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2017-07-23 09:10:14 | New Intel CPU Cache Architecture Boosts Protection Against Side-Channel Attacks (lien direct) | Intel released a new CPU model this week, the Intel Core i9 7900X, which is the latest model to feature a new cache architecture that hardware experts believe it will make exploitation of side-channel attacks a lot harder. [...] | |||
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2017-07-23 07:50:11 | Biggest Data Leak in Sweden\'s History Punished With Half a Month\'s Paycheck (lien direct) | The Swedish government has exposed sensitive details on millions of citizens in one of the biggest government screw-ups ever, and the official responsible for the whole fiasco was fined only half of her monthly salary, which is 70,000 Swedish krona — or around $8,500. [...] | |||
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2017-07-22 13:07:11 | Hacker "BestBuy" Admits to Hijacking Deutsche Telekom Routers With Mirai Malware (lien direct) | A 29-year-old man pleaded guilty in court on Friday to hijacking over 900,000 routers from the network of Deutsche Telekom, according to several reports in the German press. [...] | Guideline | ||
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2017-07-21 19:03:37 | New Version of DarkHotel Malware Spotted Going After Political Figures (lien direct) | The DarkHotel hacking group, a threat actor known to engage in advanced cyber-espionage tactics, has shifted operations from targeting CEOs and businessmen to political figures. [...] | ★★★★ | ||
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2017-07-21 14:22:12 | The Week in Ransomware - July 21st 2017 - Decryptors, Reyptson, & CryptoMix (lien direct) | Really slow week, which is great. We did have some decryptors and updated decryptors released this week, which is always great. Of particular concern is the increase releasing of new CryptoMix variants. Thankfully, these variants do not seem to be netting to many victims at this time.. [...] | ★★★★★ | ||
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2017-07-21 14:00:12 | Briar Tor-Based Messenger Passes Security Audit, Enters Beta Stage (lien direct) | Briar, an instant messaging service that works over the Tor network, has reached beta stage today, the app's creators announced. [...] | ★★★ | ||
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2017-07-21 05:30:18 | Sysadmin Gets 18 Months in Prison for Shutting Down Former Employer\'s Network (lien direct) | Joe Vito Venzor, 41, from El Paso, was sentenced this week to 18 months in prison for hacking and destroying the IT network of his former employee on the day he was let go. [...] | |||
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2017-07-21 00:15:00 | Chromium to Get MP3 Support After MP3 Becomes Patent-Free (lien direct) | Chromium, the skeletal open-source browser at the core of Chrome, Opera, Vivaldi, Brave and a few other browsers will receive support for the automatic playback of MP3 files. [...] | |||
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2017-07-20 16:40:29 | Series of Monumental OpSec Mistakes Led to AlphaBay\'s Demise (lien direct) | It was a series of monumental OpSec (operational security) mistakes that led to AlphaBay's demise, according to a series of documents released today by the US Department of Justice. [...] | |||
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2017-07-20 15:09:08 | The ZAYKA and NOOB CryptoMix Ransomware Variants Released in Quick Succession (lien direct) | CryptoMix is releasing new variants very quickly now and is reminiscent of how the Locky developers used to distribute Locky. [...] | |||
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2017-07-20 13:19:52 | Chrome Extension Hijacks Search Results While Filtering Trump from the Web (lien direct) | While doing my normal scan through various sites that are known to push unwanted programs, I ran across a new version of a Chrome extension family that hijacks searches done on Google and other search engines. In addition to hijacking searches, this new variant also tries to filter Trump from the web. [...] | |||
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2017-07-20 11:12:21 | Authorities Take Down Hansa Dark Web Market, Confirm AlphaBay Takedown (lien direct) | Today, in coordinated press releases, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Europol announced the takedown of two Dark Web marketplaces — AlphaBay and Hansa Market. [...] | |||
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2017-07-20 09:02:13 | Valve Patches Security Flaw That Allows Installation of Malware via Steam Games (lien direct) | A vulnerability in Valve's Source SDK, a library used by game vendors to support custom mods and other features, allows a malicious actor to execute code on a user's computer, and optionally install malware, such as ransomware, cryptocurrency miners, banking trojans, and others. [...] | |||
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2017-07-20 06:12:55 | Online Course Teaches Russian-Speaking Hackers Latest Carding Tricks (lien direct) | Russian-speaking criminals are offering a six-week online course that teaches wannabe hackers all they need to know to enter the online fraud and carding scene. [...] | |||
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2017-07-20 03:57:54 | Apple Releases Security Updates, Fixes Broadpwn Bug (lien direct) | On July 19, Apple released security updates for seven of its products, such as iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, Safari, iTunes for Windows and iCloud for Windows. [...] | |||
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2017-07-20 00:35:00 | Security Flaws Are Everywhere. Even in Segway Hoverboards (lien direct) | Ninebot, the company behind Segway hoverboards, has issued new firmware to fix various security flaws that allow an attacker to connect to and take over users' devices. [...] | |||
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2017-07-19 18:02:34 | Hacker Uses Parity Wallet Vulnerability to Steal $30 Million Worth of Ethereum (lien direct) | An unknown hacker has used a vulnerability in an Ethereum wallet client to steal over 153,000 Ether, worth over $30 million dollars. [...] | |||
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2017-07-19 15:15:05 | Avast Buys Piriform, the Company Behind CCleaner and Recuva (lien direct) | Avast, today's largest vendor of security software, has acquired Piriform, a UK-based company that is behind many successful desktop and mobile apps, such as CCleaner, Recuva, Speccy, and Defraggler. [...] | CCleaner | ||
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2017-07-19 13:32:37 | Radio and TV Station Still Recovering From Ransomware Infection One Month Later (lien direct) | A month after it suffered a mysterious cyber attack, details emerged that San Francisco's public TV and radio station, KQED, was the victim of a ransomware incident from which it has yet to fully recover. [...] | |||
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2017-07-19 09:15:23 | "Bad Taste" Vulnerability Affects Linux Systems via Malicious Windows MSI Files (lien direct) | Because Windows executables haven't wreaked enough damage on Windows computers, now you can use malformed MSI files to run malicious code on Linux systems. [...] | |||
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2017-07-19 04:13:19 | Mozilla Launches the First Open-Source Voice Recognition Engine (lien direct) | The Mozilla Foundation, makers of the Firefox browser, have launched a new project called Common Voice, which the organization hopes to become the first open-source voice recognition engine on the market. [...] | ★★★ | ||
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2017-07-19 00:30:00 | Two Iranians Charged With Hacking US Defense Contractor (lien direct) | The US Department of Justice (DOJ) unsealed an indictment on Monday against two Iranian nationals accused of hacking a US company and stealing software used in ammunition design. [...] | ★★★★ | ||
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2017-07-18 17:27:36 | SambaCry Vulnerability Used to Deploy Backdoors on NAS Devices (lien direct) | wSomeone is using the SambaCry vulnerability to install a backdoor trojan on Linux devices running older versions of the Samba file-sharing server. [...] | ★★★ | ||
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2017-07-18 13:15:06 | Coding Library Vulnerability May Trickle Down to Thousands of IoT Devices (lien direct) | A vulnerability codenamed Devil's Ivy is putting thousands of Internet-connected devices at risk of hacking. [...] | ★★★★ | ||
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2017-07-18 06:35:10 | FedEx Says Some Damage From NotPetya Ransomware May Be Permanent (lien direct) | US-based and international courier delivery service FedEx admitted on Monday that some of its systems were significantly affected by the NotPetya ransomware, and some of the damage may be permanent. [...] | FedEx NotPetya | ||
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2017-07-18 04:08:24 | FBI Issues Warning and Recommendations on Internet-Connected Toys (lien direct) | The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), a division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), has issued a public service announcement about the improper security and privacy protections provided by manufacturers of Internet-connected smart toys, also known as IoT toys. [...] | |||
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2017-07-17 18:30:45 | Hacker Steals $7 Million Worth of Ethereum From CoinDash Platform (lien direct) | An unknown hacker has taken over the official website of the CoinDash platform and modified an Ethereum wallet address during the company's ICO (Initial Coin Offering). [...] | |||
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2017-07-17 17:26:47 | Reyptson Ransomware Spams Your Friends by Stealing Thunderbird Contacts (lien direct) | The Reyptson Ransomware contains the unique ability to distribute itself by trying to conduct a fake invoice spam campaign directly from the victim's computer. [...] | |||
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2017-07-17 14:15:17 | 22,000 People Agree to Clean Toilets Because Nobody Reads Terms & Conditions (lien direct) | Over 22,000 users unwittingly agreed to clean public toilets when they connected to free WiFi hotspots at various UK establishments. [...] | |||
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2017-07-17 11:55:00 | Exploit Derived From ETERNALSYNERGY Upgraded to Target Newer Windows Versions (lien direct) | Thai security researcher Worawit Wang has put together an exploit based on ETERNALSYNERGY that can also target newer versions of the Windows operating system. [...] | |||
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2017-07-17 04:08:33 | Damages From a Well Executed Cyber Attack Could Reach $121.4 Billion (lien direct) | Lloyd's of London, one of the world's largest insurers, warns that a well executed cyber attack could cause damages around to world ranging from $53.1 billion to $121.4 billion, according to a report the company released today. [...] | |||
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2017-07-16 08:45:24 | Experts Recover AES256 Encryption Key From a PC\'s Electromagnetic Emissions (lien direct) | A team of researchers from Fox-IT and Riscure has put together a device using off-the-shelve electronic parts that deduces encryption keys using only electromagnetic emissions coming from a nearby computer. [...] | |||
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2017-07-15 00:30:00 | DHS Ramps up Program to Scan People\'s Faces When They Leave the US (lien direct) | Air travelers taking international flights from US airports will soon have to submit to a face scan before boarding their plane. [...] | ★★★★ | ||
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2017-07-14 13:14:47 | The Week in Ransomware - July 14th 2017 - NemucodAES, LeakerLocker, and More (lien direct) | It has been a slow week in terms of new releases, which is always a good thing. Still lots of small crapware being released that will never have much wide distribution. We also have some good news, which is the release of a NemucodAES decryptor by Emsisoft. This allows victims of this ransomware to get their files back for free. [...] | |||
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2017-07-14 12:29:59 | New Exte CryptoMix Ransomware Variant Released (lien direct) | A new variant of the CryptoMix Ransomware was discovered that appends the .EXTE extension to encrypted files. This articles provides a brief overview of what has changed in this new version. [...] | |||
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2017-07-14 11:26:19 | Google to Replace SMS Codes With Mobile Prompts in 2-Step-Verification Procedure (lien direct) | Starting next week Google will overhaul its two-step verification (2SV) procedure and replace one-time codes sent via SMS with prompts shown on the user's smartphone. [...] | |||
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2017-07-14 10:30:42 | 21-Year-Old Bug in Kerberos Protocol Gets Patch in Windows, Linux (lien direct) | Two implementations of the Kerberos authentication protocol received patches this week against a vulnerability that allowed a threat actor to bypass authentication procedures. [...] | |||
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2017-07-14 08:06:46 | New Ovidiy Stealer Malware Sold on Russian Site (lien direct) | A Russia-speaking malware developer going by the name of "TheBottle" has started selling a new infostealer with the name of Ovidiy Stealer. [...] | |||
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2017-07-14 04:16:34 | AlphaBay Dark Web Market Taken Down After Law Enforcement Raids (lien direct) | AlphaBay, an online marketplace that sold illegal products on the Dark Web, has been taken offline following raids in three countries, according to several reports. [...] | |||
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2017-07-14 00:40:00 | Microsoft Adds Password Recovery Option to Windows 10 Lockscreen (lien direct) | Microsoft added a password recovery option to the Windows 10 locksreen for users that use a Microsoft account to log into their computer. [...] | |||
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2017-07-13 18:30:11 | App Finds More Than 50,000 Computers Vulnerable to ETERNALBLUE Exploit (lien direct) | The developer of a tool named Eternal Blues that scans for computers vulnerable to the NSA's ETERNALBLUE exploit has published statistics gathered from the app's usage. [...] | |||
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2017-07-13 13:46:36 | Microsoft Adds Protection Against Process Hollowing and Atom Bombing (lien direct) | Microsoft has worked on adding security protections against two forms of code injection techniques known as process hollowing and atom bombing. [...] | |||
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2017-07-13 11:55:37 | "Particle" Chrome Extension Sold to New Dev Who Immediately Turns It Into Adware (lien direct) | A company is going around buying abandoned Chrome extensions from their original developers and converting these add-ons into adware. [...] | |||
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2017-07-13 06:52:37 | Vault 7: CIA Developed Android Malware That Works as an SMS Proxy (lien direct) | WikiLeaks published today the manual of another CIA hacking tool part of the Vault 7 leak series. This tool is referenced internally at the CIA under the name of HighRise and is an Android application for intercepting and redirecting SMS messages to a remote web server. [...] | |||
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2017-07-13 05:53:48 | Hackers Are Using Automated Scans to Target Unfinished WordPress Installs (lien direct) | Experts from security firm Wordfence say they have observed a new type of web attack that took aim at unfinished WordPress installations. [...] | |||
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2017-07-13 00:35:00 | Scammer Uses Fake Tor Browser to Lure Victims to Supposed Dark Web Marketplace (lien direct) | A new malicious app disguised as a modified version of the Tor Browser is targeting users looking to buy illegal products off the Dark Web. [...] | |||
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2017-07-12 22:35:38 | Decrypted: Emsisoft Releases a Decryptor for NemucodAES Ransomware (lien direct) | Fabian Wosar of Emsisoft has been able to crack the decryption used by the NemucodAES ransomware so that victims can get their files back for free. This guide will walk you through using the decryptor and provide a brief explanation on the NemucodAES Ransomware. [...] | |||
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2017-07-12 16:25:00 | Data of 14 Million Verizon Customers Exposed in Server Snafu (lien direct) | Sensitive data for around 14 million Verizon customers was exposed online because a third-party contractor forgot to limit external access to an Amazon S3 server. [...] | |||
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2017-07-12 15:44:42 | PSA: Don\'t Open SPAM Containing Password Protected Word Docs (lien direct) | I wanted to alert everyone of a new malware distributing SPAM that I just received that contains a password protected Word document, which pretends to be about a payment I would be receiving shortly. As I always love free money, I had to take a look and see what I was getting for free.  [...] | |||
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2017-07-12 12:55:33 | Magala Trojan Uses Virtual Desktops to Secretly Click on Search Results Ads (lien direct) | A new click-fraud trojan is infecting Windows computers and using virtual desktops to click on ads in search results to earn a profit for its creator(s). [...] |
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