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SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-08 15:21:04 Enterprises: Someone on Your Security Team is Likely a Grey Hat Hacker (lien direct) Companies Should Not Dismiss a Bit of Grey Hatting by Staff as Just a Form of Letting Off Steam
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-08 14:28:02 NERC Names Bill Lawrence as VP, Chief Security Officer (lien direct) North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) on Tuesday announced that Bill Lawrence has been named vice president and chief security officer (CSO), and will officially step into the lead security role on August 16, 2018. Guideline
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-08 13:40:04 Researchers Find Flaw in WhatsApp (lien direct) Researchers at Israeli cybersecurity firm CheckPoint said Wednesday they had found a flaw in WhatsApp that could allow hackers to modify and send fake messages in the popular social messaging app.
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-08 11:06:05 (Déjà vu) Let\'s Encrypt Now Trusted by All Major Root Programs (lien direct) Let's Encrypt root, ISRG Root X1, is now trusted by all major root programs, including Microsoft, Google, Apple, Mozilla, Oracle, and Blackberry.
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-08 05:33:05 Snapchat Source Code Leaked (lien direct) iOS Update Led to Snapchat Source Code Leak Hackers obtained some source code for the popular messaging application Snapchat and made it public on GitHub, claiming that they were ignored by the app's developer.
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-07 20:16:02 BGP Hijacking Attacks Target US Payment Processors (lien direct) Several payment processing companies in the United States were targeted recently in BGP hijacking attacks whose goal was to redirect users to malicious websites, Oracle reported last week. ★★★★
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-07 17:18:04 The Importance of Access Control for IoT Devices (lien direct) With the Right Safeguards in Place, IoT Devices Don't Have to be Your Network's Weakest Link ★★★★★
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-07 15:42:05 Canadian Industrial Security Firm iS5Com Raises $17 Million (lien direct) iS5 Communications (iS5Com), a Canadian provider of networking and cybersecurity solutions for industrial systems, announced on Tuesday that it has raised roughly $17 million (CDN $22 million) in funding.  ★★★★★
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-07 14:39:00 \'SegmentSmack\' Flaw in Linux Kernel Allows Remote DoS Attacks (lien direct) A vulnerability in the Linux kernel can allow a remote attacker to trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition by sending specially crafted packets to the targeted system. The flaw could impact many companies. Vulnerability ★★★★★
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-07 13:40:02 Honeypot Highlights Danger to ICS Systems From Criminal Hackers (lien direct) A security firm established a sophisticated honeypot masquerading as a power transmission substation for a major electricity provider. The purpose was to attract attackers and analyze how they operate against the energy sector of the critical infrastructure. ★★★
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-07 12:44:05 New Method Discovered for Cracking WPA2 Wi-Fi Passwords (lien direct) Developers of the popular password cracking tool Hashcat have identified a new method that can in some cases be used to obtain a network's Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) or Wi-Fi Protected Access II (WPA2) password. Tool ★★
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-07 11:42:04 Facebook Open Sources TLS 1.3 Library (lien direct) Facebook on Monday announced the open source availability of Fizz, a TLS library written in C++ 14 that includes the new generation of Transport Layer Security (TLS 1.3). ★★★★★
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-07 02:24:01 Pentagon Restricts Use of Fitness Trackers, Other Devices (lien direct) WASHINGTON (AP) - Military troops and other defense personnel at sensitive bases or certain high-risk warzone areas won't be allowed to use fitness-tracker or cellphone applications that can reveal their location, according to a new Pentagon order. ★★★★
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-06 17:54:05 You Should Still Care About GDPR (lien direct) GDPR Forces Companies to Examine How They Treat Data ★★★★★
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-06 17:14:01 Ex-Tesla Worker Accused of Hacking Seeks $1M in Counterclaim (lien direct) Tesla Breach Tesla ★★★★★
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-06 15:52:03 New Open Source Tools Help Find Large Twitter Botnets (lien direct) Duo Security has created open source tools and disclosed techniques that can be useful in identifying automated Twitter accounts, which are often used for malicious purposes.
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-06 15:34:05 Campaigns on Their Own as Cyber Threats Roil Midterms (lien direct) NEW YORK (AP) - Kamala Harris has been the target of social media misinformation campaigns since she became a U.S. senator.
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-06 14:20:01 HP Patches Critical RCE Flaws in Inkjet Printers (lien direct) HP has released firmware updates for many of its ink printers to address a couple of critical vulnerabilities that can be exploited for remote code execution.
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-06 13:47:05 GitHub to Warn Users on Compromised Passwords (lien direct) In a move to protect its users, software repository site GitHub is now alerting account holders whenever it detects that a password has been compromised in breaches on other services.
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-06 11:29:05 Flaw in Popular Framework Exposes ICS Devices to Attack (lien direct) Type:  Story Image:  Link:  Chip Giant TSMC Says WannaCry Ransomware Behind Production Halt Chip Giant TSMC Says WannaCry Ransomware Behind Production Halt Ransomware Wannacry
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-06 11:08:00 Chip Giant TSMC Says WannaCry Behind Production Halt (lien direct) TSMC Chip Factory hit by Malware Image Source: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Wannacry
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-06 06:56:03 Carbon Black Launches Real-Time Query and Response Tool (lien direct) Endpoint security provider Carbon Black has taken the wraps off Cb LiveOps, a new tool to provide organizations with real-time query and response. Tool
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-06 05:42:00 Malware Hits Plants of Chip Giant TSMC (lien direct) A piece of malware has caused significant disruptions in the factories of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world's biggest contract chipmaker. TSMC's most important customer is Apple, whose iPhone and iPad products use TSMC chips, but the company also supplies semiconductors to Qualcomm, Nvidia, AMD, MediaTek and Broadcom. Malware
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-03 14:13:01 MikroTik Routers Exploited in Massive Crypto-Mining Campaign (lien direct) Attackers managed to infect tens of thousands of MikroTik network routers in Brazil with code that injects the CoinHive in-browser crypto-mining script into web traffic. ★★★★
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-03 14:01:03 Google Offers G Suite Alerts for State-Sponsored Attacks (lien direct) Google this week announced that it can now alert G Suite admins when it believes users have been targeted by government-backed attackers. ★★★★★
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-03 12:28:03 Global Shipping Firm Clarksons Provides Update on 2017 Breach (lien direct) Clarkson PLC (Clarksons), a global shipping services firm, this week provided an update to the breach it suffered between May and November 2017. Little further on the nature of the breach is revealed, other than the extent of the customer personal information that was stolen.
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-02 16:42:03 Student Charged in Elaborate Digital Money Theft Scheme (lien direct) LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Massachusetts college student who was named his high school's valedictorian for his savvy tech skills hacked into unsuspecting investors' personal cellphones, email and social media accounts to steal at least $2 million in digital currency like Bitcoin, according to documents provided by California prosecutors Wednesday.
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-02 15:38:05 Iran-Linked Actor Targets U.S. Electric Utility Firms (lien direct) Likely operating out of Iran,
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-02 15:13:00 Phishing Campaign Targets 400 Industrial Organizations (lien direct) A new wave of spear-phishing emails masquerading as legitimate procurement and accounting letters have hit over 400 industrial organizations, according to Kaspersky Lab.
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-02 12:38:02 Attackers Circumvent Two Factor Authentication Protections to Hack Reddit (lien direct) Popular Community Site Reddit Breached Through Continued Use of NIST-Deprecated SMS Two Factor Authentication (2FA) Hack
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-02 12:13:05 Cisco to Acquire Duo Security for $2.35 Billion in Cash (lien direct) Cisco announced on Thursday that it will pay $2.35 billion in cash to acquire cloud-based identity and access management solutions provider Duo Security.
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-02 11:18:05 I Hate this Cliché, but I\'m Going There (lien direct) I really do not want to do this. I really do not want to use this quote, as it has been referenced hundreds of times too many already. But alas, I feel compelled to use it, as it is the best way to make my point…sigh.
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-02 10:18:03 Addressing IoT Device Security Head-on (lien direct) The Mirai botnet exposed very publicly how weaknesses in IoT devices can be used to create wide-scale Internet outages. Since then, other botnets based on Mirai have emerged, and now a new variant, Wicked, is being reported. Organizations are well-aware of the risks of insecure IoT devices.
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-01 21:10:05 Darknet Market Spokesman Gets Nearly 4 Years in Prison (lien direct) ATLANTA (AP) - A man who promoted an international criminal online marketplace and assisted people using it for illicit transactions was sentenced Tuesday in Atlanta to serve nearly four years in federal prison.
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-01 17:55:05 Three Ukrainians Arrested for Hacking Over 100 US Companies (lien direct) Three Ukrainians have been arrested for hacking more than 100 US companies and stealing millions of customer records, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday.
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-01 15:58:04 Human Rights Group: Employee Targeted With Israeli Spyware (lien direct) LONDON (AP) - An Amnesty International employee has been targeted with Israeli-made surveillance software, the human rights group said Wednesday, adding to a growing number of examples of Israeli technology being used to spy on human rights workers and opposition figures in the Middle East and beyond.
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-01 15:57:05 The Disconnect Between Understanding Email Threats and Preventing Them (lien direct) Email continues to be the starting point for the majority of all security breaches. The 2018 Verizon Data Breaches Investigation Report (DBIR) says that email is the attack vector in 96% of breaches. But a new study suggests that despite these figures, companies are not allocating sufficient resources to reduce email risk.
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-01 15:16:03 Leaked Chats Show Alleged Russian Spy Seeking Hacking Tools (lien direct) MOSCOW (AP) - Six years ago, a Russian-speaking cybersecurity researcher received an unsolicited email from Kate S. Milton.
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-01 13:44:04 Conference Speakers: Why Understanding Your Audience is Key (lien direct) If you're like me, you've likely sat through some pretty painful conference talks, meetings, industry sessions, or other gatherings over the course of your career. In my experience, these events can generally be broken up into three categories: Those that are good. Those that are so-so. Those that are painful.
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-01 11:31:05 FireEye MalwareGuard Uses Machine Learning to Detect Malware (lien direct) FireEye on Tuesday announced the launch of MalwareGuard, an engine that leverages machine learning (ML) to detect malware and prevent it from executing. MalwareGuard has been added to FireEye's Endpoint Security product and the firm will also be deploying the new engine to its Network Security and Email Security solutions. Malware
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-01 11:22:02 Trump Criticized for Not Leading Effort to Secure Elections (lien direct) WASHINGTON (AP) - As alarms blare about Russian interference in U.S. elections, the Trump administration is facing criticism that it has no clear national strategy to protect the country during the upcoming midterms and beyond.
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-01 10:43:05 Yale University Discloses Decade-Old Data Breach (lien direct) "Because the intrusion happened nearly ten years ago, we do not have much more information about how it occurred." Data Breach
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-01 10:37:02 Dixons Carphone Breach: Much Larger Than First Thought (lien direct) A data breach at Dixons Carphone that was made public last month Data Breach
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-08-01 02:22:05 Facebook Uncovers Political Influence Campaign Ahead of Midterms (lien direct) Facebook said Tuesday it shut down 32 fake pages and accounts involved in an apparent "coordinated" effort to stoke hot-button issues ahead of November midterm US elections, but could not identify the source although Russia is suspected of involvement.
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-07-31 18:24:05 Medical System Notifies 1.4M Patients About Computer Breach (lien direct) A major Iowa hospital and medical clinic system has notified about 1.4 million patients and former patients about a computer breach that might have exposed their personal information. UnityPoint Health officials say hackers used broke into the company's email system and could have obtained medical information.
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-07-31 17:13:04 Android Apps Carrying Windows Malware Yanked From Google Play (lien direct) Google recently removed 145 applications from Google Play after they were found to carry malicious Windows executables inside, Palo Alto Networks reveals. Malware ★★★★★
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-07-31 16:27:05 DHS Unveils National Risk Management Center (lien direct) Kirstjen Nielsen introduces National Risk Management Center ★★★★
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-07-31 15:36:04 WATCH Live: DHS National Cybersecurity Summit (lien direct) The DHS National Cybersecurity Summit will bring together a diverse group of stakeholders across government, industry, and academia to reinforce DHS's collective defense mission and its commitment to working across a wide range of industries and sectors to protect national critical functions. ★★★★★
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-07-31 15:11:00 The Secret to Securing Smart Buildings (lien direct) Buildings are getting smarter, and the pace at which intelligent technology is being introduced to our homes, offices and factory floors is breathtaking. The amount of money we collectively spend on networked lighting, physical security, infrastructure and comfort systems is set to increase more than fourfold in the next four years according to recent analysis, from what is currently a $7.42 billion market to a predicted $31.74 billion by 2022. ★★★★
SecurityWeek.webp 2018-07-31 14:51:05 Mozilla Reinforces Commitment to Distrust Symantec Certificates (lien direct) Mozilla this week reaffirmed its commitment to distrust all Symantec certificates starting in late October 2018, when Firefox 63 is set to be released to the stable channel. ★★★★
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