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Around 70 percent of the cameras hooked up to the police’s closed-circuit TV (CCTV) system in Washington were reportedly unable to record footage for several days before President Donald Trump’s inauguration due to a ransomware attack.

The attack affected 123 of the 187 network video recorders that form the city’s CCTV system, The Washington Post reported Saturday. Each of these devices is used to store video footage captured by up to four cameras installed in public spaces.

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January 30, 2017 admin

Questions to ask your recovery vendor before you buy

At ShmooCon 2017, CSO's Steve Ragan chats with Marc Langer, president of Recovery Point, about the questions that many companies often miss when choosing a data recovery system or process.

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January 30, 2017 admin

Managing risk by understanding attack surfaces

At ShmooCon 2017, CSO's Steve Ragan sits down with Gabe Bassett, senior information security data Scientist at Verizon Enterprise Solutions. The two discuss how attack surfaces work within the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) and how companies can use those to assess their risk profiles.

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January 30, 2017 admin

How most hackers get into systems

In part two of CSO's interview with Gabe Bassett from Verizon Enterprise Solutions at ShmooCon 2017, Steve Ragan and Bassett discuss why vulnerabilities are not the major vectors that hackers use to get into a company's infrastructure.

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January 27, 2017 admin

LeakedSource's shutdown deals a blow to amateur hackers

Amateur hackers are alarmed with the apparent demise of LeakedSource, a controversial breach notification site that’s been accused of doing more harm than good.

U.S. law enforcement has allegedly confiscated its servers, and now some hackers are wondering if customers of LeakedSource might be next.

“All the people who used PayPal, credit card, etc. to buy membership, the FBI now have your email, payment details and lookup history,” wrote one user on HackForums.net.

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January 27, 2017 admin

Trump’s unsecure Android phone highlights common security dilemma

If President Donald Trump is still using his personal, unsecured Android smartphone, as reported, he is surely creating bucketsful of worry for White House communications security staff.

As CIOs and Chief Information Security Officers already know, any organization can install strong security technology into a network or a smartphone, only to be defeated if end users don’t use it or follow safe cyber practices.

“The most vulnerable parts of communications are the people, and if they aren’t taking precautions, problems exist,” said Chris Perry, chief operating officer for Secured Communications, a provider of encrypted VPNs for mobile devices used by governments and companies.

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January 27, 2017 admin

Five arrested for hacking into ATMs and stealing $3.2 million

Law enforcement authorities from Europe and Asia have arrested five members of an international cybercriminal group that specialized in hacking into automated teller machine (ATMs).

The investigation began in early 2016, according to Europol. Three suspects were arrested in Taiwan, one in Romania, and one in Belarus. Most of them had multiple citizenships and could travel easily between countries, the agency said Friday.

Hacking into ATMs to steal money is nothing new, and there are malware programs built specifically for such machines that allow criminals to withdraw money using hidden commands.

To infect ATMs with such malware most attackers either receive help from bank insiders or buy service keys that can be used to open the front panels of ATMs and access their communications ports.

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