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2018-03-09 17:12:00 | RS5 Build Leaks "Spring Creators Update" as the name of next Windows 10 Update (lien direct) | According to a sleuthing Windows Insiders, the name of the next Windows feature update appears to be named "Spring Creators Update". This is based on the output of a command entered in the latest Insider Preview build from the skip ahead ring. [...] | |||
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2018-03-09 15:01:02 | This Heater Not Only Heats Your Home But Also Mines Ethereum (lien direct) | Qarnot, a heater manufacturing company based out of France, may have come up with one of the most innovative uses of cryptocurrency. That is to take the heat generated by mining cryptocoins and use it to heat your home. [...] | |||
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2018-03-09 13:52:00 | Cyber-Espionage Group Infects Victims Through MicroTik Routers (lien direct) | Kasperksy Lab has revealed today the existence of a new cyber-espionage group that has leveraged MikroTik routers to infect victims in an attack that researchers described as "unique." [...] | |||
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2018-03-09 10:49:02 | Avast Shares New Info on 2017 CCleaner Incident: Possible 3rd Stage Payload (lien direct) | Avast has revealed new details about the 2017 CCleaner hack. Speaking at a conference in Mexico, the company's researchers said they uncovered new evidence to suggest that the hackers who breached CCleaner's infrastructure were preparing to deploy a third malware strain on infected computers. [...] | CCleaner | ||
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2018-03-09 05:47:05 | Half of Ransomware Victims Recovered Their Data After Paying the Ransom Demand (lien direct) | A massive survey of nearly 1,200 IT security practitioners and decision makers across 17 countries reveals that half the people who fell victim to ransomware infections last year were able to recover their files after paying the ransom demand. [...] | |||
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2018-03-09 05:47:05 | (Déjà vu) Only Half of Those Who Paid a Ransomware Ransom Could Recover Their Data (lien direct) | A massive survey of nearly 1,200 IT security practitioners and decision makers across 17 countries reveals that half the people who fell victim to ransomware infections last year were able to recover their files after paying the ransom demand. [...] | |||
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2018-03-09 05:47:05 | (Déjà vu) Only Half of Those Who Paid a Ransomware Were Able to Recover Their Data (lien direct) | A massive survey of nearly 1,200 IT security practitioners and decision makers across 17 countries reveals that half the people who fell victim to ransomware infections last year were able to recover their files after paying the ransom demand. [...] | |||
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2018-03-09 01:00:00 | Memfixed Tool Helps Mitigate Memcached-Based DDoS Attacks (lien direct) | Security researcher Amir Khashayar Mohammadi has released today a new tool named Memfixed that can help victims of DDoS attacks carried out via Memcached servers. [...] | |||
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2018-03-08 16:55:05 | Microsoft Testing New Privacy Settings Layouts in Windows 10 Insider 17115 (lien direct) | Lot's of goodies this week from Microsoft. In addition to Kali Linux and Debian being available for WSL, tabs in File Explorer, Microsoft is also testing different privacy screen layouts in the latest Windows 10 Insider build. [...] | |||
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2018-03-08 16:20:01 | Hackers, Not Users, Lose Money in Attempted Cryptocurrency Exchange Heist (lien direct) | Binance, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges on the Internet, said today that hackers and a well-executed phishing campaign are to blame for the Bitcoin sell-offs from yesterday's afternoon. [...] | |||
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2018-03-08 15:41:05 | Windows 10 Finally Adding Tabs to File Explorer! (lien direct) | One of the most requested features that Windows 10 Insiders have been asking for is the addition of tabs to File Explorer. Well yesterday, for those 22 thousand+ insiders who voted for this feature, Microsoft released insider preview build 17618 that includes tabs in File Explorer as part of its Sets feature! [...] | |||
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2018-03-08 11:51:02 | MalwareBytes 3.4.4 Released With User Interface & Engine Updates (lien direct) | Malwarebytes has released a new version of their flagship product, Malwarebytes 3.4.4, that includes an enhanced detection and cleaning engines, an updated user interface, more useful notifications, and the fixing of the damn stacked notifications bug. [...] | |||
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2018-03-08 11:23:04 | NRA Websites Heavily Targeted by Memcached-Based DDoS Attacks (lien direct) | Websites associated with the US National Rifle Association (NRA) have often been the targets of Memcached-based DDoS attacks, according to Qihoo 360's Network Security Research Laboratory (Netlab). [...] | |||
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2018-03-08 07:23:05 | A List of New Features Arriving in Android P (lien direct) | A summary of all the new features Google announced last night for Android P (Android 9.x) âthe next major version of the Android operating system that is expected to be released in August-September this year. [...] | |||
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2018-03-08 05:10:03 | Hardcoded Password Found in Cisco Software (lien direct) | Cisco released 22 security advisories yesterday, including two alerts for critical fixes, one of them for a hardcoded password that can give attackers full control over a vulnerable system. [...] | |||
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2018-03-08 03:32:05 | Microsoft Stops Malware Campaign That Tried to Infect 400,000 Users in 12 Hours (lien direct) | Microsoft revealed today that Windows Defender stopped a massive malware distribution campaign that attempted to infect over 400,000 users with a cryptocurrency miner during a 12-hour period on March 6, 2018. [...] | ★★★ | ||
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2018-03-08 01:00:00 | Group Policy Support Coming to Firefox 60 (lien direct) | Firefox 60 will feature a new component named Policy Engine that will provide GPO support on Windows, allowing system administrators to control Firefox instances deployed across an internal network. [...] | |||
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2018-03-07 18:41:05 | Technique Discovered That Can Mitigate Memcached DDoS Attacks (lien direct) | A mitigation mechanism is available for all victims who are under a DDoS attack carried out via Memcached servers. [...] | Patching | ★★★ | |
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2018-03-07 16:02:03 | Any.Run - An Interactive Malware Analysis Tool - Is Now Open To The Public (lien direct) | Yesterday, the interactive malware analysis sandbox service called Any.Run announced that their free community version is open to the public. This allows anyone to register an account and to interactively analyze a particular file in real time. [...] | |||
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2018-03-07 15:03:04 | CIGslip Attack Bypasses Windows Code Integrity Guard (CIG) (lien direct) | Malware authors can exploit a flaw in the Windows Code Integrity Guard (CIG) security mechanism to inject malicious, unsigned code into CIG-protected applications, considered to be immune to such attacks. [...] | ★★★ | ||
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2018-03-07 13:13:05 | Marriage Agency Executive Sentenced for DDoS Extortion Scheme (lien direct) | Ukrainian authorities have sentenced two individuals âa man and a womanâ to five years suspended sentences for launching DDoS attacks and running a DDoS extortion scheme. [...] | |||
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2018-03-07 11:56:00 | Debian GNU/Linux Now Available for WSL In The Windows Store (lien direct) | Lately Microsoft has been pushing out new Linux distributions for the Windows Subsystem For Linux (WSL) lately. First, Kali Linux was released earlier this week and now Microsoft adds Debian GNU/Linux to the Windows Store. [...] | |||
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2018-03-07 07:52:00 | Microsoft Confirms Windows 10 "S Mode" (lien direct) | Microsoft head honcho Joe Belfiore confirmed today that Windows 10 S won't be a separate Windows version anymore and that Microsoft will ship an "S Mode" with Windows 10 starting 2019. [...] | |||
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2018-03-07 06:55:01 | Proof-of-Concept Code for Memcached DDoS Attacks Published Online (lien direct) | Proof-of-concept code to run massive DDoS attacks using unsecured Memcached servers has been published online this week, along with a ready-made list of over 17,000 IP addresses belonging to vulnerable Memcached servers. [...] | |||
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2018-03-06 18:47:03 | R.I.P. Kernelmode.info - Popular InfoSec Site Closes Down (lien direct) | Today we mark the passing of a great information security site called Kernelmode.info. Created back in 2010 by a security developer named A_D_13, it quickly became a popular forum for the analysis of malware. [...] | |||
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2018-03-06 18:15:01 | Google Chrome 65 Released with Tab-Under Blocking, New APIs, 45 Security Fixes (lien direct) | Google has released Chrome 65 earlier today, and this new browser version comes with new APIs, the blocking of tab-under redirects, and 45 security fixes. [...] | |||
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2018-03-06 17:42:01 | GandCrab Ransomware Version 2 Released With New .Crab Extension & Other Changes (lien direct) | GandCrab version 2 was released, which contains changes that supposedly make it more secure & allow us to differentiate it from the original version. In this article we will provide a quick overview as to what has changed & how you can identify that you are are infected with the new GandCrab version. [...] | |||
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2018-03-06 14:47:04 | Vulnerability Affects Half of the Internet\'s Email Servers (lien direct) | A critical vulnerability affects hundreds of thousands of email servers. A fix has been released but this flaw affects more than half of the Internet's email servers, and patching the issue will take weeks if not months. [...] | |||
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2018-03-06 13:13:01 | New Facial Recognition System Relies on the Speed of Light for Security (lien direct) | Academics have designed a new facial recognition system that relies on the way light patterns reflect off the human face to distinguish between individuals, and on the speed with which the system reads the reflected light to detect forgery attempts. [...] | |||
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2018-03-06 10:17:05 | 123 Reg Backup Snafu Causes Clients to Lose Files Since August 2017 (lien direct) | UK domain registration and hosting provider 123 Reg is not having a good day. Yesterday, 123 Reg had a hardware failure that led to their client's losing data. To make matters worse, their backups appear to b e from August 2017, with left customers complaining about missing files and lost development work. [...] | |||
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2018-03-06 09:30:00 | One Single Malicious Vehicle Can Block "Smart" Street Intersections in the US (lien direct) | Academics from the University of Michigan have shown that one single malicious car could trick US-based smart traffic control systems into believing an intersection is full and force the traffic control algorithm to alter its normal behavior, and indirectly cause traffic slowdowns and even block street intersections. [...] | |||
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2018-03-06 06:17:03 | Microsoft Releases KB4090913 Update to Fix Critical USB Driver Issue (lien direct) | Microsoft released yesterday a Windows update to fix driver issues with USB devices introduced in the February 2018 Patch Tuesday security updates. [...] | |||
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2018-03-06 04:35:01 | Coinminer Comes with a Process "Kill List" to Keep Competitors at Bay (lien direct) | Security researchers have spotted the first cryptocurrency miner that includes a "kill list" feature that shuts down the processes of other coinminers in an attempt to hog the infected computer's mining power only for itself. [...] | |||
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2018-03-05 20:27:01 | Kali Linux Now in Windows Store, but Defender Flags Its Packages as Threats! (lien direct) | The penetration testing and security auditing platform called Kali Linux is now available in the Windows 10 Store as a Linux environment that can be used in the Windows Subsystem for Linux. The problem is someone forgot one little thing. Some of its most popular packages are detected as hacktools and exploits by Windows Defender. [...] | |||
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2018-03-05 17:53:00 | New DDoS Record Is Now 1.7 Tbps (lien direct) | Four days after GitHub suffered a massive 1.3 Tbps DDoS attack, we now have a new record with a DDoS attack that clocked at 1.7 Tbps. [...] | |||
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2018-03-05 17:37:05 | Free eBook site Project Gutenberg Blocks German Visitors over Court Ruling (lien direct) | Project Gutenberg, a U.S.A. based site that offers free eBooks whose copyright have expired in the U.S., has blocked all access to German visitors. In a statement posted on the site, it was stated that this block was created due to a recent ruling against Project Gutenberg in a lawsuit filed in Germany. [...] | ★★★★ | ||
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2018-03-05 16:25:02 | Researchers Find New Flaws in 4G LTE Protocols (lien direct) | Academics from Purdue University and the University of Iowa have uncovered new vulnerabilities in the core protocols that power 4G LTE mobile networks across the world. [...] | |||
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2018-03-05 11:28:03 | ComboJack Trojan Replaces Cryptocurrency Addresses Copied to Windows Clipboard (lien direct) | Security researchers have discovered a new malware strain that is capable of detecting when users copy a cryptocurrency address to the Windows clipboard. The malware works by replacing this address with one owned by its author. [...] | |||
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2018-03-05 01:00:00 | Trader Accused of Stealing Millions Worth of Bitcoin (lien direct) | US authorities have filed charges against a Chicago man, and are accusing him of stealing Bitcoin and Litecoin from his employer, which he later used for personal cryptocurrency trading. [...] | |||
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2018-03-04 05:00:00 | Researchers Find 34,200 Vulnerable Ethereum Smart Contracts (lien direct) | A scan of nearly one million Ethereum smart contracts has identified 34,200 vulnerable contracts that can be exploited to steal Ether, and even freeze or delete assets in contracts the attackers don't own. [...] | |||
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2018-03-03 13:35:02 | SgxSpectre Attack Can Extract Data from Intel SGX Enclaves (lien direct) | A new variation of the Spectre attack has been revealed this week by six scientists from the Ohio State University. Named SgxSpectre, researchers say this attack can extract information from Intel SGX enclaves. [...] | |||
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2018-03-02 19:34:00 | Some Memcached DDoS Attackers Are Asking for a Ransom Demand in Monero (lien direct) | DDoS extortionists have already pounced on the Memcached DDoS attack vector in attempts to extract payments from attacked companies. [...] | |||
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2018-03-02 18:20:03 | Virus Knocks Out Cash Registers at Tim Hortons Franchisees (lien direct) | A computer virus is suspected of crashing cash registers this week at over 1,000 Tim Hortons coffee and donuts fast food restaurants. The problem is not yet fully resolved, and some stores are still experiencing problems. [...] | |||
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2018-03-02 17:07:03 | Using Extensity to Manage Your Extensions and Optimize Chrome (lien direct) | Chrome extensions are very useful pieces of software. Unfortunately, using too many of them increase the memory usage of Chrome, which could lead to problems. This is where the Extensity Chrome extension comes in as it can help you organize your extension so Chrome runs more efficiently. [...] | Guideline | ||
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2018-03-02 14:21:03 | Eclipse Attack Plugged in Ethereum Network (lien direct) | Maintainers of the Ethereum network have issued an update for the network's underlying codebase that fixes flaws described in a research paper released this week. [...] | |||
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2018-03-02 12:49:03 | The Week in Ransomware - March 2nd 2018 - GandCrab Decrypted, RaaS, and More (lien direct) | This week's article combines the previous week's stories as well. Lots of small in-dev ransomware over the last two weeks, but also a few RaaS (Ransomware as a Service) implementations were released and decryptor for GandCrab was released. [...] | |||
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2018-03-02 11:30:04 | Banking Trojan Found in Over 40 Models of Low-Cost Android Smartphones (lien direct) | Over 40 models of low-cost Android smartphones are sold already infected with the Triada banking trojan, says Dr.Web, a Russia-based antivirus vendor. [...] | |||
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2018-03-02 10:34:01 | Do I Need a Third-Party Security Audit? (lien direct) | Especially with today's threat landscape, clients want increased assurance that an organization is secure. Pursuing a third-party audit demonstrates your firm's commitment to safeguarding customer data and its assets. When researching security standards and frameworks, it helps to compare your options. [...] | |||
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2018-03-02 07:18:01 | "Fakeapp" Android Malware Steals Facebook Credentials, Logs into Accounts (lien direct) | A new Android malware strain can phish Facebook user credentials and then log into accounts to harvest account details, and even search and collect results using the Facebook app's search functionality. [...] | |||
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2018-03-02 05:51:02 | New Tools Make Checking for Leaked Passwords a Lot Easier (lien direct) | The work that Australian security researcher Troy Hunt has done with the Have I Been Pwned project is yielding useful tools that developers and webmasters can now use to make sure users stop using silly and easy to guess passwords. [...] | APT 19 |
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