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Credit to Author: John Brandon| Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2017 11:14:00 -0700

When Gartner ranks a data breach as a 10 on a scale of 1-10, you know there is cause for alarm. A recent compromise at Equifax, a consumer credit reporting agency, resulted in 143 million records being stolen. Of those, at least 209,000 involved stealing a credit card number and over 182,000 records had to do with credit card disputes.

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Security TrendMicro

September 8, 2017 admin

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of September 4, 2017

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…

ComputerWorld Independent

September 8, 2017 admin

Equifax security breach debacle thickens with improbable denials

Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2017 06:55:00 -0700

No doubt you’ve heard about the stolen data at credit reporting agency Equifax. The company’s official disclosure appeared yesterday:

Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX) today announced a cybersecurity incident potentially impacting approximately 143 million U.S. consumers. Criminals exploited a U.S. website application vulnerability to gain access to certain files. Based on the company’s investigation, the unauthorized access occurred from mid-May through July 2017. … The information accessed primarily includes names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and, in some instances, driver’s license numbers.
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Security Wired

September 8, 2017 admin

Facebook May Have More Russian Troll Farms to Worry About

Credit to Author: Issie Lapowsky| Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2017 11:00:00 +0000

The Internet Research Agency, which appears to have purchased thousands of bogus political ads on Facebook, may be defunct, but its work may not be done.

Security Wired

September 7, 2017 admin