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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 05 May 2017 14:13:36 +0000
South Korea’s US-supplied THAAD is now operational, but it’s no magic bullet. The post South Korea’s New Missile Defense Tech Isn’t a Cure-All For North Korea appeared first on WIRED.
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Credit to Author: Chris McCormack| Date: Fri, 05 May 2017 16:25:17 +0000
The wait is over, Sophos UTM 9.5 has arrived and it’s packed with new features.<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&blog=834173&post=33577&subd=sophos&ref=&feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/u-_pawPgmxA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Bill Hogan| Date: Fri, 05 May 2017 09:21:31 -0700
As is the case across most of today’s industries, the latest IT technological advances like the cloud, Internet of Things (IoT), and mobility have all blurred the lines between traditional network boundaries, making them harder to secure by the day. Security challenges are escalating in part because there are an increasing number of network access points that can open doors to sensitive financial data. For example, many devices inside of today’s financial networks, such as routers and switches, are not security aware. Once these devices…
Read MoreCredit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Fri, 05 May 2017 14:00:41 +0000
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| Snake, also known as Turla and Uroburos, is backdoor malware that has been around and infecting Windows systems since at least 2008. It is thought to be Russian governmental malware and on Windows is highly-sophisticated. It was even seen infecting Linux systems in 2014. Now, it appears to have been ported to Mac. Categories: Tags: Adobe Flash PlayerApplemacMac TrojanmalwareSnaketrojanTurlaUroburos |
The post Snake malware ported from Windows to Mac appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 05 May 2017 12:00:04 +0000
As you read this blog, I am probably sitting on a beach in Cancun, Mexico getting a nice tan and not thinking about security (well, maybe just a little). A couple of days before I left, I had to deal with the inevitable. It never fails – every time I am about to go on…
Credit to Author: Zhouyuan Yang| Date: Thu, 04 May 2017 17:05:00 -0700
Joomla! is one of the world's most popular content management system (CMS) solutions. It enables users to build custom Web sites and powerful online applications. More than 3 percent of Web sites are running Joomla!, and it accounts for more than 9 percent of CMS market share. As of November 2016, Joomla! had been downloaded over 78 million times. Over 7,800 free and commercial extensions are also currently available from the official Joomla! Extension Directory, and more are available from other sources. This year, as a FortiGuard researcher…
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Credit to Author: Michael Kan| Date: Thu, 04 May 2017 16:20:00 -0700
Google has stopped Wednesday’s clever email phishing scheme, but the attack may very well make a comeback.
One security researcher has already managed to replicate it, even as Google is trying to protect users from such attacks.
“It looks exactly like the original spoof,” said Matt Austin, director of security research at Contrast Security.
The phishing scheme — which may have circulated to 1 million Gmail users — is particularly effective because it fooled users with a dummy app that looked like Google Docs.
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Credit to Author: Maor Schwartz| Date: Thu, 04 May 2017 08:56:45 +0000
Every once in a while you hear on the news that cyber criminals were arrested, today I have the honor to interview the man who put them behind bars! Please meet @unixfreaxjp, founder and team leader of MalwareMustDie, NPO (malwaremustdie.org) and Kendo master (3rd Dan). Disclaimer: A lot of criminals are looking for him, so … Continue reading Know your community – @unixfreaxjp, founder and team leader of MalwareMustDie
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