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Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2018 16:55:38 +0000

It was a busy week in the cyber security world, but it shouldn’t be surprising given that the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang have begun. I shouldn’t blame just the Olympics, but it’s hard not to given the international focus, controversy around the ban of certain athletes and its proximity to a certain country. So…

Security Sophos

February 9, 2018 admin

Sophos Intercept X – “Why would I buy it?”

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2018 17:25:22 +0000

We think that Intercept X is the best endpoint solution, but why should you buy it? We let two passionate security experts loose to explain…<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/NPNz58OV09o” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Kaspersky Security

February 9, 2018 admin

Cryakl/Fantomas victims rescued by new decryptor

Credit to Author: Anna Markovskaya| Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2018 15:36:01 +0000

Belgian police and Kaspersky Lab obtain decryption keys for files hit by Cryakl.

Security TrendMicro

February 9, 2018 admin

This Week in Security News: Botnets and Breaches

Credit to Author: Jon Clay| Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2018 14:00:56 +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, North Korean hackers overtook Adobe, Trend Micro Safety Solutions discovered new a botnet, and the threat of third-party cyber breaches made large corporations rethink their strategy. Read…

ComputerWorld Independent

February 9, 2018 admin

Governments eye their own blockchain cryptocurrencies

Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2018 03:11:00 -0800

Last year’s blockchain pilot projects are rapidly becoming this year’s live implementations in a variety of industries, and even sectors that have until now been vexed by the distributed ledger technology are following suit.

Case in point: Governments, which are moving to regulate blockchain technology and the cryptocurrencies it underpins.

Cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin that live in open networks, have so far inhabited a regulatory gray area, because there’s no way for a central authority to track users. The distributed ledgers, however, are useful because they can enable cross-border transactions over peer-to-peer networks in real time, anywhere in the world – without a central governing authority such as a bank or credit card company.

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Kaspersky Security

February 9, 2018 admin

Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 23

Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2018 08:43:35 +0000

In this week’s edition of Kaspersky Lab’s podcast, Jeff and Dave discuss a Ethereum scam in Twitter, China’s surveillance glasses and iPhone source code on GitHub.

Independent Securiteam

February 8, 2018 admin

SSD Advisory – Multiple IoT Vendors – Multiple Vulnerabilities

Credit to Author: SSD / Maor Schwartz| Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2018 08:02:43 +0000

Vulnerabilities summary The following advisory describes three (3) vulnerabilities found in the following vendors: Lorex StarVedia Eminent Kraun The vulnerabilities found: Hard-coded credentials Remote command injection (2) It is possible to chain the vulnerabilities and to achieve unauthenticated remote command execution. Credit An independent security researcher, Robert Kugler (https://www.s3cur3.it), has reported this vulnerabilities to Beyond … Continue reading SSD Advisory – Multiple IoT Vendors – Multiple Vulnerabilities

MalwareBytes Security

February 8, 2018 admin

New Deepfakes forum goes mining with Coinhive

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2018 19:23:40 +0000

With the collapse of the main Deepfakes hubs on Reddit, users have moved away to other forums. Problem is, at least one of them is mining for cryptocurrency. Can your PC handle it?

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