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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 22:29:43 +0000
A new Justice Department indictment alleges Russia’s disinformation operations created bank and social media accounts using the stolen identities of real US citizens.
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Credit to Author: Garrett M. Graff| Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 21:12:23 +0000
Robert Mueller’s office has come out with a 37-page indictment that details the extraordinary lengths Russian agents went to influence the 2016 presidential election.
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Credit to Author: Xiaopeng Zhang| Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 19:44:59 +0000
At the beginning of February 2018, FortiGuard Labs collected an email. The email message contains an order tracking number with a fake hyperlink that downloads a jar malware. After a quick analysis, I was able to determine that it is the jRAT/Adwind malware.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 23:20:08 +0000
After its negligence on Russian election hacking, the Trump administration is taking Russia’s global malware attack more seriously.
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Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 09:12:00 -0800
The Microsoft Update Catalog uses insecure HTTP links – not HTTPS links – on the download buttons, so patches you download from the Update Catalog are subject to all of the security problems that dog HTTP links, including man-in-the-middle attacks.
Security researcher Stefan Kanthak, writing on Seclist’s Bugtraq mailing list, elaborates:
Even if you browse the “Microsoft Update Catalog” via the HTTPS link, ALL download links published there use HTTP, not HTTPS!
That’s trustworthy computing … the Microsoft way!
Despite numerous mails sent to <secure () microsoft com> in the last years, and numerous replies “we’ll forward this to the product groups,” nothing happens at all.
Credit to Author: Nikolay Pankov| Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 15:20:15 +0000
A vivid example of why we need to strengthen IoT security — and a solution to the problem.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Jon Clay ((Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 14:00:53 +0000
Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, leaders of six security agencies testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee, the Equifax hack grew in severity, and hackers used the power of Machine Learning to spread…
Credit to Author: Nirav Shah| Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 13:45:59 +0000
As healthcare providers adopt digital capabilities, traditional WANs are not equipped to keep up. Learn why SD-WANs are a better option, and how to secure them.
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