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CSO senior writer Steve Ragan talks with cybersecurity experts Krypt3ia and Kodor about how the pair seek out passwords, schematics and other sensitive documents on SCADA control system architectures that shouldn't be available online, passing along tips to federal authorities to combat real-world threats.
Credit to Author: DealPost Team| Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2017 06:54:00 -0700
This 1080p Dash Camera captures video or stills, and is equipped with a motion detector and continuous loop recording. An emergency recording mode can be activated by sharp turns or sudden stops, and automatically captures unexpected driving incidents. The Dash Camera can also record whenever it sees motion in front or create a time-lapse video of your trip. Features Full HD 1080P, 170° Wide Angle Lens, 2“ LCD and Night Vision. Its typical list price has been reduced 44% to just $58.99. See this deal on Amazon.
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They certainly do, according to Sarah Gibson, application security consultant at Veracode, who talks with CSO senior writer Fahmida Rashid about the issues around application security, and how having a collaborative security team is key to writing good code.
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2017 16:17:05 +0000
Adobe last week detailed plans to retire its Flash Player software, a cross-platform browser plugin so powerful and so packed with security holes that it has become the favorite target of malware developers. To help eradicate this ubiquitous liability, Adobe is enlisting the help of Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla. But don’t break out the bubbly just yet: Adobe says Flash won’t be put down officially until 2020.
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Credit to Author: SSD / Maor Schwartz| Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2017 12:55:01 +0000
After the great success of the first “Hack2Win – The Online Version” (https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3310 ) we decided to raise the bar. The rules are very simple – you need to hack the Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X router (ER-X) and you can win up to 10,000$ USD. To try and help you win – we bought a Ubiquiti … Continue reading Hack2Win – The Online Version – Ubiquiti Router
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2017 19:32:47 +0000
Lawmakers in the U.S. Senate today introduced a bill that would set baseline security standards for the government’s purchase and use of a broad range of Internet-connected devices, including computers, routers and security cameras. The legislation, which also seeks to remedy some widely-perceived shortcomings in existing cybercrime law, was developed in direct response to a series of massive cyber attacks in 2016 that were fueled for the most part by poorly-secured “Internet of Things” (IoT) devices.
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Credit to Author: Preston Gralla| Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2017 07:53:00 -0700
Russian’s spy-hackers have taken on almost a mythical status as more details have emerged about how they hacked the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton campaign and influenced the last presidential election. The National Security Agency and the entire U.S. intelligence community seem to be a step behind them, and the worst may be yet to come.
And now comes an unlikely potential savior: Microsoft’s lawyers. They’re using a combination of cyber-sleuthing and innovative legal filings to strike at one of Russia’s most dangerous cyber-espionage groups, Fancy Bear. So far, the tactic is paying off. But it’s not clear that Microsoft can defeat the hackers in the long run.
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Credit to Author: SSD / Maor Schwartz| Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2017 06:47:06 +0000
Vulnerability Summary The following advisory describes a Remote Code Execution found in McAfee Security Scan Plus. An active network attacker could launch a man-in-the-middle attack on a plaintext-HTTP response to a client to run any residing executables with privileges of a logged in user. McAfee Security Scan Plus is a free diagnostic tool that ensures … Continue reading SSD Advisory – McAfee Security Scan Plus Remote Command Execution
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