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Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Bread crumbs left behind open up a possible connection between Magecart Group 5 and Carbanak.

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Threat analysis

Tags: advanced persistent threats APTs attribution carbanak cybercriminal groups dridex Group5 Magecart malicious domains malicious websites skimmer

Kaspersky Security

October 22, 2019 admin

Risk management as the essential skill for a CISO

Credit to Author: Andrey Evdokimov| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 09:09:57 +0000

A CISO has to spend a lot of time interacting with the business and also needs a team of professionals who can perform highly specialized technical tasks.

Magazine Security VirusBulletin

October 21, 2019 admin

VB2019 paper: Geost botnet. The story of the discovery of a new Android banking trojan from an OpSec error

OpSec mistakes are what lead to many malware discoveries, and in the case of the Geost Android botnet the mistake was a really interesting one. Today we publish the VB2019 paper by Sebastian García, Maria Jose Erquiaga and Anna Shirokova on the Geost botnet, as well as the recording of Sebastian and Anna presenting their research in London.

Security Wired

October 21, 2019 admin

Microsoft’s Secured-Core PC Feature Protects Critical Code

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 15:00:00 +0000

The “secured-core PC” feature for Windows looks to head off firmware hacks.

MalwareBytes Security

October 21, 2019 admin

A week in security (October 14 – 20)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 15:45:45 +0000

Cybersecurity news for October 14 – 20, including the future of the password, the lingering threat of ransomware, and new security features from Instagram.

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A week in security

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Microsoft Security

October 21, 2019 admin

Microsoft and partners design new device security requirements to protect against targeted firmware attacks

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 15:00:56 +0000

We’ve been working with partners to design what we call Secured-core PCs, devices that meet a specific set of device requirements that apply the security best practices of isolation and minimal trust to the firmware layer.

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