August 2018 – Page 3 – Computer Security Articles

3 Extreme Conditions that Put Low Voltage Circuit Breaker Reliability at Risk

August 30, 2018 admin air circuit breakers, harsh environment, IEC 60721, low voltage, Low Voltage Circuit Breaker, LV circuit breakers, Masterpact MTZ, Masterpact MTZ series, Power Distribution and Management, smart circuit breaker

Credit to Author: Eric Quesnot| Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 13:00:52 +0000

When it comes to protecting people and equipment in low voltage (LV) environments, nothing is more important than having reliable circuit breakers in place. Over time, circuit breaker technology has advanced… Read more »

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Building management system and its role in 21st century technology

August 30, 2018 admin Building Management

Credit to Author: Atin Chhabra| Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 07:56:38 +0000

Thinking about building construction brings us back to the notion of processes dominated by physical labour. This is because, till the earlier times, the motive of construction was merely to… Read more »

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Must-have devices for optimal electrical systems and safety at industries and homes

August 30, 2018 admin Building Management

Credit to Author: Atin Chhabra| Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 06:55:23 +0000

The prominence of electrical systems in today’s day-and-age simply cannot be mentioned enough. The fact of the matter is that these electrical systems have gone a long way in ensuring… Read more »

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Microsoft Security

Building the security operations center of tomorrow—harnessing the law of data gravity

August 30, 2018 admin cybersecurity, Security Intelligence

Credit to Author: toddvanderark| Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 16:00:41 +0000

How can we build the SOC of tomorrow? By respecting the law of data gravity. If we can perform security analytics close to where the data already is, we can increase the speed of response.

MalwareBytes Security

Reversing malware in a custom format: Hidden Bee elements

August 30, 2018 admin custom malware, hidden bee, hidden bee miner, malware, payload, reverse engineering, reversing malware, Threat analysis

Credit to Author: hasherezade| Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 15:41:34 +0000

When we recently analyzed payloads related to Hidden Bee (dropped by the Underminer EK), we noticed something unusual. After reversing the malware, we discovered that its authors actually created their own executable format. Follow our step-by-step analysis for a closer look.

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Tags: custom malware hidden bee hidden bee miner payload reverse engineering reversing malware

Kaspersky Security

Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 52

August 30, 2018 admin Fortnite, google, news, podcast, privacy, sim cards, Threats, Twitter

Credit to Author: David Buxton| Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 09:18:48 +0000

David and Jeff discuss Fortnite (again!), the T-Mobile data breach, and how a fish tank helped, in a way, with the development of the modern Internet.

Independent Krebs

Instagram’s New Security Tools are a Welcome Step, But Not Enough

August 29, 2018 admin Authy, Duo, Facebook, Google Authenticator, Google Voice, instagram, Security Tools, SIM swap, T-Mobile, two-factor authentication, twofactorauth.org

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 22:59:39 +0000

Instagram users should soon have more secure options for protecting their accounts against Internet bad guys. On Tuesday, the Facebook-owned social network said it is in the process of rolling out support for third-party authentication apps. Unfortunately, this welcome new security offering does nothing to block Instagram account takeovers when thieves manage to hijack a target’s mobile phone number — an increasingly common crime.

Security Wired

3-D Printed Gun Blueprints Are Back, and Only New Laws Can Stop Them

August 29, 2018 admin Security

Credit to Author: Emily Dreyfuss| Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 19:25:59 +0000

Despite an injunction against sharing the plans online, Cody Wilson is now selling the blueprints directly.