12-30

Equifax used ‘admin’ as username and password for sensitive data finance.yahoo.com/news/equifax-password-username-admin-lawsuit-201118316.html The Pixel 4s face unlock works on sleeping, unconscious people arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/10/the-pixel-4s-face-unlock-works-on-sleeping-unconscious-people/ NordVPN is investigating a potential certificate leak. Unconfirmed as of now. https://twitter.com/NordVPN/status/1185979592374398976 See also https://twitter.com/cryptostorm_is/status/1185976222364438528

Exercise Crossed Swords 2020 Reached New Levels of Multinational and Interdisciplinary Cooperation ccdcoe.org/news/2020/exercise-crossed-swords-2020-reached-new-levels-of-multinational-and-interdisciplinary-cooperation/ The 6th iteration of the annual cyber exercise Crossed Swords in Riga, Latvia, brought together more than 120 technical experts, Cyber Commands´ members, Special Forces operators and military police. Organized jointly by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) and […]

Linksys asks users to reset passwords after hackers hijacked home routers last month www.zdnet.com/article/linksys-asks-users-to-reset-passwords-after-hackers-hijacked-home-routers-last-month/ Linksys locks Smart WiFi cloud accounts and asks users to reset passwords after hackers hijacked routers to redirect traffic to malware sites. Continued Threat Actor Exploitation Post Pulse Secure VPN Patching www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/aa20-107a This Alert provides an update to Cybersecurity and Infrastructure […]