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Browser automation. IoT worm can hack Philips Hue lightbulbs, spread across cities

Which browsers don’t track you. Researchers have developed a proof-of-concept worm they say can rip through Philips Hue lightbulbs across entire cities – causing the insecure web-connected globes to flick on and off. The software nasty, detailed in a paper titled IoT Goes Nuclear: Creating a ZigBee Chain Reaction [PDF], exploits hardcoded symmetric encryption keys …

Browser automation. $10m of Bangladeshi SWIFT heist ended up in Filipino Casino

Which browsers don’t track you. At least some of the US$81 million lifted from Bangladeshi banks in recent hacks on the Society for Worldwide Interbank Telecommunication (SWIFT) inter-bank transfer network has been tracked down to a casino in the Philippines. The February heist relied on malware dropped on a SWIFT terminal used by Bangladesh’s central …

Browser automation. Fatigue fears over bug bounty programs

Which browsers don’t track you. Bug bounty fatigue means that bounty hunters are only picking up the easy-to-find flaws while leaving more difficult-to-tease-out vulnerabilities undiscovered, according to a security testing organization. High-Tech Bridge said its mix of automated scanning and manual inspection is unearthing problems at organizations that make use of bug bounty programs. “Companies …