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SecurityWeek.webp 2019-08-24 11:10:05 Vulnerability Found in SimpleMDM Apple Device Management Solution (lien direct) An XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability has been found and patched in the SimpleMDM Apple device management solution, but the researcher who found the flaw and the vendor disagree on its impact. SimpleMDM is an increasingly popular mobile device management (MDM) solution used by companies such as FedEx, Deloitte and the Discovery Channel. Vulnerability FedEx Deloitte
ErrataRob.webp 2019-05-29 20:16:09 Your threat model is wrong (lien direct) Several subjects have come up with the past week that all come down to the same thing: your threat model is wrong. Instead of addressing the the threat that exists, you've morphed the threat into something else that you'd rather deal with, or which is easier to understand.PhishingAn example is this question that misunderstands the threat of "phishing":Should failing multiple phishing tests be grounds for firing? I ran into a guy at a recent conference, said his employer fired people for repeatedly falling for (simulated) phishing attacks. I talked to experts, who weren't wild about this disincentive. https://t.co/eRYPZ9qkzB pic.twitter.com/Q1aqCmkrWL- briankrebs (@briankrebs) May 29, 2019The (wrong) threat model is here is that phishing is an email that smart users with training can identify and avoid. This isn't true.Good phishing messages are indistinguishable from legitimate messages. Said another way, a lot of legitimate messages are in fact phishing messages, such as when HR sends out a message saying "log into this website with your organization username/password".Recently, my university sent me an email for mandatory Title IX training, not digitally signed, with an external link to the training, that requested my university login creds for access, that was sent from an external address but from the Title IX coordinator.- Tyler Pieron (@tyler_pieron) May 29, 2019Yes, it's amazing how easily stupid employees are tricked by the most obvious of phishing messages, and you want to point and laugh at them. But frankly, you want the idiot employees doing this. The more obvious phishing attempts are the least harmful and a good test of the rest of your security -- which should be based on the assumption that users will frequently fall for phishing.In other words, if you paid attention to the threat model, you'd be mitigating the threat in other ways and not even bother training employees. You'd be firing HR idiots for phishing employees, not punishing employees for getting tricked. Your systems would be resilient against successful phishes, such as using two-factor authentication.IoT securityAfter the Mirai worm, government types pushed for laws to secure IoT devices, as billions of insecure devices like TVs, cars, security cameras, and toasters are added to the Internet. Everyone is afraid of the next Mirai-type worm. For example, they are pushing for devices to be auto-updated.But auto-updates are a bigger threat than worms.Since Mirai, roughly 10-billion new IoT devices have been added to the Internet, yet there hasn't been a Mirai-sized worm. Why is that? After 10-billion new IoT devices, it's still Windows and not IoT that is the main problem.The answer is that number, 10-billion. Internet worms work by guessing IPv4 addresses, of which there are only 4-billion. You can't have 10-billion new devices on the public IPv4 addresses because there simply aren't enough addresses. Instead, those 10-billion devices are almost entirely being put on private ne Ransomware Tool Vulnerability Threat Guideline FedEx NotPetya
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