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Detecting credential theft through memory access modelling with Microsoft Defender ATP

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Thu, 09 May 2019 17:29:45 +0000

Microsoft Defender ATP instruments memory-related function calls such as VirtualAlloc and VirtualProtect to catch in-memory attack techniques like reflective DLL loading. The same signals can also be used to generically detect malicious credential dumping activities performed by a wide range of different individual tools.

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IndependentKrebs

First American Financial Corp. Leaked Hundreds of Millions of Title Insurance Records

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 20:47:11 +0000

The Web site for Fortune 500 real estate title insurance giant First American Financial Corp. [NYSE:FAF] leaked hundreds of millions of documents related to mortgage deals going back to 2003, until notified this week by KrebsOnSecurity. The digitized records — including bank account numbers and statements, mortgage and tax records, Social Security numbers, wire transaction receipts, and drivers license images — were available without authentication to anyone with a Web browser.

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MalwareBytesSecurity

Medical industry struggles with PACS data leaks

Credit to Author: Vasilios Hioureas| Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 18:05:21 +0000

PACS servers are often used to store and transmit patient data. But how is their security implemented? We take a look at case of how poor setup can easily lead to data leaks.

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AT&T becomes first big mobile carrier to accept Bitcoin payments

Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 09:47:00 -0700

AT&T will allow customers to pay their mobile bills using Bitcoin, adding its name to a short list of major businesses and government agencies that allow the blockchain-based cryptocurrency to be used as a form of payment.

While not directly accepting cryptocurrency, AT&T is the first major U.S. mobile carrier to let customers pay in Bitcoin through a third-party service provider.

Customers using its online bill pay service or the myAT&T app will be able to choose BitPay, a cryptocurrency payment processor for payments. The customer pays in Bitcoin and BitPay verifies the funds and accepts the Bitcoin on behalf of the business.

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