Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 45
Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 11:17:18 +0000
In this edition, Jeff and Dave discuss how a McDonald’s drive-thru was hacked, USB drama, and more.
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Sextortion Scam Uses Recipient’s Hacked Passwords
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 14:19:53 +0000
Here’s a clever new twist on an old email scam that could serve to make the con far more believable. The message purports to have been sent from a hacker who’s compromised your computer and used your webcam to record a video of you while you were watching porn. The missive threatens to release the video to all your contacts unless you pay a Bitcoin ransom. The new twist? The email now references a real password previously tied to the recipient’s email address.
Read MoreThe Aurora Power Grid Vulnerability and the BlackEnergy Trojan
Credit to Author: William “Bill” Malik (CISA VP Infrastructure Strategies)| Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 13:10:42 +0000
At recent Industrial IoT security briefings, the Aurora vulnerability has come up repeatedly. Attendees ask, “Is our country’s power grid safe? How can we protect the grid? What is Aurora?” This post provides a look at Aurora, and the BlackEnergy attack that can exploit Aurora. In March 2007, the US Department of Energy demonstrated the…
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Read MorePatch Tuesday problems abound, Server 2016 crashes, and a .Net patch goes down in flames
Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 06:18:00 -0700
You know it’s going to be an Alice in Wonderland month when some sites report that Microsoft plugged 54 vulnerabilities on Patch Tuesday, while others report 53. Fact is, patching has become so brutal — and so banal — that there’s no consensus on counting, much less on what’s good and bad.
Suffice to say that, once again this month, there was a huge number of security patches (129 individual patches, according to the Microsoft Update Catalog), with no pressing security fixes unless you’re using the Edge browser or Internet Explorer. Microsoft changed Win10 version 1803 to “Semi-Annual Channel,” but the term now means less than it ever has before. If that’s possible.
We block shady ad blockers
Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 18:15:23 +0000
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| Some of you have reached out to us concerning Malwarebytes blocking of certain Ad blocking extensions, or an influx in web blocking notifications. First things first, this is not a False Positive. Categories: Tags: adblock proadguardadremover for google chromeadremover.orgblockextensionGoogle ChromeHD for YouTubeMalwarebytesservices.adremover.orgublock plusweb blockWebutation |
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Read MoreHawkeye Keylogger – Reborn v8: An in-depth campaign analysis
Credit to Author: Windows Defender ATP| Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 18:50:14 +0000
Much of cybercrime today is fueled by underground markets where malware and cybercriminal services are available for purchase. These markets in the deep web commoditize malware operations. Even novice cybercriminals can buy malware toolkits and other services they might need for malware campaigns: encryption, hosting, antimalware evasion, spamming, and many others. Hawkeye Keylogger (also known
Read MoreThe MeshGrid Ecosystem: Intelligent Electricity
Credit to Author: DOMINIC BARBATO| Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 17:06:04 +0000
A few months ago, on this blog, we introduced the concept of the MeshGridTM, a term coined to describe a future-state electricity ecosystem in which countless grid-enabled, responsive resources (GERRs) function… Read more »
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Read MoreThe 5 critical faults that cause electrical fires
Credit to Author: Zakaria Belhaja| Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 13:00:39 +0000
Electricity is something we all depend to drive the operation and comfort of our businesses and our homes. And we expect our electrical installations to be safe, protecting people from… Read more »
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