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Credit to Author: Maor Schwartz| Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2017 07:29:37 +0000

Vulnerability Summary The following advisory describes a Remote Command Execution vulnerability found in AlientVault OSSIM and USM version 5.3.4 and version 5.3.5. OSSIM, AlienVault’s Open Source Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) product, provides you with a feature-rich open source SIEM complete with event collection, normalization and correlation. Launched by security engineers because of the … Continue reading SSD Advisory – AlienVault OSSIM / USM Remote Command Execution

ComputerWorld Independent

April 3, 2017 admin

UEFI flaws can be exploited to install highly persistent ransomware

Credit to Author: Lucian Constantin| Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2017 11:31:00 -0700

Over the past few years, the world has seen ransomware threats advance from living inside browsers to operating systems, to the bootloader, and now to the low-level firmware that powers a computer’s hardware components.

Earlier this year, a team of researchers from security vendor Cylance demonstrated a proof-of-concept ransomware program that ran inside a motherboard’s Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) — the modern BIOS.

On Friday, at the Black Hat Asia security conference, the team revealed how they did it: By exploiting vulnerabilities in the firmware of two models of ultra compact PCs from Taiwanese computer manufacturer Gigabyte Technology.

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ComputerWorld Independent

April 3, 2017 admin

Project launches to find out if there is truly a link between cybercrime and autism

Credit to Author: Darlene Storm| Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2017 08:57:00 -0700

Is there really a link between autism and cybercrime? A project launched today intends to find out.

When President Donald Trump proclaimed April 2 to be World Autism Awareness Day – actually it was the ninth annual such day – he cited CDC estimations that “Autism spectrum disorders affect an estimated one out of every 68 children in America.”

It seems Hollywood is trying to show how common autism is; Billy, the blue ranger, in Power Rangers, and Sesame Street’s Muppet Julia are recent characters with autism spectrum disorder which are not portrayed as Rain Man-like savants.

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Security TrendMicro

April 3, 2017 admin

From hackers’ point of views: New study exposes their strategies

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2017 17:19:06 +0000

A recently released survey interviewed black-hat hackers to get a better sense of the strategies and methodologies today’s cyber criminals are using.

Security TrendMicro

April 3, 2017 admin

Why hackers are increasingly targeting electronic health records

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2017 16:41:02 +0000

Let’s take a closer look at why hackers are increasingly targeting electronic health records and how health care providers can protect themselves.

Fortinet Security

April 3, 2017 admin

When Choosing a Security Solution, Start with the Market Leader

Credit to Author: Bill McGee| Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2017 09:58:51 -0700

Fortinet is proud to announce today the results from International Data Corporation’s (IDC) latest Worldwide Quarterly Security Appliance Tracker. The 2016Q4 and historical report data reinforces Fortinet’s continued leadership within the security industry by once again shipping the most security appliances, which also further strengthens our industry-leading global network of threat intelligence sensors.

Security Wired

April 3, 2017 admin

Russian Hackers Have Used the Same Backdoor for Two Decades

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2017 15:40:39 +0000

A twenty-year-old record of one of the earliest ever cyberespionage campaigns suggests the same spy group still be alive and hacking. The post Russian Hackers Have Used the Same Backdoor for Two Decades appeared first on WIRED.

Microsoft Security

April 3, 2017 admin

Tech support scams persist with increasingly crafty techniques

Credit to Author: msft-mmpc| Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2017 12:58:02 +0000

Millions of users continue to encounter technical support scams. Data from Windows Defender SmartScreen (which is used by both Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer to block malicious sites) and Windows Defender Antivirus show that some three million users are subjected to these threats every month. In addition to being rampant, technical support scams continue to…