The vulnerable Internet of Things
Credit to Author: Marvin the Robot| Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 14:00:46 +0000
A new study by Kaspersky Lab showed how insecure smart devices really are. We explain how to cope.
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Month: November 2017
A Deep Dive Analysis of the FALLCHILL Remote Administration Tool
Credit to Author: Minh Tran| Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 12:45:59 +0000
FortiGuard Labs has been actively monitoring FALLCHILL, validating all its IOCs (indicators of compromise), and providing protection for our customers. In a previous post we provided a high level overview of FALLCHILL. In this research report we dig even further, providing a deep dive analysis of the FALLCHILL Remote Administration Tool (RAT) in order to shed additional light on this threat, and thereby help our customer and the security community at large defend against this threat and similar threats.
Read MoreBeware! 12.5 million emails hiding a ransomware have been let loose by Necurs botnet
Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 09:40:57 +0000
If you weren’t careful with your incoming emails, then it’s time you should. Attackers have released 12.5 million emails hiding a ransomware called the Scarab malware. And Necurs botnet, the world’s largest email spam botnet, is being used in this attack. First, what is a botnet? A group of computers…
Read MoreBeware! 12.5 million emails hiding ransomware have been let loose by Necurs botnet
Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 09:40:57 +0000
If you weren’t careful with your incoming emails, then it’s time you should. Attackers have released 12.5 million emails hiding a ransomware called the Scarab malware. And Necurs botnet, the world’s largest email spam botnet, is being used in this attack. First, what is a botnet? A group of computers…
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Read MorePh0wn: A CTF Dedicated to Smart Devices
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Credit to Author: Axelle Apvrille, Alain Forcioli| Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 14:30:59 +0000
We have organized a Capture The Flag event this week. Codenamed Ph0wn, this CTF is really unique because it is dedicated to smart devices. This CTF is free and takes place this Wednesday, November 29, 2017, starting at 6pm at Campus SophiaTech, Sophia Antipolis, France – where our FortiSmart research team is located. Traditional CTFs include challenges on standard infrastructures: PCs, servers, webservers, etc. And from time to time, some CTFs feature hardware challenges. (We should probably cite Hardwear.io CTF , and RHME3 for automotive.)…
Read MoreIntercept X is the Security Innovation of the year
Credit to Author: matthewphillion| Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 17:09:20 +0000
Sophos Intercept X takes home the prize at Computing’s Security Excellence Awards <img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&blog=834173&post=44268&subd=sophos&ref=&feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/KELShk4zOsI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read MoreIntroducing the new SophosLabs homepage
Credit to Author: Bill Brenner| Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 16:50:22 +0000
Discover the latest threat research, read our reports and try to outsmart an AI machine on the new-look SophosLabs page<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&blog=834173&post=44146&subd=sophos&ref=&feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/CtBUvwihlfY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read MoreHP stealthily installs new spyware called HP Touchpoint Analytics Client
Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 13:29:00 -0800
Hard to imagine in this age of privacy scandals, but HP is installing a telemetry client on its customers’ computers — and it isn’t offering any warning, or asking permission, before delivering the payload.
Dubbed “HP Touchpoint Analytics Service,” HP says it “harvests telemetry information that is used by HP Touchpoint’s analytical services.” Apparently, it’s HP Touchpoint Analytics Client version 4.0.2.1435.
There are dozens of reports of this new, ahem, service scattered all over the internet. According to Günter Born, reports of the infection go all the way back to Nov. 15, when poster MML on BleepingComputer said: