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Process Doppelgänging meets Process Hollowing in Osiris dropper

Credit to Author: hasherezade| Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 18:29:57 +0000

Process doppleganging, a rare technique of impersonating a process, was discovered last year, but hasn’t been seen much in the wild since. It was an interesting surprise, then, to discover its use mixed in with Process Hollowing, yet another technique, in a dropper for the Osiris banking Trojan.

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Tags: dropper kronos osiris Osiris dropper process doppleganging trojan

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August 13, 2018 admin

Connected Products Gone Wild and My Garmin Vortex: IoT stuff you need . . . and some stuff not so much . . .

Credit to Author: Kevin Brown| Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 15:18:00 +0000

We at Schneider, along with everyone else, have spent time trying to understand the impact of IoT. It seems most people at this point recognize the value of having devices… Read more »

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How to Stop Google From Tracking Your Location

Credit to Author: Emily Dreyfuss| Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 17:37:28 +0000

A new report shows that Google still tracks your location even if you thought you opted out.

August 13, 2018 admin

Hacked Water Heaters Could Trigger Mass Blackouts Someday

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 11:00:00 +0000

A new study found that just 42,000 of those hacked home devices could be enough to leave a country of 38 million people in the dark.

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Fax Machines Are Still Everywhere, and Wildly Insecure

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2018 22:00:00 +0000

Researchers have demonstrated that sending a single malicious fax is all it takes to break into a network.

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To Identify a Hacker, Treat Them Like a Burglar

Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2018 21:00:00 +0000

A preliminary study shows that hackers penetrate systems in unique, documentable ways—just like criminals in the physical world.

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A Clever Android Hack Takes Advantage of Sloppy Storage

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2018 20:00:00 +0000

The so-called man in the disk attack uses Android’s permissive external storage to wreak havoc on devices.

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August 13, 2018 admin

A week in security (August 6 – 12)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 16:37:10 +0000

A round-up of the security news from August 6 – 12, including ransomware, interesting talks during BlackHat, botnets, and the evils of JavaScript.

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