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5 years ago+14 14 012 lessons from NASA hacks: What SecOps can learn from JPL
Even if you have the basics of security policy, are you sure your actual implementation is on track?
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5 years ago+22 22 0Persistent Telco Data Theft: Is China to Blame?
At least 10 cell providers have been compromised, losing the call detail records for “hundreds of millions” of telco customers.
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5 years ago+12 15 3U.S. Cyber Has Hacked Iranian Missile C&C, Say Super-Secret Sources
The U.S. has been hacking Iran. Allegedly U.S. Cyber Command has launched cyber strikes against Iranian command-and-control systems.
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5 years ago+23 24 1Huge Ransomware FUBAR at Florida Beach Town
The city of Riviera Beach, Florida, has “given in” to ransomware. And it’s the biggest municipal ransom we’ve seen: ₿65—about $600,000.
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5 years ago+9 12 3Your iPhone is not secure: Cellebrite UFED Premium is here
Nothing is secure from physical access: Where there’s a will, there’s an exploit. Once the Cellebrite genie is out of the bottle, how can they contain it?
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5 years ago+6 7 1U.S. Cyber Has Hacked Russian Power Grid, Say Super-Secret Sources
The cyber cold war continues: Deep-throat sources claim the U.S. has implanted malware deep into Russia’s electricity grid. But hang on, something smells fishy.
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5 years ago+29 30 1 x 1Telegram App DDoS from China Hinders #612strike Protest
Telegram, the encrypted messaging app, has come under sustained DDoS attack, which was traced back to IP addresses in China. It’s widely believed this is an attempt to disrupt citizen protests in Hong Kong, which are being coordinated using Telegram’ ...
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5 years ago+13 14 1Son of Rowhammer: None of us are safe from RAMBleed
Researchers have been experimenting with Rowhammer. And what they’ve found will shock you. RAMBleed is their catchy name for an arsenal of ways to read any physical memory on a machine. Yes, any memory: It works across processes, containers, and ev ...
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5 years ago+21 21 0Border Protection Loses Photos of Travelers in Data Hack
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection admits its contractor has lost some pictures of people going in and out of the U.S.
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5 years ago+11 12 12020 Elections Will Be a Security Disaster Zone
Next year’s US elections will be no more secure than in 2016. That’s the depressing conclusion from reports out this week.
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5 years ago+10 11 1238 Android apps infested with BeiTaPlugin adware: MDM anyone?
App devs: Don’t be tempted to follow suit; make sure third-parties aren’t using these sort of obnoxious practices. IT: Got MDM yet?
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5 years ago+8 10 2Quest and AMCA Leak 12M Blood-Test Patients' Data
Millions of people might have had their financial and medical information stolen due to a Quest Diagnostics and AMCA data breach.
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5 years ago+16 17 1Apple Privacy Policy Fails to Protect Against App Trackers
A typical iPhone has thousands of trackers, silently reporting back to their motherships. And people are saying Apple is complicit.
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5 years ago+8 8 0Happy birthday GDPR. You're awful; you're great
European regulators are only warming up. Year Two of GDPR promises to be "interesting."
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5 years ago+19 20 1First American Leaks BIG: 885M Customer Files Exposed
First American Financial is the latest huge corporation being cavalier with your data. Its website has been serving up title documents to anyone who can count.
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5 years ago+15 15 0SandboxEscaper Drops 4 Windows Zero-Days
A Belgian security researcher dubbed SandboxEscaper unleashed four Windows zero-days, dropping her proofs-of-concept onto GitHub this week.
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5 years ago+13 13 0Google admits to storing plaintext passwords
Time to get serious about security-focused code reviews. And mandate 2FA already.
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5 years ago+19 19 049 Million Instagram Users’ Private Data Leaked via AWS
The sensitive data of almost 50 million Instagram “influencers” has been leaked and is at risk, thanks to yet another unsecured AWS instance.
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5 years ago+16 16 0$100M ‘GozNym’ Bank Trojan Gang: 6 Arrested, 5 at Large - Security Boulevard
11 members of the GozNym malware network have infected 41,000 PCs via phishy spam campaigns. Six have been apprehended and are in custody.
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5 years ago+15 15 0Cisco clueless about security, apparently: Meet Thrangrycat
Layered security only works if the layers are, y'know, secure.