Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
Commerce Department Says Social Media Apps Pose National Security Threat The U.S. Commerce Department is banning the downloading and hosting of China-based social media apps TikTok and WeChat effective on Sunday, citing national security concerns. The announcement comes as Oracle continues to negotiate a deal for partnering on TikTok's U.S. operations.
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
Ease of Use and Few Alternatives Keep Bringing Users Back Empire is the latest darknet market to "exit scam," meaning administrators ran away with users' cryptocurrency, leaving the market to fail. Given the ongoing risk of exit scams, as well as police often targeting such markets, why do they persist?
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Micro Focus
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
The letter of the law Virtually anyone who has worked in IT over a meaningful period of time has experienced a software audit, which is sometimes called a License Verification (or LV) process. This practice is commonly carried out both internally within an organization (often under the IT Asset Management domain) and by vendors in. View Article.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
Chinese hackers have stolen information from Spanish laboratories working on a vaccine for COVID19, El Pais newspaper revealed. The El Pais newspaper reported that Chinese hackers have stolen information from Spanish laboratories working on a vaccine for COVID19. While pharmaceutical companies worldwide are working on the research of a vaccine for the ongoing COVID19 pandemic, threat actors are conducting cyber espionage campaigns in the attempt of stealing information on the work.
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Krebs on Security
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
The U.S. Justice Department this week indicted seven Chinese nationals for a decade-long hacking spree that targeted more than 100 high-tech and online gaming companies. The government alleges the men used malware-laced phishing emails and “supply chain” attacks to steal data from companies and their customers. One of the alleged hackers was first profiled here in 2012 as the owner of a Chinese antivirus firm.
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WIRED Threat Level
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Sara-Jayne Terp uses the tools of cybersecurity to track false claims like they’re malware. Her goal: Stop dangerous lies from hacking our beliefs.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
The Maze ransomware operators now use a virtual machine to encrypt a computer, a tactic previously adopted by the Ragnar Locker malware. The Maze ransomware operators have adopted a new tactic to evade detection, their malware now encrypts a computer from within a virtual machine. This technique was first adopted by Ragnar Locker gang in May, at the time the Ragnar Locker was deploying Windows XP virtual machines to encrypt victim’s files while bypassing security measures.
Krebs on Security
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
U.S. authorities today announced criminal charges and financial sanctions against two Russian men accused of stealing nearly $17 million worth of virtual currencies in a series of phishing attacks throughout 2017 and 2018 that spoofed websites for some of the most popular cryptocurrency exchanges. The Justice Department unsealed indictments against Russian nationals Danil Potekhin and Dmitirii Karasavidi , alleging the duo was responsible for a sophisticated phishing and money laundering campaig
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
Release of Code on Russian Darknet Forums Leads to Broader Use, Enhancements The posting on Russian underground forums of source code for the Android mobile banking Trojan Cerberus has led to an increase in attacks as well as updates to the malware, the security firm Kaspersky reports.
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WIRED Threat Level
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
How Dana DeBeauvoir set off the biggest, weirdest, and most promising revolution in election technology since the 1800s.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
Giant office retail company Staples disclosed a data breach, threat actors accessed some of its customers’ order data. Staples, the office retail giant, disclosed a data breach, it notified its customers that their order data have been accessed by threat actors without authorization. The office retail giant sent out a data breach notification letter to the impacted customers, the incident took place around September 2.
Krebs on Security
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
Most of us automatically put our guard up when someone we don’t know promises something too good to be true. But when the too-good-to-be-true thing starts as our idea, sometimes that instinct fails to kick in. Here’s the story of how companies searching for investors to believe in their ideas can run into trouble. Nick is an investment banker who runs a firm that helps raise capital for its clients (Nick is not his real name, and like other investment brokers interviewed in this stor
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
Siva Sivasubramanian of SingTel Optus on Measuring Success An organization has successfully implemented a "zero trust" framework when it can achieve context-aware resolution of a risk, says Dr. Siva Sivasubramanian, CISO of SingTel Optus, an Australian telecommunications firm.
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AIIM
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
Growing up, my parents taught me that there are some questions that aren’t appropriate to ask. Generally, it’s safe to avoid asking people their age, their salary, their weight, their politics, etc. Some questions can make the people being asked feel uncomfortable and so should be avoided. Are bots one of these hot-button topics that we avoid asking about at work?
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 12, 2020
The Development Bank of Seychelles (DBS) was hit by a ransomware attack disclose the Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS). The Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS) disclosed via a press statement that the Development Bank of Seychelles (DBS) was hit by a ransomware attack. DBS is a joint venture by the Seychelles government and some shareholders including Bank, Caisse Francaise de Cooperation, European Investment Bank, DEG, Standard Chartered Bank, and Barclays Bank. .
WIRED Threat Level
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
Poll workers, who skew elderly, are in short supply during the pandemic. Meet some of the young people trying to make up the gap.
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
CISA Alert Says 'Pioneer Kitten' Group Targeting U.S. Businesses, Agencies The hacking group "Pioneer Kitten," which has suspected ties to the Iranian government, is taking advantage of several unpatched vulnerabilities and using open source tools to target U.S. businesses as well as federal government agencies, according to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
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AIIM
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
This week brings another great episode of AIIM On Air , where we continue to explore the challenges, opportunities, and technologies that are driving digital transformation today. I was pleased to speak with Regina Martin , Records Manager at Howard County Government from Columbia, Maryland, in this episode. I caught up with Regina at the AIIM20 conference in Dallas earlier this year.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
University Hospital New Jersey (UHNJ) has suffered a ransomware attack, SunCrypt ransomware operators also leaked the data they have stolen. Systems at the University Hospital New Jersey (UHNJ) were encrypted with the SunCrypt ransomware, threat actors also stolen documents from the institution and leaked it online. The incident took place in September.
WIRED Threat Level
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
The US government has detained thousands of wireless earbuds on suspicion of being fake Apple goods—despite crystal clear branding from an established company.
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
FBI Releases Advisory on Previously Undisclosed Iranian Malware The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday imposed sanctions on an Iranian advanced persistent threat group, 45 associated individuals and a front company the Iranian government used for a years-long malware campaign that targeted Iranian dissidents, journalists and others.
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Data Protector
SEPTEMBER 13, 2020
Early train from Euston, just a croissant and two teas Didn't get to eat last night Who today will I see pleading on their knees Liz, I had a dreadful fright I've breached the GDPR You don't know how lucky you are, boys Breaching the GDPR Been away so long I barely know the place BC, it's good to be back home Don't make me pack my case Honey disconnect the phone I'm fed up with the GDPR’s ploys You don't know how lucky you are, boys Breaching the GD Breaching the GD Breaching the GDPR Well paid
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
A threat actor is launching brute-force attacks on MSSQL servers in the attempt to access them to install a new crypto-mining malware dubbed MrbMiner. A group of hackers is launching brute-force attacks on MSSQL servers with the intent to compromise them and install crypto-mining malware dubbed MrbMiner. According to security firm Tencent, the team of hackers has been active over the past few months by hacking into Microsoft SQL Servers (MSSQL) to install a crypto-miner. “Tencent Security
WIRED Threat Level
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Whether you’re casting a ballot in person or by mail, there’s plenty to worry about. Mass voter fraud shouldn’t be on the list.
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
IBM: P2P Botnet Now Accounts for 90% of IoT Network Traffic Mozi, a relatively new peer-to-peer botnet, is now dominating global IoT network traffic, according to a new report from IBM's X-Force unit. The malware is being used to launch DDoS attacks as well as mine for cryptocurrency.
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Schneier on Security
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
There’s a new unpatched Bluetooth vulnerability : The issue is with a protocol called Cross-Transport Key Derivation (or CTKD, for short). When, say, an iPhone is getting ready to pair up with Bluetooth-powered device, CTKD’s role is to set up two separate authentication keys for that phone: one for a “Bluetooth Low Energy” device, and one for a device using what’s known as the “Basic Rate/Enhanced Data Rate” standard.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
Drupal maintainers addressed several information disclosure and cross-site scripting (XSS) flaws in the popular content management system (CMS). Drupal maintainers addressed several information disclosure and cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the popular content management system (CMS). The most severe issue, tracked as CVE-2020-13668, is a critical reflected XSS issue affecting Drupal 8 and 9.
WIRED Threat Level
SEPTEMBER 13, 2020
Passwords, keyfobs, fingerprints—there are lots of ways to gain access to your laptop or desktop. Here are the best and most secure.
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