Tag: Cyber Security News

Google Warned Chromecast Owners Not to Hit Factory Reset

Google has issued an urgent advisory to owners of Chromecast 2nd Generation (2015) and Chromecast Audio devices, warning against factory resets as a global outage linked to an expired security certificate renders these devices inoperable.  The company confirmed that it…

Apache Pinot Vulnerability Let Attackers Bypass Authentication

A critical security vulnerability (CVE-2024-56325) in Apache Pinot, the open-source distributed OLAP datastore used by LinkedIn, Uber, and Microsoft for real-time analytics, allows unauthenticated attackers to bypass authentication controls and gain full system access.  Rated 9.8 on the CVSS v3…

New Botnet Dubbed “Eleven11bot” Hacked 30,000 Webcams

A newly identified botnet, tracked as Eleven11bot, has compromised approximately 30,000 internet-connected devices—primarily security cameras and network video recorders (NVRs)—to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against critical infrastructure.  Discovered by Nokia Deepfield’s Emergency Response Team (ERT) on February 26, 2025,…