How to survive the worsening cyber threat landscape
Don’t expect the cyber threat landscape to get safer anytime soon. That’s the message given by speakers at two recent Boston-based events. “By any measure you want to use, the trend line is going the wrong way,” said Rob Joyce, White House cybersecurity coordinator, speaking at the Cambridge Cyber Summit hosted by CNBC and The…
Hackers Used Government Servers in DNSMessenger Attacks
A recently discovered DNSMessenger campaign is abusing compromised U.S. state government servers to host malware, Cisco Talos security researchers say. First uncovered in early March, the DNSMessenger attack involved the use of DNS requests to establish communication between a PowerShell RAT and its command and control (C&C) servers. Completely fileless and invisible to most standard defenses, the…
What Mr. Robot can teach us all about security
Mr. Robot has won the hearts and captured the minds of a lot of people around the globe by showing a captivating view of the information security world — and how vulnerable we all are to cyberattacks. When you see how main character Elliot and the hacker group fsociety hack whole corporations, never mind just…
Apple’s intermittent password prompts prime iOS users for phishing
By asking iOS users to enter their AppleID password intermittently and with no regard of environment, Apple has laid the groundwork for phishers to go after the sought-after login credentials. Where’s the problem? “iOS asks the user for their iTunes password for many reasons, the most common ones are recently installed iOS operating system updates,…
Israel hacked Kaspersky, caught Russia using the software to hack U.S.
Instead of promoting goodwill relations with Israel, U.S. intelligence threw Israeli intelligence under the bus when explaining how Israel hacked Kaspersky and caught Russia using Kaspersky to search for NSA exploits and other U.S. government classified programs. The New York Times reported, “It was a case of spies watching spies watching spies: Israeli intelligence officers…
North Korea Hacked Seoul’s War Plans: Report
North Korean computer hackers have stolen hundreds of classified military documents from South Korea including detailed wartime operational plans involving its US ally, a report said Tuesday. Rhee Cheol-Hee, a lawmaker for the ruling Democratic party, said the hackers had broken into the South’s military network last September and gained access to 235 gigabytes of…
New ATMii Malware Can Empty ATMs
A newly detailed malware targeting automated teller machines (ATM) allows attackers to completely drain available cash, Kaspersky Lab researchers have discovered. Dubbed ATMii, the threat was first spotted in April this year, featuring an injector module (exe.exe) and the module to be injected (dll.dll). Actors using the malware need direct access to a target ATM…
Artificial Intelligence: Experts Talk Ethical, Security Concerns
Global leaders weigh the benefits and dangers of a future in which AI plays a greater role in business and security strategy. CYBERSEC EUROPEAN CYBERSECURITY FORUM – Kraków, Poland – The future of artificial intelligence was a hot topic at the third annual CYBERSEC Cybersecurity Forum, where security professionals representing Poland, the Netherlands, Germany, and…
Disqus, Forrester Research suffer data breach
Popular blog comment hosting service Disqus and market research company Forrester Research announced late on Friday that they’ve suffered a breach. While the latter was apparently limited to content made available to Forrester clients through Forrester.com, the former resulted in the theft of account data for some 17.5 million users.
Feds nab tech-savvy cyberstalker from hell with help from VPN provider
Can you say psycho? At least that is what a person might think after learning about a cyberstalking campaign which seems more like something out of a horror flick than real life. However, an affidavit shows what a technically savvy yet twisted mind can do. The cyberstalking continued for more than a year and a…