Security News > 2017 > October

Trump Campaign Aide Knew Early About Hacked Democratic Emails
2017-10-31 23:18

Court Document: George Papadopoulos' Emails Reveal Attempts for Trump-Putin CooperationFormer Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos learned that Russia had thousands of pilfered emails...

Popular ‘Circle with Disney’ Parental Control System Riddled With 23 Vulnerabilities
2017-10-31 21:37

A popular parental monitoring system, called Circle with Disney, receives 23 patches for a wide range of serious vulnerabilities.

FireEye releases open source managed password cracking tool
2017-10-31 20:26

FireEye has released GoCrack, an open source tool for managing password cracking tasks across multiple machines. “Simply deploy a GoCrack server along with a worker on every GPU/CPU capable...

Deven McGraw Leaves HHS; What's Next for Privacy Efforts?
2017-10-31 19:48

Longtime Consumer Advocate Joining Silicon Valley Start-Up FirmLongtime privacy advocate Deven McGraw has left her positions leading health information privacy efforts at the Department of Health...

Apple Patches KRACK Vulnerability in iOS 11.1
2017-10-31 19:12

Apple has patched the KRACK vulnerability in iOS and elsewhere in its product line, closing a key re-installation vulnerability in the WPA2 protocol implemented used by its software.

Researchers analyze 3,200 unique phishing kits
2017-10-31 19:05

Most phishing sites are quickly detected and access to them is blocked, but not matter how fast the “takedown” happens, the number of victims is still large enough to make the phishers’ effort...

Meet MBR-ONI, Bootkit Ransomware Used as a Targeted Wiper
2017-10-31 18:28

Earlier this year a new ransomware, dubbed ONI, was discovered in Japan. It is described as a sub-species of the GlobeImposter ransomware. Researchers blogged in July, "When it infects it, it...

Firefox Bolsters Privacy, Pulls Plug on Browser Canvas Fingerprinting
2017-10-31 18:15

Firefox is to stop using the privacy-busting canvas-based browser fingerprinting that allows websites to track users’ online activities.

WannaCry Probe: Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland React
2017-10-31 17:18

Ransomware Hit NHS Scotland Hard; Northern Ireland and Wales Escaped InfectionsThe United Kingdom might be greater than the sum of its parts. But when it came to the WannaCry outbreak, some parts...

Emergency Oracle Patch Closes Bug Rated 10 in Severity
2017-10-31 16:48

Oracle released an emergency patch for a remote code execution vulnerability in Oracle Identity Manager rated a 10 out of 10 in severity.