Krebs – Page 66 – Computer Security Articles

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2019 18:32:37 +0000

Cloud hosting provider Dataresolution.net is struggling to bring its systems back online after suffering a ransomware infestation on Christmas Eve, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. The company says its systems were hit by the Ryuk ransomware, the same malware strain that crippled printing and delivery operations for multiple major U.S. newspapers over the weekend.

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December 29, 2018 admin

Happy 9th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2018 15:51:25 +0000

Hard to believe we’ve gone another revolution around the Sun: Today marks the 9th anniversary of KrebsOnSecurity.com! This past year featured some 150 blog posts, but as usual the biggest contribution to this site came from the amazing community of readers here who have generously contributed their knowledge, wit and wisdom in more than 10,000 […]

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December 23, 2018 admin

Serial Swatter and Stalker Mir Islam Arrested for Allegedly Dumping Body in River

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2018 20:24:29 +0000

A 22-year-old man convicted of cyberstalking and carrying out numerous bomb threats and swatting attacks — including a 2013 swatting incident at my home — was arrested Sunday morning in the Philippines after allegedly helping a friend dump the body of a housemate into a local river.

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December 20, 2018 admin

Feds Charge Three in Mass Seizure of Attack-for-hire Services

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 19:11:43 +0000

Authorities in the United States this week brought criminal hacking charges against three men as part of an unprecedented, international takedown targeting 15 different “booter” or “stresser” sites — attack-for-hire services that helped paying customers launch tens of thousands of digital sieges capable of knocking Web sites and entire network providers offline.

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December 20, 2018 admin

Microsoft Issues Emergency Fix for IE Zero Day

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 21:01:27 +0000

Microsoft today released an emergency software patch to plug a critical security hole in its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser that attackers are already using to break into Windows computers.

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December 20, 2018 admin

A Chief Security Concern for Executive Teams

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 21:23:10 +0000

Virtually all companies like to say they take their customers’ privacy and security seriously, make it a top priority, blah blah. But you’d be forgiven if you couldn’t tell this by studying the executive leadership page of each company’s Web site. That’s because very few of the world’s biggest companies list any security executives in their highest ranks. Even among top tech firms, less than half list a chief technology officer (CTO). This post explores some reasons why this is the case, and why it can’t change fast enough. KrebsOnSecurity reviewed the Web sites for the global top 100 companies by market value, and found just five percent of top 100 firms listed a chief information security officer (CISO) or chief security officer (CSO). Only a little more than a third even listed a CTO in their executive leadership pages.

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December 17, 2018 admin

Spammed Bomb Threat Hoax Demands Bitcoin

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 20:24:32 +0000

A new email extortion scam is making the rounds, threatening that someone has planted bombs within the recipient’s building that will be detonated unless a hefty bitcoin ransom is paid by the end of the business day.

Independent Krebs

December 12, 2018 admin

Scanning for Flaws, Scoring for Security

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 19:25:14 +0000

Is it fair to judge an organization’s information security posture simply by looking at its Internet-facing assets for weaknesses commonly sought after and exploited by attackers, such as outdated software or accidentally exposed data and devices? Fair or not, a number of nascent efforts are using just such an approach to derive security scores for companies and entire industries. What’s remarkable is how many organizations don’t make an effort to view their public online assets as the rest of the world sees them — until it’s too late.