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Classic Ether Wallet Compromised via Social Engineering (Threatpost)

2017-07-03 18:10

Developers of Classic Ether Wallet said an attacker managed to hijack the domain for the wallet via social engineering late Thursday evening.

#socialengineering #threatpost

Windows 10 will use protected folders to thwart crypto ransomware (Help Net Security)

2017-07-03 15:29

Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (the next major update of Microsoft’s popular OS) is scheduled to be released in September, and will come with major new end-to-end security features. As announced...

#crypto #ransomware #security #windows #windows10

Local Root Exploit Found on Lenovo Smartphone (Security Week)

2017-07-03 15:10

The Lenovo VIBE smartphone was found to include vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker with physical access to the device to gain root privileges. read more

#exploit #lenovo #root #security #smartphone

Ransomware Smackdown: NotPetya Not as Bad as WannaCry (InfoRiskToday)

2017-07-03 14:33

Attack Telemetry Reveals Smaller Outbreak, Windows 7 Again Hit HardestNotPetya was not as bad as WannaCry, despite NotPetya being even more sophisticated, and targeting the same EternalBlue flaw...

#notpetya #ransomware #wannacry

Rising information security threats, and what to do about them (Help Net Security)

2017-07-03 14:15

The digital threat landscape faced by enterprises large and small is in perpetual flux, and keeping an eye on things and adapting defenses should be of primary importance to every CISO. According...

#security #threat

TLS security: Past, present and future (Help Net Security)

2017-07-03 13:30

The Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol as it stands today has evolved from the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol from Netscape Communications and the Private Communication Technology (PCT)...

#security #TLS

Too Little, Too Late: Limitations of Dynamic Analysis as Malware Threats Grow (Security Week)

2017-07-03 12:55

#malware #security #threat

NotPetya Connected to BlackEnergy/KillDisk: Researchers (Security Week)

2017-07-03 12:38

Last week’s devastating NotPetya attack might have been launched by the same threat group that previously used the Russia-linked BlackEnergy malware family in attacks against Ukraine, security...

#killdisk #notpetya #researcher #security

Cloud IT infrastructure revenues grew 14.9% to $8 billion in 1Q17 (Help Net Security)

2017-07-03 12:30

Vendor revenue from sales of infrastructure products (server, storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud IT, including public and private cloud, grew 14.9% year over year in the first quarter of 2017...

#cloud #infrastructure #security

'OutlawCountry' Tool Used by CIA to Target Linux Systems (Security Week)

2017-07-03 12:12

One of the tools used by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to target Linux systems is named OutlawCountry, according to documents published by WikiLeaks. read more

#CIA #linux #security