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Credit to Author: Stephan Tallent| Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 09:19:10 -0700

Many Americans see Memorial Day in the US as the holiday that kicks off summer. Stores are loaded with shiny new grills, bags of charcoal, and rows of filled propane tanks. Patio furniture is being dusted off while refrigerators are stuffed with marinating steaks, bowls of potato salad, and chilled beer waiting for friends and family for the traditional weekend barbeque. But Memorial Day is about much more than grilling a burger with a cold beverage in your hand. Memorial Day in the United States, observed every year on the last Monday of May,…

Independent Krebs

May 25, 2017 admin

Trump’s Dumps: ‘Making Dumps Great Again’

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 04:45:24 +0000

It’s not uncommon for crooks who peddle stolen credit cards to seize on iconic American figures of wealth and power in the digital advertisements for these shops that run continuously on various cybercrime forums. Exhibit A: McDumpals, a hugely popular carding site that borrows the Ronald McDonald character from McDonald’s and caters to bulk buyers. Exhibit B: Uncle Sam’s dumps shop, which wants YOU! to buy American. Today, we’ll look at an up and coming credit card shop called Trump’s-Dumps, which invokes 45’s likeness and promises to “make credit card fraud great again.”

Security Wired

May 25, 2017 admin

A Clever New Way to Protect Your Data at the Border Could Also Add Risk

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 18:34:39 +0000

1Password’s new Travel Mode feature should keep sensitive data safew from border patrol—but could also raise suspicions. The post A Clever New Way to Protect Your Data at the Border Could Also Add Risk appeared first on WIRED.

Security Wired

May 25, 2017 admin

Russian Hackers Are Using ‘Tainted’ Leaks to Sow Disinformation

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 15:51:43 +0000

A group of security researchers present the most systematic analysis yet showing Russian hackers mix fakes in with their hacked revelations. The post Russian Hackers Are Using ‘Tainted’ Leaks to Sow Disinformation appeared first on WIRED.

Independent Securiteam

May 25, 2017 admin

SSD Advisory – KEMP LoadMaster from XSS Pre Authentication to RCE

Credit to Author: SSD / Noam Rathaus| Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 06:01:41 +0000

KEMP’s main product, the LoadMaster, is a load balancer built on its own proprietary software platform called LMOS, that enables it to run on almost any platform: As a KEMP LoadMaster appliance, a Virtual LoadMaster (VLM) deployed on Hyper-V, VMWare, on bare metal or in the public cloud. KEMP is available in Azure, where it … Continue reading SSD Advisory – KEMP LoadMaster from XSS Pre Authentication to RCE

ComputerWorld Independent

May 25, 2017 admin

IDG Contributor Network: Eight steps to the GDPR countdown

Credit to Author: Sandra Henry-Stocker| Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 12:52:00 -0700

One year from today, the recently passed regulation known as “GDPR” (General Data Protection Regulation) goes into effect. While EU-specific, it can still dramatically affect how businesses that work with personal data of citizens and residents of the EU. GDPR was approved a year ago and will be going into effect in another year. It applies directly to organizations within the EU, but also applies to organizations outside the EU if they 1) offer goods and services to the EU, 2) monitor the behavior EU subjects, or 3) process or retain personal data of EU citizens and residents. And the regulation can place very serious fines and sanctions for non-compliance.

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ComputerWorld Independent

May 25, 2017 admin

The WannaCry scramble

Credit to Author: Mathias Thurman| Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 10:05:00 -0700

A couple of weeks ago, possibly every security manager in the world was dealing with the repercussions of WannaCry, a ransomware worm that screamed across the internet and flooded the media. IT and security departments, placed on high alert, had to scramble — whether or not any of their systems had been infected. I was no exception.

Independent Krebs

May 25, 2017 admin

MolinaHealthcare.com Exposed Patient Records

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 18:08:21 +0000

Earlier this month, KrebsOnSecurity featured a story about a basic security flaw in the Web site of medical diagnostics firm True Health Group that let anyone who was logged in to the site view all other patient records. In that story I mentioned True Health was one of three major healthcare providers with similar website problems, and that the other two providers didn’t even require a login to view all patient records. Today we’ll examine such a flaw that was just fixed by Molina Healthcare, a Fortune 500 company that until recently was exposing countless patient medical claims to the entire Internet without requiring any authentication.