At least 27 universities in the United States, Canada and countries in the Southeast Asian region was reportedly targeted by Chinese hackers looking for information relating to the maritime military technologies to steal. An article from the Wall Street Journal revels that a substantial list of university targets that reflects an elaborate scheme, dates back […]
Microsoft Adds Direct Trust for Let’s Encrypt
August 17, 2018
Let’s Encrypt certificates can now stand on their own for almost all newer versions of operating systems, browsers and devices. Microsoft has added direct trust for Let’s Encrypt certificates, meaning that all major browsers and operating systems, including Apple, Blackberry, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla and Oracle, now all directly trust the Let’s Encrypt root, ISRG Root […]
Fresh Approach to Wi-Fi Cracking Uses Packet-Sniffing
August 16, 2018
The new strategy allows an attacker to instead lift ID information directly from the router, within minutes. Legacy Wi-Fi just became a little less safe: According to Jens Steube, the developer of the password-cracking tool known as Hashcat, has found a faster, easier way to crack WPA/WPA2-protected Wi-Fi networks. Hackers have compromised the WPA/WPA2 encryption […]
Threatlist: Financial Services Firms Lag in Patching Habits
August 15, 2018
Half of breached firms say they were compromised due to a vulnerability for which a patch was available but not applied. Almost half (45 percent) of financial services firms in a recent survey have reported a data breach in the last two years – with many of those attacks being completely avoidable if known vulnerabilities […]
Ramnit Changes Shape with Widespread Black Botnet
August 14, 2018
A massive proxy botnet is just the tip of the iceberg, a warning sign of a bigger operation in the works by the Ramnit operators. The recently uncovered “Black” botnet campaign using the Ramnit malware racked up 100,000 infections in the two months through July– but the offensive could just be a precursor to a […]
Top iPhone Supplier Battles WannaCry Infection
August 13, 2018
Production lines were halted for two days, and the effects to the global supply chain for mobile phones could be felt for the third quarter and beyond. A top iPhone supplier, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), has recovered from a WannaCry ransomware infection that impacted the majority of its fabrication tools. The incident could delay […]
IT Leaders Believe AI is a ‘Silver Bullet’ for Threats
August 12, 2018
The vast majority of IT decision makers appear to believe the hype surrounding artificial intelligence as a means to enhance cybersecurity. An ESET poll of 900 IT leaders in the US, UK and Germany found a disappointing 75% believe AI is a ‘silver bullet’ to helping them counter online threats. Respondents from the US (82%) were much […]
FCC Admits Site DDoS Claims Were False
August 11, 2018
The FCC’s attempt to maintain that its comments page crashed last May as a result of a co-ordinated DDoS attack was actually built on falsehoods, it has admitted. The regulator was forced to make the admission ahead of an inspector general report into the case due to be released shortly. The comments section crashed after millions […]
Pentagon Orders Soldiers to Switch Off GPS
August 10, 2018
US military personnel will have to switch off any devices using GPS functionality if they are deployed in “operational areas” after a new Pentagon memo. Spokesman Army Col. Robert Manning III told reporters yesterday that GPS use can “potentially create unintended security consequences and increased risk to the joint force and mission” in locations around […]
Improved Standards for Securing Medical Devices Released
August 9, 2018
A critical subset of the ever-expanding internet of things (IoT), medical devices are increasingly vulnerable to attacks from botnets and malware, which is why the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), in conjunction with the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), today announced the release of OWASP Secure Medical Device Deployment Standard V2. Recognizing the increasing number of attacks that are targeting […]