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Wyden Warns Foreign Attackers Targeting Senators’ Personal Accounts
Sen. Ron Wyden says foreign hackers are targeting the personal accounts of senators and is introducing legislation to help protect those accounts.
One Year After Equifax: New Credit Freezes
A year after the massive data breach rocked Equifax, there has been some incremental changes: new state regulations and a federal law for credit freezes. What more needs to happen to get significant improvements in data security and digital privacy?
Attackers Prefer Cheap and Easy-to-Find RDP Attack Tools
For many criminals, the fact that they can just buy remote desktop protocol (RDP) credentials means they don’t need to spend the time trying to develop their own attacks. With RDP, the network is their oyster.
Facebook Brings Bug Bounty to Developer Ecosystem
Facebook is expanding its bug bounty program to third-party apps and websites that might expose user tokens improperly.
Cloudflare Makes InterPlanetary File System Globally Accessible
Cloudflare has released a gateway and browser extension to make the distributed IPFS network easily and securely accessible.
No Sleep for Computers: Cold Boot Attacks are Back
F-Secure researchers found that modifying the hardware on modern computers make them susceptible to “cold boot” attacks where passwords and encryption keys can be harvested from memory. Hibernate or power off. Don't put the computer in sleep mode.
Senators Question Lack of MFA at State Department
Five lawmakers have asked the Secretary of State for answers about his agency's failure to implement MFA despite a federal requirement to do so.
BA Breach Another Step in Magecart Group’s Evolution
The attack group known as Magecart has been stealing payment information from sites for several years and is showing signs of maturation with the BA breach.
Data Breaches Have Long-Term Impact on Stock Price
A data breach disrupts day-to-day operations and can hurt the company’s reputation, but the fact that stock prices bounce back pretty quickly makes it seem like the stock market doesn't penalize the company. Analysis by UK-based Comparitech found that long-term impact on the company’s stock performance after a breach.
Decipher Podcast: Richard Bejtlich
Security strategist, adviser, and author Richard Bejtlich joins the podcast to talk about the evolution of incident response and how the security community has changed over the last 20 years.
IoT Botnets Turn Attention to Enterprises
The Mirai and Gafgyt IoT botnets recently have begun adding exploits for vulnerabilities in enterprise products.
Justice Department Describes North Korea’s Attack Arsenal
The United States Department of Justice painstakingly laid out the investigative breadcrumbs that identified the tools and techniques used by North Korea in offensive campaigns conducted over a four-year span, which includes the attack against Sony Pictures in 2014, the theft from Bangladesh Bank in 2016, and the devastating WannaCry ransomware outbreak in 2017.
Tor Browser Comes to Android
The Tor Browser, which allows for private web browsing, is now available for the Android platform.
US Calls Out North Korea for Sony, Bangladesh Bank, WannaCry Attacks
The United States Department of Justice has charged a North Korean programmer for taking part in the attacks as part of its strategy to call out nation-state attackers. While there is no chance of US law enforcement ever making the arrest, the complaint is a way for the government to respond to damaging nation-state sponsored attacks.
Crypto Backdoor Law Unlikely Soon
Policy experts say that legislation mandating encryption backdoors are not on the horizon in the U.S., but could be a reality soon in the U.K. and Australia.