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Credit to Author: Bill McGee| Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 15:01:24 -0700
A perspective blog with Derek Manky, Global Security Strategist, Fortinet. We asked Derek to put WannaCry into context. Is this just the eye of the storm?
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Credit to Author: SSD / Maor Schwartz| Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 05:34:17 +0000
Vulnerability Summary The following advisory describes a Buffer Overflow vulnerability found in Bitdefender Engine PE. Bitdefender provides the Bitdefender “antimalware” engine for integration with other security vendors products. The engine is used in Bitdefender’s own products, for example in Bitdefender Internet Security 2017 and below. The antimalware engine is the core of the product, among … Continue reading SSD Advisory – Bitdefender Code Signing organizationName Buffer Overflow
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 20:23:13 +0000
Identity thieves who specialize in tax refund fraud had big help this past tax year from Equifax, one of the nation’s largest consumer data brokers and credit bureaus. The trouble stems from TALX, an Equifax subsidiary that provides online payroll, HR and tax services. Equifax says crooks were able to reset the 4-digit PIN given to customer employees as a password and then steal W-2 tax data after successfully answering personal questions about those employees. In a boilerplate text sent to several affected customers, Equifax said the unauthorized access to customers’ employee tax records happened between April 17, 2016 and March 29, 2017. Beyond that, the extent of the fraud perpetrated with the help of hacked TALX accounts is unclear, and Equifax refused requests to say how many consumers or payroll service customers may have been impacted by the authentication weaknesses.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 16:30:46 +0000
Hacking big companies and small tends to work—until the hack goes public. The post High-Profile Extortion Hacks Aren’t Paying Off appeared first on WIRED.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Issie Lapowsky| Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 01:23:01 +0000
The special counsel role has a whole lot of room to work, which will hopefully clear up all the innuendo. The post If Nothing Else, Robert Mueller Could Bring Clarity to Trump’s Russia Ties appeared first on WIRED.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Emily Dreyfuss| Date: Wed, 17 May 2017 21:25:54 +0000
She inspired a culture of whistleblowing that changed a nation. Today, she is released from prison. The post Chelsea Manning Walks Back Into a World She Helped Transform appeared first on WIRED.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 15:00:51 +0000
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| Identifying and removing the malware is our job, but what do you need to do yourself, to control the aftermath of malware that steals interesting information from an infected computer? Categories: Tags: cybersecurityinfoseckeyloggermalwarespywarethreat actortrojan |
The post Information stolen? What now? appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
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Credit to Author: DealPost Team| Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 06:49:00 -0700
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