Security News > 2019 > October

Support for Expunging Huawei Gear From Carrier Networks Grows
2019-10-02 14:48

Bipartisan Legislation Would Create a $1 Billion Huawei and ZTE Replacement FundA bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced a bill to help U.S. telecommunications providers "rip and replace"...

MasterMana Botnet targets business users with sophisticated phishing attacks
2019-10-02 14:37

A new botnet known as MasterMana shows a high level of sophistication with a low cost to execute, according a report from cybersecurity firm Prevailion.

US Warns Italy Over China and 5G
2019-10-02 14:19

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Italy Wednesday of China's "predatory approach" to trade and investment, but Rome insisted its special powers over 5G supply deals would protect it. read more

Let's Get Serious About Security Metrics
2019-10-02 13:52

There are many topics in security that generate quite a bit of discussion when someone brings them up.  Unfortunately, metrics isn’t one of those topics.  Sadly, more often than not, bringing up...

PDFex attacks can exfiltrate content from encrypted PDF documents
2019-10-02 13:28

Researchers from Ruhr University Bochum and Münster University of Applied Sciences have devised new attacks allowing them (and potential attackers) to recover the plaintext content of encrypted...

New Research into Russian Malware
2019-10-02 13:00

There's some interesting new research about Russian APT malware: The Russian government has fostered competition among the three agencies, which operate independently from one another, and compete...

Google adds Password Checkup feature to Google Accounts, Chrome
2019-10-02 12:43

The popularity of Google’s Password Checkup Chrome extension has spurred the company to build the technology into Google Account’s Password Manager and the Chrome browser. Unlike the Chrome...

Urgent/11 Flaws Impact More RTOS Used by Medical, Industrial Devices
2019-10-02 12:40

IoT security firm Armis has confirmed that the recently disclosed vulnerabilities tracked as Urgent/11 affect several real time operating systems (RTOS) other than VxWorks. read more

Exim suffers another ‘critical’ remote code execution flaw
2019-10-02 12:28

This latest Exim flaw could lead to at least a denial of service crash in the software but also the possibility of remote code execution.

O.MG! Evil Lightning cable about to hit mass distribution
2019-10-02 12:27

This malicious O.MG Lightning cable has come a long way, with extensive work on the kinds of payload it can deliver.