March 2017 – Page 42 – Computer Security Articles

Credit to Author: Michael Horowitz| Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2017 17:00:00 -0800

Being a Defensive Computing kind of guy, I am a frequent flyer when it comes to VPN usage. But VPNs have both an upside and a downside.

Previously, I wrote about an unexpected downside that I ran into while making a purchase while logged into a VPN server in another country. I won’t be doing that again.

This time, a VPN interfered with a charitable donation.

I am a big fan of Libre Office. Yesterday, I tried to make a donation to the organization behind it, The Document Foundation, but my credit card was denied with a “transaction failed” error message.

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Fortinet Security

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Improving Australia’s Cybersecurity Through Integration and Automation

Credit to Author: Katrina Fox| Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2017 15:59:07 -0800

How do government agencies protect their networks and data from cyber attacks in the face of the growing cyber skills shortage? Integration and automation are the keys.

ComputerWorld Independent

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Consumer Reports to grade tech products on security, privacy

Credit to Author: Michael Kan| Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2017 14:01:00 -0800

Consumer Reports, a major source for gadget and appliance reviews in the U.S., plans to start rating products on data security and privacy.

On Monday, the nonprofit publication unveiled a set of new testing standards it hopes will push the tech industry to create safer products.

“The goal is to help consumers understand which digital products do the most to protect their privacy and security, and give them the most control over their personal data,” the publication said.

Already, cybersecurity experts are finding new tech products, whether they are cars or smart teddy bears, that are often poorly secured and easy to hack.

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MalwareBytes Security

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Malwarebytes Labs Presents: The Cybercrime Tactics and Techniques Report

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2017 18:04:31 +0000

In our first wrap-up of the threat landscape, we are going to cover the trends observed during the last few months of 2016, provide an analyst’s view of the threats, and offer some predictions for the beginning of 2017. Moving forward, every quarter we will bring you a view of the threat landscape through the eyes of Malwarebytes researchers and analysts.

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Tags: 2016 ad fraud cerber cybercrime kovter Locky malwarebytes labs predictions ransomware report trends

Security TrendMicro

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Will Apple see even more cyber attacks in 2017? Experts say “yes”

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2017 18:26:17 +0000

Apple products are becoming increasingly vulnerable to cyber attacks. For years, Apple was the gold standard when it came to tech cyber security, while platforms like Microsoft were always under siege by cybercriminals. But today, cybercriminals are exposing Apple’s products.

Fortinet Security

March 6, 2017 admin

FortiGuard Labs Telemetry – Roundup and Comparison of 2015 and 2016 IoT Threats

Credit to Author: Gavin Chow| Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2017 08:45:09 -0800

Attacks targeting and originating from IoT devices began grabbing news headlines toward the last quarter of 2016. Insecure IoT devices became the low-hanging fruit for threat actors to easily exploit. Some were even notoriously used as botnets to launch DDoS attacks against selected targets. For example, the infamous Mirai botnet exploited weak login vulnerabilities in insecure IoT devices such as IP cameras and home routers, and was responsible for one of the largest known DDoS attacks to date. Besides being used in DDoS attacks, exploited IoT…

MalwareBytes Security

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Mobile Menace Monday: Facebook Lite infected with Spy FakePlay

Credit to Author: Nathan Collier| Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2017 16:00:28 +0000

A lite version of the popular mobile app Facebook has been infected with Android/Trojan.Spy.FakePlay.

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Tags: Android facebook Facebook Lite Google Mobile mobile menace monday triple m trojan

ComputerWorld Independent

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U.S. drops child porn case to avoid disclosing Tor exploit

Credit to Author: Lucian Constantin| Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2017 07:04:00 -0800

The U.S. Department of Justice is asking a federal court to dismiss its indictment in a case that involves a child porn site known as Playpen, after a judge asked the government to disclose the hacking technique it used to gather evidence.

“The government must now choose between disclosure of classified information and dismissal of its indictment,” the DOJ said in a court filing Friday. “Disclosure is not currently an option.”

The case involves Jay Michaud, a school administrator from Vancouver, Wash., who was arrested in July 2015 for allegedly viewing child porn images on Playpen. Michaud’s case was one of at least 137 cases brought throughout the U.S. in relation to Playpen, a website that operated on the Tor anonymity network and which the FBI managed to seize in 2015.

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Computer Security Articles

Month: March 2017

A hard learned lesson in VPNs and secure websites

Improving Australia’s Cybersecurity Through Integration and Automation

Consumer Reports to grade tech products on security, privacy

Malwarebytes Labs Presents: The Cybercrime Tactics and Techniques Report

Will Apple see even more cyber attacks in 2017? Experts say “yes”

FortiGuard Labs Telemetry – Roundup and Comparison of 2015 and 2016 IoT Threats

Mobile Menace Monday: Facebook Lite infected with Spy FakePlay

U.S. drops child porn case to avoid disclosing Tor exploit