A week in security (Feb 6th – Feb 12th)
Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 19:58:07 +0000
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| A round up of the last week’s notable security stories. Categories: Tags: downloadermacsafer internet daySpigotweekly round up |
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Encryption Apps Help White House Staffers Leak—and Maybe Break the Law
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 17:43:57 +0000
An encrypted chat app called Confide has taken over Capitol Hill and the White House, but what will mean for transparency? The post Encryption Apps Help White House Staffers Leak—and Maybe Break the Law appeared first on WIRED.
Read MoreBad Choices, Exposed Data
Credit to Author: Mark Nunnikhoven (Vice President, Cloud Research)| Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 16:46:07 +0000
Our researchers produce a lot of really interesting material. This week, they published a paper called, “U.S. Cities Exposed In Shodan.” The research looks systems that are exposed online…exposure that systems owners aren’t always aware of. The most disturbed statistic in the research is a simple one: the fourth most exposed system is MySQL. I had…
Password and password managers problems: Solved in a single update
Credit to Author: John Snow| Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 17:10:52 +0000
Kaspersky Password Manager now has direct access from browser, voice recognition, and more.
Read MoreThe Challenge of Securing IoT
Credit to Author: John Maddison| Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 06:24:36 -0800
By now, everyone has heard the numbers. IoT is part of a networking revolution that is transforming the world. Experts predict that by 2020 there will be over 33 billion IoT devices deployed, or 4.3 Internet-connected devices for every man, woman, and child on the planet. Of course, IoT is more than just one thing. There are a variety of IoT devices and categories, each with their own implications. Consumer IoT includes the connected devices we are most familiar with, such as smart cars, phones, watches, laptops, connected appliances, and…
Read MoreDevices Exposing Critical Industries and U.S. Cities
Credit to Author: Ed Cabrera (Chief Cybersecurity Officer)| Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 13:06:15 +0000
As connected devices continue to intertwine with daily life, the security of those devices and the information they process is a growing conversation. To gain a better understanding of cyber assets exposed to the internet, Trend Micro researchers took a comprehensive look at the exposed assets in the 10 largest U.S. cities – New York…
REMCOS: A New RAT In The Wild
Credit to Author: Floser Bacurio and Joie Salvio| Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 20:15:03 -0800
Remcos is another RAT (Remote Administration Tool) that was first discovered being sold in hacking forums in the second half of 2016. Since then, it has been updated with more features, and just recently, we’ve seen its payload being distributed in the wild for the first time. This article demonstrates how this commercialized RAT is being used in an attack, and what its latest version (v1.7.3) is capable of doing. Remcos is currently being sold from $58 to $389, depending on the license period and the maximum number of masters or clients…
Read MoreFortinet Hits the Road with IDC and VMware to Help Enterprises with Agile Cloud Security
Credit to Author: Annabelle Sou| Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 20:18:43 -0800
Fortinet, VMware, and International Data Corporation (IDC) are hitting the road with the Agile Cloud Security series of events across EMEA, with the aim of increasing awareness of the security challenges digital transformation and cloud present, along with the solutions available to address these challenges. From February to June, this road show will visit seven countries across the Middle East, Europe, and Africa.
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