Krebs on Security
DECEMBER 12, 2018
Is it fair to judge an organization’s information security posture simply by looking at its Internet-facing assets for weaknesses commonly sought after and exploited by attackers, such as outdated software or accidentally exposed data and devices? Fair or not, a number of nascent efforts are using just such an approach to derive security scores for companies and entire industries.
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 10, 2018
The popular expert Jens ‘Atom’ Steube devised a new WiFi hack that allows cracking WiFi passwords of most modern routers. Jens ‘Atom’ Steube, the lead developer of the popular password-cracking tool Hashcat, has developed a new WiFi hacking technique that allows cracking WiFi passwords of most modern routers. Jens ‘Atom’ Steube, the lead developer of the popular password-cracking tool Hashcat, has developed a new WiFi hacking technique that allows cracking WiF
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Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 10, 2018
Privacy Watchdog Counts 41 Daily Breach Reports Since GDPR Enforcement Began The U.K.'s privacy watchdog says that six months after enforcement of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation began, it's seen a dramatic increase in data breach reports - as well as privacy complaints from the public.
WIRED Threat Level
DECEMBER 14, 2018
In the latest in its long string of 2018 incidents, Facebook let developers access the private photos of millions of users.
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Krebs on Security
DECEMBER 13, 2018
A new email extortion scam is making the rounds, threatening that someone has planted bombs within the recipient’s building that will be detonated unless a hefty bitcoin ransom is paid by the end of the business day. Sources at multiple U.S. based financial institutions reported receiving the threats, which included the subject line, “I advise you not to call the police.” The email reads: My man carried a bomb (Hexogen) into the building where your company is located.
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Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 11, 2018
Google Advances Date for Mothballing Google+ Social Network for Consumers Google says a buggy API update it pushed last month for its soon-to-be-mothballed Google+ social network exposed personal information for 52.2 million users. The data-exposure alert arrives just two months after Google admitted that a March problem with the same API exposed data for 500,000 users.
WIRED Threat Level
DECEMBER 10, 2018
A month after Google had already decided to shut down Google+, a new bug made its problems much, much worse.
Krebs on Security
DECEMBER 11, 2018
Adobe and Microsoft each released updates today to tackle critical security weaknesses in their software. Microsoft’s December patch batch is relatively light, addressing more than three dozen vulnerabilities in Windows and related applications. Adobe has issued security fixes for its Acrobat and PDF Reader products, and has a patch for yet another zero-day flaw in Flash Player that is already being exploited in the wild.
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 12, 2018
Experts from Kaspersky Lab reported that that the recently patched Windows kernel zero-day vulnerability ( CVE-2018-8611 ) has been exploited by several threat actors. Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates for December 2018 address nearly 40 flaws, including a zero-day vulnerability affecting the Windows kernel. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2018-8611, is as a privilege escalation flaw caused by the failure of the Windows kernel to properly handle objects in memory. “An elevation of privilege vulne
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Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 14, 2018
Firm Says Audit 'Lays to Rest the Unwarranted Accusations' Super Micro says a third-party audit of recent and older motherboards has not turned up evidence of a spying chip as alleged in an explosive report two months ago by Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Bloomberg, however, has stood by its story despite no physical example of the malicious chip turning up.
The Last Watchdog
DECEMBER 10, 2018
The holiday season is upon us and the bright lights and greenery aren’t the only indicators that we’ve reached December. Sadly, data breaches often occur at this time of year. Recently we’ve seen major news stories about breaches at Starwood Hotels and Quora. Related podcast: The need to lock down unstructured data. Last year, at this time, it was announced that there was a significant privacy leak at eBay affecting many customers.
WIRED Threat Level
DECEMBER 13, 2018
Apparent bitcoin scammers caused chaos across the US Thursday, radically escalating longstanding tactics.
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 10, 2018
The Linux.org website was defaced last week via DNS hijack, attackers breached into associated registrar account and changed the DNS settings. Attackers changed the defacement page a few times, they protested against the new Linux kernel developer code of conduct in a regrettable way with racial slurs and the image of an individual showing the anus.
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Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 10, 2018
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Frisco Notifying Those Affected The hacking of a credit card processing system has prompted a Texas hospital to notify federal regulators and affected individuals of a breach as required by the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule.
The Last Watchdog
DECEMBER 11, 2018
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Dec. 11, 2018 – NetSecOPEN , the first industry organization focused on the creation of open, transparent network security performance testing standards, today announced that 11 prominent security vendors, test solutions and services vendors, and testing laboratories have joined the organization as founding members. Related podcast: The importance of sharing alliances.
WIRED Threat Level
DECEMBER 13, 2018
Despite Cambridge Analytica and a damaging hack, Facebook's bug bounty program offers a bright spot.
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 12, 2018
Some of the servers of the Italian oil and gas services company Saipem were hit by a cyber attack early this week. Saipem has customers in more than 60 countries, including Saudi Arabian oil and gas giant Saudi Aramco. It could be considered a strategic target for a broad range of threat actors. The attack has been identified out of India on Monday and primarily affected the servers in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait.
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Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 11, 2018
DHS, Philips Issue Advisories for HealthSuite Android Health App The lack of strong encryption in Philips' HealthSuite Health Android app leaves the mobile health software vulnerable to hacking, according to a new advisory issued by the medical device manufacturer and an alert from the Department of Homeland Security.
The Last Watchdog
DECEMBER 12, 2018
Picture two castles. The first is impeccably built – state of the art, with impenetrable walls, a deep moat, and so many defenses that attacking it is akin to suicide. The second one isn’t quite as well-made. The walls are reasonably strong, but there are clear structural weaknesses. And while it does have a moat, that moat is easily forded. Related podcast: The case for ‘zero-trust’ security.
WIRED Threat Level
DECEMBER 12, 2018
It increasingly appears that China was behind the Marriott hack, making 2014 a landmark year in cyberattacks against the US.
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 11, 2018
‘ The Seedworm APT Group has targeted more than 130 victims in 30 organizations since September including NGOs, oil and gas, and telecom businesses. According to a new research conducted from Symantec’s DeepSight Managed Adversary and ThreatIntelligence (MATI) team, the Seedworm APT group, aka MuddyWater , is rapidly evolving and extended its targets to the telecom, IT services, and oil and gas industries.
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Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 14, 2018
Splunk's Jim Apger on Streamlining Omni-Channel Defenses The data being used to drive effective anti-fraud efforts can be rich in context and useful for other activities. Jim Apger of Splunk describes emerging fraud schemes and solutions, highlighting the role of machine learning.
Imperial Violet
DECEMBER 11, 2018
CECPQ1 was the experiment in post-quantum confidentiality that my colleague, Matt Braithwaite, and I ran in 2016. It's about time for CECPQ2. I've previously written about the experiments in Chrome which lead to the conclusion that structured lattices were likely the best area in which to look for a new key-exchange mechanism at the current time. Thanks to the NIST process we now have a great many candidates to choose from in that space.
WIRED Threat Level
DECEMBER 8, 2018
China accusations, Eastern European bank heists, and more of the week's top security news.
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 11, 2018
Security experts at Trend Micro have discovered a new exploit kit, dubbed Novidade (“novelty” in Portuguese), that is targeting SOHO routers to compromise the devices connected to the network equipment. The Novidade exploit kit leverages cross-site request forgery (CSRF) to change the Domain Name System (DNS) settings of SOHO routers and redirect traffic from the connected devices to the IP address under the control of the attackers.
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Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 12, 2018
Because Breached Businesses' 'Take Your Security Seriously' Is there anything better than being offered one year of "free" identity theft monitoring? Regularly offered with strings attached by organizations that mishandled your personal details, the efficacy and use of such services looks set for a U.S. Government Accountability Office review.
eSecurity Planet
DECEMBER 13, 2018
A look at the top vendors in the breach and attack simulation market, a new IT security technology that offers continuous vulnerability assessment.
WIRED Threat Level
DECEMBER 13, 2018
The one-day pop-up kiosk is meant to show that Facebook takes users’ privacy concerns seriously. It also was an opportunity to gather more data.
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