WannaCry Hero Marcus Hutchins Won’t Go to Jail for Old Hacking Crimes
Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 13:00:00 +0000
Russian election hacks, Amazon’s police partnerships, and more security news this week.
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How to Get Your Equifax Settlement Money
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 17:09:06 +0000
A settlement with the FTC means Equifax will pay victims of its breach $125 or more. Make sure they pay up.
Read MoreWindows Server 2008 End of Support: Are you Prepared?
Credit to Author: Pawan Kinger (Director, Deep Security Labs)| Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 13:42:36 +0000
On July 14th, 2015, Microsoft’s widely deployed Windows Server 2003 reached end of life after nearly 12 years of support. For millions of enterprise servers, this meant the end of security updates, leaving the door open to serious security risks. Now, we are fast approaching the end of life of another server operating system –…
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Read MoreMozilla blames 'interlocking complex systems' and confusion for Firefox's May add-on outage
Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 03:00:00 -0700
Mozilla has issued multiple after-action reports analyzing the major mix-up in May that crippled most Firefox add-ons. The reports also made recommendations for preventing similar incidents in the future.
The fiasco started just after 8 p.m. ET on Friday, May 3, when a certificate used to digitally sign Firefox extensions expired. Because Mozilla had neglected to renew the certificate, Firefox assumed add-ons could not be trusted – that they were potentially malicious – and disabled any already installed. Add-ons could not be added to the browser for the same reason.
Researchers to launch intentionally ‘vulnerable’ blockchain at Black Hat
Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 14:06:00 -0700
Hoping to raise awareness about blockchain vulnerabilities, cybersecurity firm Kudelski Security next week plans to launch the industry’s first “purposefully vulnerable” blockchain – and will demo it at next month’s Black Hat conference.
Kudelski Security’s FumbleChain project is aimed at highlighting vulnerabilities in blockchain ecosystems, according to Nathan Hamiel, head of cybersecurity research at Kudelski.
The flawed blockchain ledger is written in Python 3.0, making it easy for anyone to read and modify its source code, and it’s modular – allowing users to hack and add new challenges to promote continuous learning.
Facebook’s Ex-Security Chief Details His ‘Observatory’ for Internet Abuse
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 09:00:00 +0000
Alex Stamos’ Stanford-based project will try to persuade tech firms to offer academics access to massive troves of user data.
Read MoreRobert Mueller’s Work Is Done. Now It’s Congress’s Turn
Credit to Author: Garrett M. Graff| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 00:57:20 +0000
In nearly six hours of testimony Wednesday, former special counsel Robert Mueller stuck to the facts.
Read MoreNew York’s Revenge Porn Law Is a Flawed Step Forward
Credit to Author: Emma Grey Ellis| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 21:10:47 +0000
All but four states in the US now have a revenge porn law on the books. But advocates say precious few get it right.
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