Ztorg Trojan: Infect yourself for 5 cents
Credit to Author: John Snow| Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 13:00:04 +0000
Applications that offer to pay you for installing other applications tend to shove malware at you.
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An Up-Close Look at the Notorious APT32 Hacking Group in Action
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 04:00:08 +0000
Cybersecurity company Cybereason has shared new details about how one of the world’s most mysterious hacking groups operates. The post An Up-Close Look at the Notorious APT32 Hacking Group in Action appeared first on WIRED.
Read MoreAutomating Security Operations: What It Takes to Defend Against Something Like WannaCry
Credit to Author: Douglas Jose Pereira| Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 15:37:42 -0700
A major challenge facing security vendors today is that most solutions and products are developed based on knowledge of previous threats that already exist. This makes many security solutions reactive by their very design, which is not a tenable strategy for facing the volume of new attacks and strategies arising today. This arms race of identifying new threats, then reacting has been the primary strategy since the dawn of malware: A new virus is identified and then security vendors write the antivirus signature to block it; a polymorphic virus…
Read MoreFormer NSA chief weighs in on cybersecurity, cyberespionage at ZertoCon
Credit to Author: Ryan Francis| Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 14:53:00 -0700
BOSTON — Retired Gen. Michael Hayden held nothing back when speaking to cybersecurity pros today at the ZertoCon business continuity conference.
It’s been more than a decade since he led the National Security Agency (NSA), but that didn’t stop Hayden from asserting that the Russians were involved in last year’s U.S. presidential election. His view: Only two presidents doubt that the Russians were involved in the 2016 election — Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.
“They [the Russians] had an affect on the election, there is no question that this happened,” Hayden said. “The question is if there was collaboration with the campaign.”
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IDG Contributor Network: Wikileaks reveals potent Windows malware from the CIA
Credit to Author: Andy Patrizio| Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 14:00:00 -0700
A few days ago, Microsoft’s top lawyer took the NSA to task over WannaCry, saying that problem was the agency’s creation because it built and stockpiled such malware for its own use.
Now WikiLeaks has revealed more government-created malware and this one is a nasty piece of work.
Codenamed “Athena,” the spyware targets all version of Windows from Windows XP to Windows 10, and was released in August 2015. It was created in part by a private New Hampshire-based cyber security firm called Siege Technologies.
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SSD Advisory – IBM Informix Dynamic Server and Informix Open Admin Tool Multiple Vulnerabilities
Credit to Author: SSD / Maor Schwartz| Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 06:41:53 +0000
Vulnerabilities Summary The following advisory describes six (6) vulnerabilities found in Informix Dynamic Server and Informix Open Admin Tool. IBM Informix Dynamic Server Exceptional, low maintenance online transaction processing (OLTP) data server for enterprise and workgroup computing. IBM Informix Dynamic Server has many features that cater to a variety of user groups, including developers and … Continue reading SSD Advisory – IBM Informix Dynamic Server and Informix Open Admin Tool Multiple Vulnerabilities
Read MoreThink Before You Tweet In the Wake of an Attack
Credit to Author: Emily Dreyfuss| Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 20:29:12 +0000
Terrorists use social media to recruit, but they also depend on you and the media to use it to amplify their message. The post Think Before You Tweet In the Wake of an Attack appeared first on WIRED.
Read MoreThe Silk Road Creator’s Life Sentence Actually Boosted Dark Web Drug Sales
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 14:00:15 +0000
A new study raises questions about the deterrence value of harsh sentencing for dark web crimes. The post The Silk Road Creator’s Life Sentence Actually Boosted Dark Web Drug Sales appeared first on WIRED.
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