Krebs on Security
OCTOBER 1, 2018
Most of us have been trained to be wary of clicking on links and attachments that arrive in emails unexpected, but it’s easy to forget scam artists are constantly dreaming up innovations that put a new shine on old-fashioned telephone-based phishing scams. Think you’re too smart to fall for one? Think again: Even technology experts are getting taken in by some of the more recent schemes (or very nearly).
Schneier on Security
OCTOBER 30, 2018
Earlier this week, the New York Times reported that the Russians and the Chinese were eavesdropping on President Donald Trump's personal cell phone and using the information gleaned to better influence his behavior. This should surprise no one. Security experts have been talking about the potential security vulnerabilities in Trump's cell phone use since he became president.
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The Last Watchdog
OCTOBER 29, 2018
The United States has experienced the most cybersecurity breaches in the world and the Equifax Breach was one of the first to be considered a “mega breach.”. The headlines immediately attempted to lay the blame, in large part, on the fact that Equifax’s chief information security officer was a music major and did not have a background in technology.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 30, 2018
A few hours after Apple released iOS 12.1 the iPhone bug hunter Jose Rodriguez has found a new passcode bypass issue that could be exploited to see all contacts’ private information on a locked iPhone. “Jose Rodriguez, a Spanish security researcher, contacted The Hacker News and confirmed that he discovered an iPhone passcode bypass bug in the latest version of its iOS mobile operating system, iOS 12.1, released by Apple today.” reads a post published by THN.
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WIRED Threat Level
OCTOBER 25, 2018
Opinion: The fact that voter information is left on devices, unencrypted, that are then sold on the open market is malpractice.
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Krebs on Security
OCTOBER 2, 2018
A ridiculous number of companies are exposing some or all of their proprietary and customer data by putting it in the cloud without any kind of authentication needed to read, alter or destroy it. When cybercriminals are the first to discover these missteps, usually the outcome is a demand for money in return for the stolen data. But when these screw-ups are unearthed by security professionals seeking to make a name for themselves, the resulting publicity often can leave the breached organization
Collaboration 2.0
OCTOBER 4, 2018
NASCAR leads the way in the transition to digital for domestic US motorsports and the marketing ecospheres and sponsors that rely on them.
The Last Watchdog
OCTOBER 22, 2018
Tel Aviv, Israel-based Silverfort continues to make inroads into proving the efficacy of its innovative approach to multi-factor authentication, or MFA, in corporate settings. Related: Why a ‘zero-trust’ approach to security is necessary. One recent validation comes from two long established, and much larger cybersecurity vendors – Checkpoint and Palo Alto Networks – that have recently begun integrating Silverfort’s innovative MFA solution into their respective malware detection and
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 28, 2018
Researchers at Cymulate security firm devised a new stealthy technique to deliver malware leveraging videos embedded into weaponized Microsoft Office Documents. The technique could be used to execute JavaScript code when a user clicks on a weaponized YouTube video thumbnail embedded in a Weaponized Office document. Experts pointed out that no message is displayed by Microsoft Office to request the victim’s consent. “Cymulate’s research team has discovered a way to abuse the Online Vi
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When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m
WIRED Threat Level
OCTOBER 31, 2018
A series of high-profile cases involving alleged Chinese recruits shows how the country identifies and develops potential spies stateside.
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 22, 2018
Separately, a Water Utility Hit by Ryuk Ransomware Vows to Restore, Not Pay A tale of two different ransomware victims' responses: One Connecticut city says it had little choice but to pay a ransom to restore crypto-locked systems. But a North Carolina water utility hit separately says that rather than bow to criminals' demands, it will rebuild affected systems and databases.
Krebs on Security
OCTOBER 9, 2018
What do we do with a company that regularly pumps metric tons of virtual toxic sludge onto the Internet and yet refuses to clean up their act? If ever there were a technology giant that deserved to be named and shamed for polluting the Web, it is Xiongmai — a Chinese maker of electronic parts that power a huge percentage of cheap digital video recorders (DVRs) and Internet-connected security cameras.
AIIM
OCTOBER 5, 2018
Having your cake and eating it, too, is a proverb that’s almost 500 years old, which means you cannot have two incompatible things at the same time. So many examples of situations exist where you face two mutually exclusive options. Let’s take document capture. Document capture software is designed to automate document-oriented tasks such as sorting or extracting key data.
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The Last Watchdog
OCTOBER 15, 2018
It is disheartening, but not at all surprising, that hackers continue to pull off successful breaches of well-defended U.S. government strategic systems. Related podcast: Cyber attacks on critical systems have only just begun. On Friday, Oct. 12, the Pentagon disclosed that intruders breached Defense Department travel records and compromised the personal information and credit card data of U.S. military and civilian personnel.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 26, 2018
Security researcher discovered a highly critical vulnerability (CVE-2018-14665) in X.Org Server package that affects major Linux distributions. The Indian security researcher Narendra Shinde has discovered a highly critical vulnerability (CVE-2018-14665) in X.Org Server package that affects major Linux distributions, including OpenBSD, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Red Hat, and Fedora.
WIRED Threat Level
OCTOBER 4, 2018
A new indictment details how Russian agents camped outside hotels when remote hacking efforts weren't enough.
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 1, 2018
'Playbook' Prepared; Data Sharing Efforts Planned In its ongoing quest to improve the state of medical device cybersecurity, the FDA has announced a number of key moves - including the release of a security "playbook," plans to leverage information sharing and analysis organizations and an effort to update its 2014 premarket guidance for manufacturers.
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Krebs on Security
OCTOBER 12, 2018
Earlier this month I spoke at a cybersecurity conference in Albany, N.Y. alongside Tony Sager , senior vice president and chief evangelist at the Center for Internet Security and a former bug hunter at the U.S. National Security Agency. We talked at length about many issues, including supply chain security, and I asked Sager whether he’d heard anything about rumors that Supermicro — a high tech firm in San Jose, Calif. — had allegedly inserted hardware backdoors in technology s
AIIM
OCTOBER 16, 2018
Why choose certification? For me, it's about proof (to myself and to employers) of my expertise. The Certified Information Professional (CIP) started with a group of industry experts and focus groups that worked together to define the body of knowledge necessary for information professionals to be successful in the digital economy. From there, AIIM worked to build a certification exam based upon this body of knowledge - and the CIP was born.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 17, 2018
Oracle has just released a security update to prevent 2.3 million servers running the RPCBIND service from being used in amplified DDoS attacks. The flaw was discovered by the Brazilian researcher Mauricio Corrêa, founder of Brazilian security company XLabs. The exploitation of this vulnerability could cause major problems on the Internet. “A proof of concept (POC) made in only one XLabs server generated a traffic of 69 gigabits per second,” Mauricio told Cibersecurity.net.br.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 14, 2018
Security expert published the PoC exploit code for the recently fixed critical remote code execution flaw in Edge web browser tracked as CVE-2018-8495. The October 2018 Patch Tuesday addressed 50 known vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s products, 12 of them were labeled as critical. One of the issues is a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Edge web browser tracked as CVE-2018-8495. “A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Windows Shell improperly handles URIs, aka
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Security Affairs
OCTOBER 21, 2018
Attackers are targeting high-value servers using a three of hacking tools from NSA arsenal, including DarkPulsar, that were leaked by the Shadow Brokers hacker group. The hackers used the powerful cyber weapons to compromise systems used in aerospace, nuclear energy, R&D, and other industries. According to experts from Kaspersky Lab, threat actors leverage NSA tools DarkPulsar, DanderSpritz and Fuzzbunch to infect Windows Server 2003 and 2008 systems in 50 organizations in Russia, Iran, and
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 9, 2018
Security researchers who devised last year the Key Reinstallation Attack, aka KRACK attack, have disclosed new variants of the attack. Security researchers Mathy Vanhoef and Frank Piessens who devised last year the Key Reinstallation Attack against WPA, aka KRACK attack, have disclosed new variants of the attack. Last year, boffins discovered several key management flaws in the core of Wi-Fi Protected Access II (WPA2) protocol that could be exploited by an attacker to hack into Wi-Fi network
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 27, 2018
Security researchers at FortiGuard Labs have discovered a new DDoS-for-hire service called “ 0x-booter” built with leaked code that implements an easy to use interface. “ 0x-booter ” first appeared on October 17, 2018, a post published on Facebook advertises over 500 Gbps of power and 20,000 bots. “During our regular monitoring, the FortiGuard Labs team recently discovered a new platform offering DDoS-for-hire service called “0x-booter. ”” reads the analysis published by Fort
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 16, 2018
Free Wi-Fi is convenient, but it is also unsafe and puts users at great risk. Here’s how the cybercriminals attack user on these open networks. The free Wi-Fi is one of the catchiest things for the users in today’s world. This is the main reason why so many free public Wi-Fi can be found without much of a problem. It is not only free but convenient to use these open networks.
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Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 4, 2018
China used tiny chips implanted on computer equipment manufactured for US companies and government agencies to steal secret information. According to a report published by Bloomberg News, China used tiny chips implanted on computer equipment manufactured for US companies and government agencies, including Amazon and Apple, to steal secret information.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 24, 2018
The security researcher SandboxEscaper has released the proof-of-concept exploit code for a new Windows zero-day, Windows users are now exposed to attacks. The security researcher using the Twitter handle @SandboxEscaper is back and has released the proof-of-concept exploit code for a new Windows zero-day vulnerability. At the end of August, the same researcher disclosed the details of zero-day privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the Microsoft’s Windows Windows Task Scheduler that coul
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 25, 2018
Good news for the victims of the infamous GandCrab ransomware, security experts have created a decryption tool that allows them to decrypts files without paying the ransom. Bitdefender security firm along with Europol, the FBI, Romanian Police, and other law enforcement agencies has developed a free ransomware decryption tool. “The good news is that now you can have your data back without paying a cent to the cyber-criminals, as Bitdefender has released a free utility that automates the da
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