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Credit to Author: Issie Lapowsky| Date: Wed, 03 May 2017 17:08:40 +0000
The most candid look yet at what prompted James Comey to make the Clinton email investigation public right before the election. The post FBI Boss Comey Finally Explains His Infamous Clinton Letter appeared first on WIRED.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Ankita Ashesh| Date: Thu, 04 May 2017 06:16:42 +0000
In recent events, we have been observing that hackers have started targeting Microsoft SQL(MSSQL) servers using its open TCP port. The database is configured with weak password, despite administrators agreeing to the importance of it. The reasons could be ease of use to the operator, lack of security awareness or…
The post Brute force attack on Microsoft SQL appeared first on Quick Heal Technologies Security Blog | Latest computer security news, tips, and advice.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Mark Nunnikhoven (Vice President, Cloud Research)| Date: Wed, 03 May 2017 22:59:29 +0000
Recently there was a significant volume of new phishing emails aimed at capturing access to Google accounts…specifically your email and contacts. You can read more about it at The Verge, Quartz, and Ars Technica. This phish is a great—evil !?!—example of a sophisticated attempt to gain access to a large number of users accounts. In…
Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 03 May 2017 19:51:53 +0000
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| There’s a very clever phishing scam going around at the moment involving Google Docs App. Originally thought to be targeting journalists given the sheer number of them mentioning it on their Twitter feeds, it’s also been slinging its way across unrelated mailboxes – from orgs to schools/campuses. Categories: Tags: Googlegoogle docsMailnatorphishphishingspam |
The post Google Docs App spam goes phishing appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
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Credit to Author: Xiaopeng Zhang| Date: Wed, 03 May 2017 10:50:33 -0700
Background Last week, FortiGuard Labs captured a JS file that functions as a malware downloader to spread a new variant of the Emotet Trojan. Its original file name is Invoice__779__Apr___25___2017___lang___gb___GB779.js. A JS file, as you may be aware, is a JavaScript file that can be executed by a Window Script Host (wscript.exe) simply by double-clicking on it. In this blog we will analyze how this new malware works by walking through it step by step in chronological order. A JS file used to spread malware The original JS code…
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Credit to Author: Matt Hamblen| Date: Wed, 03 May 2017 11:00:00 -0700
There are now so many cyberattacks that many enterprises simply accept that hackers and bad actors will find ways to break into their systems.
A strategy some large businesses have developed over the past two years has been to quickly identify and isolate these attacks, possibly by shutting down part of a system or network so the hackers won’t get days or weeks to root around and grab sensitive corporate data.
This enterprise focus on rapid detection and response to various attacks on networks and computers doesn’t replace conventional security tools to prevent attacks. Instead, businesses are relying on both prevention software and detection software.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 03 May 2017 12:00:59 +0000
Researchers were able to take control of a 220-pound robotic arm to damage the products it manufactures—or the person that operates it. The post Watch Hackers Sabotage an Industrial Robot Arm appeared first on WIRED.
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Credit to Author: Darlene Storm| Date: Wed, 03 May 2017 07:15:00 -0700
Despite the USA Freedom Act of 2015, the NSA collected 151 million records of Americans’ phone calls last year, even though it had obtained warrants from the FISA court to spy on only 42 people suspected of having ties to terrorism. The NSA also complied with requests from government officials to reveal the identities of 1,934 U.S. persons ensnared in the foreign surveillance.
The annual report, issued by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, provides the first assessment of the effectiveness of the 2015 USA Freedom Act which was meant to limit dragnet surveillance of millions of Americans’ phone records. In 2016, 151,230,968 was the total estimated number of Americans’ call details records, meaning metadata about calls such as the number of the caller and recipient as well as the duration and time of the call, which the NSA received from providers and then stored in NSA repositories.
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