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Monthly Archives: October 2016

As the world continues to become more connected, it’s more important than ever to be “cyberaware.” But what does cyberawareness look like? Being cyberaware means being able to interact safely within cyberspace without falling victim to cybercrimes like identity theft, transaction fraud, hacking, and others you’ve probably heard about in the news. You might think […]

Odin ransomware takes over from Zepto and Locky
Johnson & Johnson’s Insulin Pumps vulnerable to cyber attacks

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Web-Based Keylogger Used to Steal Credit Card Data from Popular Sites
What CSOs can learn from the Yahoo breach
EFF: NSA’s Support of Encryption ‘Disingenuous’
NSA Contractor Arrested for Stealing Classified Data
Hacked Olympians’ doping docs may have been doctored post-theft
Attack allows Mac malware to piggyback on your webcam, while it’s in use
ISP GMX attempts the nigh impossible: PGP for the masses
Mobile App Collusion Can Bypass Native Android Security
Fancy Bears’ who-takes-what in sports hack list ‘manipulated’ before leak
Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade and Brian Bartholomew on APT False Flags and Attribution
BuzzFeed latest high-profile victim of OurMine hackers
Billboard hacker faces 12 years in jail for broadcasting porn
Cybersecurity is just too much trouble for the general public, claims study
Our insulin pumps could be hacked, warns Johnson & Johnson
Dating Site’s Database with 1.5 Million Users Found Online
Abandoned Mobile C&C Servers Present Opportunity to Attackers
Mac malware lies in wait for YOU to start a vid sesh…
Citizens don’t trust UK.GOV with their data
FBI arrests an NSA contractor suspected of stealing hacking tools
‘Flaw’ in iOS 10 private browsing… not as bad as it looks
Securing Office 365? There’s always more you can do
From Russia with grudge: hackers accused of trying to sway US election
Apple Messages could be exposing your privacy when it previews a link
Chap cuffed after treating commuters to giant-screen smut
NIST: People have given up on cybersecurity – it’s too much hassle
NSA Contractor Charged With Stealing Classified Hacking Secrets
Spotify Free Service Caught Dropping Malware on User Browsers

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Learn How to Enable Encryption on Facebook Messenger
Feds collar chap who allegedly sneaked home US hacking blueprints
Yahoo! tries!, fails! to! shoot! down! email! backdoor! claim!
BuzzFeed Website Hacked by OurMine Hacking Group

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, [More…]

LinuxSecurity.com: Security Report Summary

LinuxSecurity.com: Security Report Summary

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for thunderbird is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact [More…]

LinuxSecurity.com: Security Report Summary

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Yahoo Slams Email Surveillance Story: Experts Demand Details
Psst. Need some spy-on-employees tech? Ask Oriium
Guccifer 2.0 Claims Hacking Clinton Foundation, Leaking Donor Databases
TalkTalk fined record £400,000 for failing to prevent hack
Yahoo calls report of secret email scanning ‘misleading’
DDoS attacks ‘consistent, relentless and damaging’ to organizations

Consistent and relentless DDoS attacks are causing “real damage” to organizations around the world, with the number of affected enterprises on the rise. The post DDoS attacks ‘consistent, relentless and damaging’ to organizations appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.

Moldovan Dridex millionaires to spend 12 years in jail
Did Yahoo spy on its users’ emails for the NSA?
Unmasking Tor users with DNS
Malware researcher Lukas Stefanko will be online on Reddit

WeLiveSecurity author and ESET researcher Lukas Stefanko will be answering questions about Android malware on Reddits‘ popular Subreddit r/IamA. The post Malware researcher Lukas Stefanko will be online on Reddit appeared first on WeLiveSecurity.

Mirai “internet of things” malware from Krebs DDoS attack goes open source
IoT Botnets Are The New Normal of DDoS Attacks
This is how little Signal knows about its privacy-loving users
Finally everyone can encrypt their Facebook conversations. Here’s how
Special report: Hacking the election
3 nightmare election hack scenarios
5 ways to improve voting security in the US
If the election is hacked, we may never know
Hacking an election is about influence and disruption, not voting machines
Hacked voter registration systems: a recipe for election chaos
Q&A: The myths and realities of hacking an election
Data leaks evolving into weapons of business destruction
Security for your collaborative software
US tech giants say they didn’t do Yahoo-style email spying
Me-OUCH! Facebook shuts accounts over image of cat wearing suit and tie
Subpoena for Signal Messaging Data Renders Little

LinuxSecurity.com: An update for chromium-browser is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact [More…]

Mastercard rolls out pay-by-selfie across Europe
These diabetes pumps obey unencrypted radio commands – which is, frankly, f*%king stupid
CloudFlare shows Tor users the way out of CAPTCHA hell
Wasted: Kaspersky makes jokers of upstart ransomware VXers

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Risk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan.

Let’s not meet up with JPEG 2000 – researchers find security hole in image codec
DNS traffic monitoring, a threat to Tor users’ anonymity
Snoop! stooge! Yahoo! handed! all! your! email! to! Uncle! Sam! – and! any! passing! hacker!

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WikiLeaks plans to dump more sensitive files on US election
It’s time to close your Yahoo account
Yahoo built a software to secretly scan user emails for the NSA
Cloud, IoT Big Factors in Annual BSIMM 7 Report
Vulnerabilities in Insulin Pumps Can Lead to Overdose
After Mozilla inquiry, Apple untrusts Chinese certificate authority
Amazon: no more freebie products in exchange for reviews!
True man-in-the-middle: Transmitting logins through the human body
IoT Devices at Risk After Mirai Code Leaked that Exploits Default Credentials
48 characters enough to crash most Linux distros, says sysadmin
Apple to “do a Windows 10” by pushing out macOS automatically
Industrial control kit hackable, warn researchers
IoT botnet highlights the dangers of default passwords
IBM’s IoT blockchain service gets ready to set sail
Brave browser starts paying Bitcoins to adblocked sites
Remember 68 Million Hacked Dropbox Data? It’s available for free download
6 security distractions derailing IT

Most companies don’t do what they need to do to reduce security risks. How do I know? Because I’ve consulted for hundreds of them. They don’t patch their most attacked programs in a timely manner, and they do a poor job of teaching their users how to avoid social engineering attacks — the two commonsense […]