Schneier on Security
MAY 22, 2018
Google and Microsoft researchers have disclosed another Spectre-like CPU side-channel vulnerability, called " Speculative Store Bypass." Like the others, the fix will slow the CPU down. The German tech site Heise reports that more are coming. I'm not surprised. Writing about Spectre and Meltdown in January, I predicted that we'll be seeing a lot more of these sorts of vulnerabilities.
Troy Hunt
MAY 24, 2018
Try publishing something to the internet - anything - and see how it long it takes before something nasty is probing away at it. Brand new website, new domain and it's mere hours (if not minutes) before requests for wp-admin are in the logs. Yes, I know it's not a Wordpress site but that doesn't matter, the bots don't care. But that's just indiscriminate scanning, nothing personal; how about deliberate and concerted attacks more specifically designed to get into your things?
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WIRED Threat Level
MAY 24, 2018
You should certainly understand the risks of having a smart speaker in your home, but there’s a perfectly good explanation for how that rogue message might have gotten sent.
Lenny Zeltser
MAY 21, 2018
When cybersecurity professionals communicate with regular, non-technical people about IT and security, they often use language that virtually guarantees that the message will be ignored or misunderstood. This is often a problem for information security and privacy policies, which are written by subject-matter experts for people who lack the expertise.
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Schneier on Security
MAY 21, 2018
The Intercept has a long article on Japan's equivalent of the NSA: the Directorate for Signals Intelligence. Interesting, but nothing really surprising. The directorate has a history that dates back to the 1950s; its role is to eavesdrop on communications. But its operations remain so highly classified that the Japanese government has disclosed little about its work even the location of its headquarters.
Troy Hunt
MAY 25, 2018
Well it's all quietened down here with Scott gone so it's back to business as usual, which means, well, it's not very quiet at all! I've been in Sydney this week talking at one of our big banks and as I say in this week's update, getting out there amongst companies dealing with their unique cyber challenges is always interesting: #cyber pic.twitter.com/CIMDhPfKIP — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) May 23, 2018.
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Dark Reading
MAY 24, 2018
Data breach costs increased 24% for enterprise victims and 36% for SMBs from 2017 to 2018, researchers found.
Schneier on Security
MAY 25, 2018
Interesting research: " The detection of faked identity using unexpected questions and mouse dynamics ," by Merulin Monaro, Luciano Gamberini, and Guiseppe Sartori. Abstract: The detection of faked identities is a major problem in security. Current memory-detection techniques cannot be used as they require prior knowledge of the respondent's true identity.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
MAY 23, 2018
John Grimm, Thales eSecurity’s Senior Director of IoT Security Strategy, recently spoke with CyberWire’s Dave Bittner about key findings and trends from Thales eSecurity’s 2018 Global Encryption Trends Study. The CyberWire is a free, community-driven cybersecurity news service based in Baltimore. A sampling of John’s comments: The lynchpin of any good encryption system is how well you protect the key.
WIRED Threat Level
MAY 22, 2018
The Los Angeles Police Department is using "predictive policing" to prevent crime, but this innovative approach has its problems.
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Dark Reading
MAY 21, 2018
Unit 8200 doesn't follow a conventional recruiting model. Technical knowledge isn't a requirement. The unit values traits that emphasize problem-solving and interpersonal skills, and it uses hiring processes that build female leaders.
Schneier on Security
MAY 25, 2018
I'm at Carnegie Mellon University, at the eleventh Workshop on Security and Human Behavior. SHB is a small invitational gathering of people studying various aspects of the human side of security, organized each year by Alessandro Acquisti, Ross Anderson, and myself. The 50 or so people in the room include psychologists, economists, computer security researchers, sociologists, political scientists, neuroscientists, designers, lawyers, philosophers, anthropologists, business school professors, and
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
MAY 22, 2018
In 2016, I provided predictions in an article entitled The (Immediate) Future of Ransomware. I indicated ransomware was going to grow and find other vectors for infection outside of simply malware links. Those predictions come true on a massive scale in particular with the WannaCry and Petya outbreaks, driven by system vulnerability vectors just as I foresaw.
WIRED Threat Level
MAY 19, 2018
The failures of Securus and LocationSmart to secure location data are the failures of an entire industry.
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Dark Reading
MAY 25, 2018
The GDPR grace period ends today. Experts take their best guesses on when data protection authorities will strike - and what kind of organizations will be first to feel the sting of the EU privacy law.
Schneier on Security
MAY 24, 2018
Interesting research in steganography at the font level.
Threatpost
MAY 25, 2018
As the popularity around cryptocurrency has continued to rise in 2018, it has also paved an easy path for cash-hungry scammers to launch “cryptocurrency giveaway scams.”.
WIRED Threat Level
MAY 23, 2018
FBI stats about inaccessible cellphones were inflated, undermining already controversial bureau claims about the threat of encryption.
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In a recent study, IDC found that 64% of organizations said they were already using open source in software development with a further 25% planning to in the next year. Most organizations are unaware of just how much open-source code is used and underestimate their dependency on it. As enterprises grow the use of open-source software, they face a new challenge: understanding the scope of open-source software that's being used throughout the organization and the corresponding exposure.
Dark Reading
MAY 21, 2018
Google acknowledges HTTPS as the Internet standard with plans to remove 'secure' from all HTTPS sites.
Schneier on Security
MAY 23, 2018
The rise of self-checkout has caused a corresponding rise in shoplifting.
eSecurity Planet
MAY 25, 2018
As Microsoft demonstrated this week, companies will find that having separate data protection and privacy policies for non-EU customers won't work.
WIRED Threat Level
MAY 23, 2018
The update, now available to most users, comes several months after Facebook was criticized for spamming users' two-factor authentication phone numbers.
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Dark Reading
MAY 22, 2018
Forty-three percent chance of users connecting to high or medium-risk networks in Las Vegas - compared to less than 1% risk in least vulnerable areas, Coronet says.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
MAY 24, 2018
The rules of risk taking. What kind of person are you? Are you a risk taker or someone who like to play it safe? Is your organization one that takes risk, or is it risk averse? Let’s take digital transformation , for example. Most organizations want to embrace it, but feel constricted due to data privacy concerns and compliance regulations. However, companies that can’t or won’t find a path forward run the risk (pun intended!
Threatpost
MAY 22, 2018
Intel on Monday acknowledged that its processors are vulnerable to another Spectre-like speculative execution side channel flaw that could allow attackers to access information.
WIRED Threat Level
MAY 21, 2018
A new processor vulnerability known as Speculative Store Bypass could expose user data on a huge swath of devices.
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Dark Reading
MAY 25, 2018
Ad-loading malware is being built into the firmware and operating system of some new tablets and phones from three major manufacturers.
eSecurity Planet
MAY 22, 2018
The security professional's guide to advanced persistent threats and how to stop and prevent them.
Threatpost
MAY 24, 2018
Privacy advocates say facial recognition can be an agent of authoritarian surveillance; others say it's an invaluable tool to combat kidnapping, locate lost children and track down criminals on the run.
WIRED Threat Level
MAY 20, 2018
Researchers have developed a new technique called FontCode that hides secrets in plain sight.
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Within the past few years, ransomware attacks have turned to critical infrastructure, healthcare, and government entities. Attackers have taken advantage of the rapid shift to remote work and new technologies. Add to that hacktivism due to global conflicts and U.S. elections, and an increased focus on AI, and you have the perfect recipe for a knotty and turbulent 2024.
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