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Embracing the Cybersecurity ‘Grey Space’
Security teams carefully monitor potential threat activity, but incidents aren’t always black and white.
Kategorie: Hacking & Security
Pentagon Draws Back the Veil on APT Malware with Sudden Embrace of VirusTotal
Two samples have already been added to the malware zoo, indicating a new openness from the federal government when it comes to cyber.
Kategorie: Hacking & Security
Cisco Accidentally Released Dirty Cow Exploit Code in Software
Cisco revealed that it had "inadvertently" shipped an in-house exploit code that was used in test scripts as part of its TelePresence Video Communication Server and Expressway Series software.
Kategorie: Hacking & Security
‘DerpTroll’ Faces 10 Years in Prison for DDoSing Gaming Sites as a Teen
He admitted to taking Steam, EA Origin and Sony Online Entertainment offline in 2013 and 2014, causing at least $95,000 in damages.
Kategorie: Hacking & Security
DJI Patches Forum Bug That Allowed Drone Account Takeovers
Bug opened door for malicious link attack, giving hacker access to stored DJI drone data of commercial and consumer customers.
Kategorie: Hacking & Security
Podcast: Troy Hunt Talks Bad Passwords – and Who’s to Blame for Them
Troy Hunt sounds off on how both consumers and services have a joint role in creating and enforcing strong passwords.
Kategorie: Hacking & Security
Apple Modernizes Its Hardware Security with T2
Apple has widened the range of Macs running its T2 security chip. Is macOS finally catching up with other platforms when it comes to secure computing?
Kategorie: Hacking & Security
Program Looks to Tap Military Vets for Cyber-Jobs
The training and job-matching effort is a public-private partnership to address a growing workforce gap.
Kategorie: Hacking & Security
WordPress Flaw Opens Millions of WooCommerce Shops to Takeover
A file delete vulnerability in WordPress can be elevated into a remote code execution vulnerability for plugins like WooCommerce.
Kategorie: Hacking & Security
Rapidly Growing Router Botnet Takes Advantage of 5-Year-Old Flaw
A sophisticated proxy code has infected hundreds of thousands of devices already.
Kategorie: Hacking & Security
HSBC Data Breach Hits Online Banking Customers
The data breach includes names, addresses, transaction histories, account information and more.
Kategorie: Hacking & Security
ThreatList: Despite Fraud Awareness, Password Reuse Persists for Half of U.S. Consumers
One-third of respondents in a new poll said that have been a victim of fraud or identity theft in the past.
Kategorie: Hacking & Security
Samsung, Crucial’s Flawed Storage Drive Encryption Leaves Data Exposed
Firmware updates won't address the problem, so admins need to take other action.
Kategorie: Hacking & Security
U.S. Elections True Test for Facebook’s Disinformation Crackdown
Facebook continues to address the challenges faced during the 2016 election.
Kategorie: Hacking & Security
Apache Struts Warns Users of Two-Year-Old Vulnerability
Users must update their vulnerable libraries manually.
Kategorie: Hacking & Security
Online Radio Stations at Risk from Icecast Flaw
A buffer overflow bug could silence online stations.
Kategorie: Hacking & Security
Newsmaker Interview: Tom Kellermann on Hacking the Midterm Elections
Concerns over midterm election tampering reach a boiling point in the days leading up to actual voting.
Kategorie: Hacking & Security
PortSmash Side-Channel Attack Siphons Data From Intel, Other CPUs
An exploit was released for a flaw existing in a process in CPUs called Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT).
Kategorie: Hacking & Security
Passwords: Here to Stay, Despite Smart Alternatives?
"Password-killing" authentication efforts may be on a road to nowhere.
Kategorie: Hacking & Security
Facebook Blames Malicious Extensions in Breach of 81K Private Messages
Investigators posed as buyers and were offered the messages at 10 cents per Facebook account.
Kategorie: Hacking & Security
