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TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of May 15, 2017

Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 12:00:15 +0000

“Are you crying? ARE YOU CRYING? There’s no crying! THERE’S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL!” Those famous words from Jimmy Dugan (portrayed by Tom Hanks) in the 1992 movie A League of their Own, ring true in the world of baseball. Unfortunately, in the cyber security world, there has been some crying this week with the…

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CW@50: Vint Cerf on his 'love affair' with tech and what’s coming next

Credit to Author: Sharon Gaudin| Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 03:00:00 -0700

When internet pioneer Vinton Cerf was 10, he was working on advanced math, and by the time he was 17, he was tinkering at programming at UCLA and beginning a lifelong “love affair” with computing.

Today, Cerf, known as the father of the internet, says software bugs are among the biggest dangers to enterprise IT and warns of the mounting challenges the IT community must face in what he calls the “digital dark age.”

Widely recognized for his contributions to technology, Cerf, 73, was awarded the U.S. National Medal of Technology for co-founding and developing the internet. He also was the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the A.M. Turing Award and 29 honorary degrees.

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SSD Advisory – Bitdefender Code Signing organizationName Buffer Overflow

Credit to Author: SSD / Maor Schwartz| Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 05:34:17 +0000

Vulnerability Summary The following advisory describes a Buffer Overflow vulnerability found in Bitdefender Engine PE. Bitdefender provides the Bitdefender “antimalware” engine for integration with other security vendors products. The engine is used in Bitdefender’s own products, for example in Bitdefender Internet Security 2017 and below. The antimalware engine is the core of the product, among … Continue reading SSD Advisory – Bitdefender Code Signing organizationName Buffer Overflow

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Fraudsters Exploited Lax Security at Equifax’s TALX Payroll Division

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 20:23:13 +0000

Identity thieves who specialize in tax refund fraud had big help this past tax year from Equifax, one of the nation’s largest consumer data brokers and credit bureaus. The trouble stems from TALX, an Equifax subsidiary that provides online payroll, HR and tax services. Equifax says crooks were able to reset the 4-digit PIN given to customer employees as a password and then steal W-2 tax data after successfully answering personal questions about those employees. In a boilerplate text sent to several affected customers, Equifax said the unauthorized access to customers’ employee tax records happened between April 17, 2016 and March 29, 2017. Beyond that, the extent of the fraud perpetrated with the help of hacked TALX accounts is unclear, and Equifax refused requests to say how many consumers or payroll service customers may have been impacted by the authentication weaknesses.

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