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Trump Ally Stone Charged With Lying About Hacked Emails
2019-01-26 16:26

President Donald Trump's confidant Roger Stone has been charged with lying about his pursuit of Russian-hacked emails damaging to Hillary Clinton's 2016 election bid. Prosecutors allege that...

Ursnif Trojan Uses Fileless Persistence and CAB for Stealthily Data Exfiltration
2019-01-26 16:21

In addition to employing a fileless attack technique, the Ursnif Trojan has been using CAB files to compress harvested data before exfiltration in recent attacks, Cisco Talos security researchers...

Undercover Agents Target Cybersecurity Watchdog
2019-01-26 15:37

The researchers who reported that Israeli software was used to spy on Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi's inner circle before his gruesome death are being targeted in turn by...

Miscreants sweep internet for unpatched Cisco kit, fears over bugged Chinese parts, Roger Stone nabbed...
2019-01-26 11:04

...PHP's PEAR sabotaged for months, and more from the world of infosec Roundup This week we saw Hadoop hacks, Exchange exploits, and Deadpool besting scammers.…

Deal to Reopen U.S. Government Approved
2019-01-26 03:03

President Trump Signs Measure to Fund Government for Three WeeksPresident Donald Trump late Friday signed a short-term funding bill to temporarily end the 35-day federal government partial...

Friday Squid Blogging: Squids on the Tree of Life
2019-01-25 22:18

Interesting. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here....

LabKey Vulnerabilities Threaten Medical Research Data
2019-01-25 22:16

LabKey Server version 18.3.0-61806.763, released on January 16, patches all three issues, so users should update as soon as possible.

Whats(goes)App must come down... World in shock as Zuck decides to intertwine Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp
2019-01-25 21:53

Takeover leads to consolidation? Unfathomable (adjusted for sarcasm) Analysis In an unprecedented decision that has left tech observers struggling to contain their shock, Facebook has decided to...

Six Flags fingerprinted my son without consent, says mom. Y'know, this biometric case has teeth, say state supremes...
2019-01-25 21:26

Theme park's attempt to shoot down lawsuit snubbed by top judges Analysis The Illinois Supreme Court on Friday ruled that a family's lawsuit against downmarket-Disneyland Six Flags for allegedly...

Deal to Reopen U.S. Government Announced
2019-01-25 21:03

President Trump Says He'll Sign Measure to Fund Government for Three WeeksPresident Donald Trump announced Friday afternoon that the White House and Congress have reached a deal to temporarily end...