Security News > 2016 > August

Election Systems Security: Report (August 29, 2016) (SANS Newsbites)
2016-08-30 20:07

Attack on State Election Databases Prompts FBI Warning (August 29, 2016) (SANS Newsbites)
2016-08-30 20:07

The Latest: Group poses email queries to Clinton in lawsuit (Yahoo Security)
2016-08-30 20:07

Officials blame sophisticated Russian hackers for voter system attacks (ArsTechnica)
2016-08-30 20:07

Officials Say Cybersecurity Needs Long-Term Budgeting (August 25, 2016) (SANS Newsbites)
2016-08-30 20:07

BASHLITE Family Of Malware Infects 1 Million IoT Devices (Threatpost)
2016-08-30 19:29

Over 1 million consumer web-connected video cameras and DVRs have have become the slaves to botnet herders that use the devices for DDoS and phishing attacks.

How to Leak Data From Air-Gapped Computers With a USB Device (Threatpost)
2016-08-30 18:30

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of Negev have found a way to take a run of the mill USB device and use it to leak data from an air gapped computers via RF signals.

Inside the Demise of the Angler Exploit Kit (Threatpost)
2016-08-30 18:25

Researchers at Kaspersky Lab today confirmed that the cybercriminals behind the Lurk Trojan were also responsible for the development and distribution of the Angler Exploit Kit

Linux servers hit with FairWare ransomware – or is it just a scam? (Help Net Security)
2016-08-30 18:00

Users posting on Bleeping Computer’s forums have alerted the world to a new threat targeting Linux server admins: the FairWare ransomware. Whether the ransomware actually exists or not is still up...

Using Wi-Fi Signals to Identify People by Body Shape (Schneier on Security)
2016-08-30 17:57

Another paper on using Wi-Fi for surveillance. This one is on identifying people by their body shape. "FreeSense:Indoor Human Identification with WiFi Signals": Abstract: Human identification...