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Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2017 14:23:58 +0000

Earlier this week, a ‘severe’ vulnerability was discovered in Apache Struts, an open source framework for developing applications in Java. The vulnerability, CVE-2017-9805, affects all versions of Struts since 2008 and all applications using the framework’s REST plugin are vulnerable. Trend Micro has released DVToolkit CSW file CVE-2017-9805.csw for the Apache Struts 2 Vulnerability to…

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September 7, 2017 admin

UNITEDRAKE Looms Large…Maybe

Credit to Author: Mark Nunnikhoven (Vice President, Cloud Research)| Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2017 03:32:04 +0000

Responsible disclosure is a critical process in the security community. It’s the way for security researchers and vendors to work together in order to improve system security for users. We see the opposite of this process in the digital underground. Cybercriminals often sell exploits and malicious tools for profit. The ShadowBrokers—infamous for the leak of…

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September 7, 2017 admin

An Established Solution for Mobile Threats

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2017 13:00:45 +0000

As much as smartphones and applications have evolved over the years, so has mobile malware. We’re seeing an increasing number of threats—from mobile ransomware and auto-clicking adware to dangerous backdoors that can compromise your privacy. And there are also legitimate personal applications that can be taken advantage of and used to target your enterprise. With…

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September 6, 2017 admin

Smartphones Under Fire: Why We Need to Keep Our Android Devices Safe

Credit to Author: Michael Miley| Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2017 13:00:13 +0000

If there’s one thing we know about cybercrimnals it’s that where there’s people and money, they will surely follow. With an estimated 1.4 billion Android devices in use today, it’s not hard to see why they might have your smartphone in their sights. Attacks on Android devices made up 81 percent of mobile attacks last…

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September 5, 2017 admin

Edith Wharton, Identity Theft, and the GDPR

Credit to Author: William “Bill” Malik (CISA VP Infrastructure Strategies)| Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2017 12:00:23 +0000

During one of my talks for Garter, I asked the audience, “How many of you have ever had anything stolen?” Many hands went up. Then I asked, “How did you know it was stolen?” The answers generally offered, “I looked for it, and it wasn’t there.” Data theft, and in particular identity theft, is different….

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September 1, 2017 admin

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of August 28, 2017

Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2017 13:25:14 +0000

The only topic I can bring up this week is the devastation in Texas caused by Hurricane Harvey. Many cities have been completely destroyed and to add insult to injury, Harvey moved back to the Gulf of Mexico and made landfall again in Louisiana. Catastrophic flooding has left tens of thousands without their homes and…

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August 30, 2017 admin

How hackers have improved their BEC attack methods

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 17:56:22 +0000

Let’s take a closer look into BEC threats and how hackers have improved this attack method.