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Credit to Author: Vasilios Hioureas| Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2018 15:00:00 +0000

In part two of this series on fileless malware, our malware analyst walks readers through two demonstrations of fileless malware attacks and shows the problems with detecting them using static signatures.

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Security Wired

October 4, 2018 admin

How Russian Spies Infiltrated Hotel Wi-Fi to Hack Their Victims Up Close

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2018 17:41:41 +0000

A new indictment details how Russian agents camped outside hotels when remote hacking efforts weren’t enough.

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October 4, 2018 admin

Malware Has a New Way to Hide on Your Mac

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2018 20:35:00 +0000

By only checking a file’s code signature when you install it—and never again—macOS gives malware a chance to evade detection indefinitely.

Microsoft Security

October 4, 2018 admin

Microsoft partners with DigiCert to begin deprecating Symantec TLS certificates

Credit to Author: Microsoft Secure Blog Staff| Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2018 16:00:27 +0000

Starting in September 2018, Microsoft began deprecating the SSL/TLS capability of Symantec root certificates due to compliance issues.

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October 4, 2018 admin

LoJack for computers used to attack European government bodies

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2018 15:00:00 +0000

Security researchers have detected the first known instance of a UEFI bootkit being used against government bodies in Central and Eastern Europe. The attack relies on a persistence mechanism stolen from a legitimate software called Computrace—essentially LoJack for computers—that comes by default on many machines.

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QuickHeal Security

October 3, 2018 admin

How can my Facebook account be misused if hacked?

Credit to Author: Sushmita Kalashikar| Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2018 05:02:24 +0000

At a time when most of us are living in a virtual world, where we are connected to our friends and family mostly through social networking sites, imagine what it would be like to find your social media account hacked!! That’s exactly what happened with 50 million of Facebook users…

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October 3, 2018 admin

Bring your own security (BYOS): good idea or not?

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2018 15:00:00 +0000

We know about BYOD. What about BYOS? Is it a good idea to Bring Your Own Security, or use your own security solution on devices that you use for work? What if they are company owned? We walk companies and employees through the pros and cons of each.

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