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FortinetSecurity

Ph0wn: A CTF Cedicated to Smart Devices

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.)…

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IndependentKrebs

Who Was the NSA Contractor Arrested for Leaking the ‘Shadow Brokers’ Hacking Tools?

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 17:01:26 +0000

In August 2016, a mysterious entity calling itself “The Shadow Brokers” began releasing the first of several troves of classified documents and hacking tools purportedly stolen from “The Equation Group,” a highly advanced threat actor that is suspected of having ties to the U.S. National Security Agency. According to media reports, at least some of the information was stolen from the computer of an unidentified software developer and NSA contractor who was arrested in 2015 after taking the hacking tools home. In this post, we’ll examine clues left behind in the leaked Equation Group documents that may point to the identity of the mysterious software developer.

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SecuritySophos

KeePass : un gestionnaire de mots de passe, Cloudless mais complexe !

Credit to Author: Jerome Vosgien| Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 16:36:27 +0000

Pour mettre en place des bonnes pratiques concernant les mots de passe, un gestionnaire de mots de passe s’avère indispensable. Nous vous présentons Keepass, un gestionnaire Cloudless et un peu plus complexe que les autres.<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&#038;blog=834173&#038;post=44301&#038;subd=sophos&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/_2Gy8MagPPU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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SecuritySophos

Uber : piratage de données massif, passé sous silence après avoir payé les hackers

Credit to Author: Sophos France| Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 08:56:59 +0000

Les données personnelles de 57 000 000 conducteurs et clients ont été volées, après quoi Uber a non seulement gardé le secret concernant ce piratage de données auprès des victimes, mais a aussi payé $100.000 aux hackers pour “effacer les données [et] se taire” !<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&#038;blog=834173&#038;post=44210&#038;subd=sophos&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/o5iMXSxuNMA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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SecuritySophos

Smart Lock et iCloud Keychain : les nouveaux gestionnaires de mot de passe !

Credit to Author: Jerome Vosgien| Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 03:06:17 +0000

Nous vous recommandons depuis longtemps l’utilisation des gestionnaires de mots de passe, parmi les nombreuses options présentes sur le marché. Néanmoins, deux mastodontes sont récemment entrés en scène, et ils vont probablement aider ces derniers à devenir plus populaires : iCloud Keychain d’Apple et Smart Lock de Google.<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&#038;blog=834173&#038;post=44199&#038;subd=sophos&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/lw7KMLrdsYc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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