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Credit to Author: Ed Cabrera (Chief Cybersecurity Officer)| Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 13:06:15 +0000
As connected devices continue to intertwine with daily life, the security of those devices and the information they process is a growing conversation. To gain a better understanding of cyber assets exposed to the internet, Trend Micro researchers took a comprehensive look at the exposed assets in the 10 largest U.S. cities – New York…
Credit to Author: Michael Kan| Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 04:02:00 -0800
How should the U.S. respond to cyberattacks? That’s been a major question at this year’s RSA security conference, following Russia’s suspected attempt to influence last year’s election.
Clearly, the government should be doing more on cybersecurity, said U.S. lawmakers and officials at the show in San Francisco, but they admit that politics and policy conflicts have hampered the government’s approach.
“I wish the federal government could do this, but it’s very hard, unfortunately, due to partisan politics,” said Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, during a speech at the show. “They haven’t been able to take the lead on this issue as they should have.”
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 00:30:24 +0000
A new attack cracks a key hacking protection known as address space layout randomization, leaving millions of computers vulnerable. The post A Chip Flaw Strips Away Hacking Protections for Millions of Devices appeared first on WIRED.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 00:30:24 +0000
A new attack cracks a key hacking protection known as address space layout randomization, leaving millions of computers vulnerable. The post Software Can’t Fully Fix This Massive New Security Flaw appeared first on WIRED.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 18:55:08 +0000
You’re about to be able to turn on new encrypted calling features. But you may also want to turn off one that could leak your metadata. The post The Best Encrypted Chat App Now Does Video Calls Too appeared first on WIRED.
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Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 10:35:00 -0800
Microsoft today took the unprecedented step of postponing an entire month’s slate of security updates for Windows and its other products just hours before the patches were to begin rolling out to customers.
“We discovered a last-minute issue that could impact some customers and was not resolved in time for our planned updates today,” Microsoft said in a post to the MSRC (Microsoft Security Research Center) blog. “After considering all options, we made the decision to delay this month’s updates.”
Today was set as Patch Tuesday, the monthly release of security fixes from Microsoft. Normally, Microsoft issues the updates around 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET). Although Microsoft did not time stamp its blog post, the SAN Institute’s Internet Storm Center (ISC) pointed out the delay at 8:22 a.m. PT (11:22 ET).
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Credit to Author: Lucian Constantin| Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 10:28:00 -0800
Security researchers have discovered a macOS malware program that’s likely part of the arsenal used by the Russian cyberespionage group blamed for hacking into the U.S. Democratic National Committee last year.
The group — known in the security industry under different names including Fancy Bear, Pawn Storm, and APT28 — has been operating for almost a decade. It is believed to be the sole user and likely developer of a Trojan program called Sofacy or X-Agent.
X-Agent variants for Windows, Linux, Android, and iOS have been found in the wild in the past, but researchers from Bitdefender have now come across what appears to be the first macOS version of the Trojan.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 18:55:08 +0000
You’re about to be able to turn on new encrypted calling features. But you may also want to turn off one that could leak your metadata. The post Encryption App Signal Adds Video Calls—And a New Privacy Tradeoff appeared first on WIRED.
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