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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2023 13:00:00 +0000
New research reveals the strategies hackers use to hide their malware distribution system, and companies are rushing to release mitigations for the “Downfall” processor vulnerability on Intel chips.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 10:00:00 +0000
An innovation agency within the US Department of Health and Human Services will fund research into better defenses for the US health care system’s digital infrastructure.
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Hidden in the basic infrastructure that runs the US military is a powerful piece of Windows-borne Chinese malware that can disrupt the communications systems, power grids, and water supplies at the military’s bases around the world. One US congressional aide calls it a “ticking time bomb” that as The New York Times put it, “could give China the power to interrupt or slow American military deployments or resupply operations by cutting off power, water and communications to US military bases.”
Fresh security research from Jamf Threat Labs may not reflect an active attack, but it does illustrate the layered complexity of today’s threat environment.
In brief, the researchers have figured out a proof of concept attack that tricks victims into thinking they are using Airplane Mode. However, in reality the attacker has put in place a fake version of that mode that looks normal but lets the attacker maintain access to the device.
This is by no means a straightforward attack and hasn’t been seen in the wild. The exploit is complex and would require an attacker to successfully take control of the target device through a series of exploits, the research claims.
Hidden in the basic infrastructure that runs the US military is a powerful piece of Windows-borne Chinese malware that can disrupt the communications systems, power grids, and water supplies at the military’s bases around the world. One US congressional aide calls it a “ticking time bomb” that as The New York Times put it, “could give China the power to interrupt or slow American military deployments or resupply operations by cutting off power, water and communications to US military bases.”
Credit to Author: Alanna Titterington| Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 18:00:40 +0000
Some tools to increase the physical security of your company’s information infrastructure.
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Credit to Author: Natalya Zakuskina| Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2023 07:00:03 +0000
Why you should store passwords in a separate password manager, and not in your browser.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2023 13:19:20 +0000
The wide-ranging scams, often disguised as game promotions, can all be linked back to one network.
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