Canada Will Study How Solar Storms Threaten Our Energy Grid
Credit to Author: Kate Lunau| Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2017 12:00:00 +0000
“Our technology is getting more advanced, so we’re more susceptible to space weather.”
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Hackers Gain ‘Switch-Flipping’ Access to US Power Systems
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2017 10:00:00 +0000
Hackers who hit American utilities this summer had the power to cause blackouts, Symantec says. And yes, most signs point to Russia.
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Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2017 03:00:00 -0700
Word comes down from on high that this company will be installing video surveillance systems in dozens of its remote warehouses, reports an IT manager pilot fish on the inside.
“The director of operations decided we needed video surveillance in order to monitor the warehouses in real time,” fish says. “The ability to review video at our corporate office was key to the project.
“Then he signed a contract to start installing these systems with a national vendor without first consulting with IT.”
That results in a series of unexpected phone calls to fish from installers, who need him to drop everything and help them by configuring firewalls, providing them with static IP addresses and then trying to test their systems.
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MobileIron adds Apple security along with support for iOS 11
Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2017 21:04:00 -0700
Enterprise mobility management (EMM) software vendor MobileIron today announced its Apple release, aimed at the growing need for enterprises to provide IT managers with more robust management and security features for Macs.
While Windows and even Chrome-based laptops are already included in EMM consoles, macOS hardware has traditionally been treated as an outlier in the office, according to Nick McGuire, vice president of Enterprise Research at CCS Insight.
While MobileIron’s software suite already supported macOS for basic functions, including device configuration, millennials entering the workforce favor Apple’s line of laptops – driving the need for a unified endpoint management strategy that includes security and bulk licensing, according to Ojas Rege, MobileIron’s chief strategy officer.
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A wrap up of HITCON 2017
Credit to Author: Wayne Chin Yick Low and Yongjian Yang| Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2017 02:00:00 +0000
The 13th annual Hacks In Taiwan Conference (HITCON) took place August 25th and 26th at Academia Sinica, Taiwan’s national academy located in Taipei. Elite cyber security researchers from across the world gather at this annual conference to share their research and exchange ideas about the global threat landscape. Approximately 1000 people registered for the conference and, according to one of the HITCON crewmembers we met, one third of the attendees were undergraduates and fresh graduates. This is a good sign, given…
Read MoreIt’s time to install August Windows and Office patches — carefully
Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2017 05:37:00 -0700
August was a banner month for Windows and Office customers. If I counted correctly, we saw patches on 14 different days last month. The current list of outstanding problems with those patches weighs heavily on my mind, but with the first September non-security Office patches due today, and the September security patches due in a week, it’s time for you to get the August patches out of the way.
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I run this SOC!
Credit to Author: dmitryc| Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2017 19:35:20 +0000
I don’t actually run this SOC (or any other) 🙂 But…but, as a certified “blue team” member, I’m pretty excited with the crop of new companies and ideas that are springing up in the area of SOC analysis, Deception technology, Lateral/external movement, etc. Some of the cool new(ish) vendors that I am falling deeply in … Continue reading I run this SOC!
Read MoreSSD Advisory – WiseGiga NAS Multiple Vulnerabilities
Credit to Author: SSD / Maor Schwartz| Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2017 11:11:02 +0000
Vulnerabilities summary The following advisory describes five (5) vulnerabilities and default accounts / passwords found in WiseGiga NAS devices. WiseGiga is a Korean company selling NAS products. The vulnerabilities found in WiseGiga NAS are: Pre-Authentication Local File Inclusion (4 different vulnerabilities) Post-Authentication Local File Inclusion Remote Command Execution as root Remote Command Execution as root … Continue reading SSD Advisory – WiseGiga NAS Multiple Vulnerabilities
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