Cybersecurity News
Charming Kitten Uses Fake Interview Requests to Target Public Figures
APT group poses as a former Wall Street Journal journalist to launch phishing campaigns and steal victim email account details.
06 February 2020
Dropbox Passes $1M Milestone for Bug-Bounty Payouts
The file-sharing service also disclosed details of past notable bugs for the first time.
06 February 2020
Health Share of Oregon discloses data breach, theft of member PII
A break-in and stolen laptop are at the heart of the security incident.06 February 2020
Academics steal data from air-gapped systems using screen brightness variations
Israeli researchers use quick flickers in LCD screen brightness to encode and exfiltrate data.06 February 2020
Vixie: The Unintended Consequences of Internet Privacy Efforts
Paul Vixie says emerging encryption protocols for endpoints could 'break' security in enterprise - and even home - networks.
05 February 2020
When Your Used Car is a Little Too ‘Mobile’
Many modern vehicles let owners use the Internet or a mobile device to control the car's locks, track location and performance data, and start the engine. But who exactly owns that control is not always clear when these smart cars are sold or leased anew. Here's the story of one former electric vehicle owner who discovered he could still gain remote, online access to his old automobile years after his lease ended.05 February 2020
Majority of Network, App-Layer DDoS Attacks in 2019 Were Small
Attacks turned to cheaper, shorter attacks to try and disrupt targets, Imperva analysis shows.05 February 2020
Department of Energy Adds Attivo Decoys for Critical Infrastructure Security
The decoys and lures will help redirect attacks away from devices that can't be protected through traditional means.05 February 2020
IoT Malware Campaign Infects Global Manufacturing Sites
The infection uses Lemon_Duck PowerShell malware variant to exploit vulnerabilities in embedded devices at manufacturing sites.05 February 2020
Emotet Preps for Tax Season with New Phishing Campaign
Malicious emails in a new attack campaign contain links and attachments claiming to lead victims to W-9 forms.05 February 2020
CamuBot Banking Trojan Returns In Targeted Attacks
The malware is back in targeted attacks against Brazilian banking customers, this time using a new technique that involves mobile app authorization.
05 February 2020
What is a Privileged Access Workstation (PAW)?
Ask the Experts -- about a technological game of keep-away that protects the most precious resources from the greatest dangers.
05 February 2020
Bug hunter finds cryptocurrency-mining botnet on DOD network
Monero-mining botnet infects one of the DOD's Jenkins servers.05 February 2020
Keeping Compliance Data-Centric Amid Accelerating Regulation
As the regulatory landscape transforms, it's still smart to stay strategically focused on protecting your data.05 February 2020
New Lemon Duck Malware Campaign Targets IoT, Large Manufacturers
Malware campaign targets global manufacturers that are still dependent on Windows 7 subsystems to run fleets of IoT endpoints.
05 February 2020
Chrome to block intrusive video ads starting August 5, 2020
Google to implement new quality standard for video ads for Chrome, but also YouTube.05 February 2020
WhatsApp Bug Allows Malicious Code-Injection, One-Click RCE
A high-severity vulnerability could allow cybercriminals to push malware or remotely execute code, using seemingly innocuous messages.
05 February 2020
Critical Cisco ‘CDPwn’ Protocol Flaws Explained: Podcast
The researcher behind the five critical Cisco flaws, collectively called CDPwn, talks about why Layer 2 protocols are under-researched when it comes to security vulnerabilities.
05 February 2020
Critical Cisco ‘CDPwn’ Flaws Break Network Segmentation
Cisco has released patches to address the five vulnerabilities, which could lead to remote code-execution and denial of service.
05 February 2020
CDPwn vulnerabilities impact tens of millions of enterprise devices
CDPwn vulnerabilities can be used to escalate initial access and completely take over entire networks.05 February 2020