🔐 Why tech was key to the KGB being good at espionage 🔐
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The KGB Espionage Museum's Agne Urbaityte explains various technologies and methods of eavesdropping used by the intelligence service, including Deadly Kiss and cameras in rings.📖 Read
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Why tech was key to the KGB being good at espionage
The KGB Espionage Museum's Agne Urbaityte explains various technologies and methods of eavesdropping used by the intelligence service, including Deadly Kiss and cameras in rings.
❌ Tor Browser Issues Update for Critical System Takeover Flaw ❌
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via "Threatpost".
The update patches critical flaw (CVE-2019-11707), a type confusion vulnerability in the Mozilla Firefox code that Tor uses.📖 Read
via "Threatpost".
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Tor Browser Issues Update for Critical System Takeover Flaw
The update patches critical flaw (CVE-2019-11707), a type confusion vulnerability in the Mozilla Firefox code that Tor uses.
🕴 7 2019 Security Venture Fund Deals You Should Know 🕴
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2019 has, so far, been a busy year for venture capitalists in the security industry. Here are 7 funding rounds important because of the technologies or market trends they represent.📖 Read
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Dark Reading
7 2019 Security Venture Fund Deals You Should Know
2019 has, so far, been a busy year for venture capitalists in the security industry. Here are 7 funding rounds important because of the technologies or market trends they represent.
🕴 Machine Learning Boosts Defenses, But Security Pros Worry Over Attack Potential 🕴
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As defenders increasingly use machine learning to remove spam, catch fraud, and block malware, concerns persist that attackers will find ways to use AI technology to their advantage.📖 Read
via "Dark Reading: ".
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ATENTION‼ New - CVE-2017-17944
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The ASUS Vivobaby application before 1.1.09 for Android has Missing SSL Certificate Validation.📖 Read
via "National Vulnerability Database".
🕴 Small Businesses May Not Be Security's Weak Link 🕴
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Organizations with 250 or fewer employees often employ a higher percentage of security pros than their larger counterparts.📖 Read
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Small Businesses May Not Be Security's Weak Link
Organizations with 250 or fewer employees often employ a higher percentage of security pros than their larger counterparts.
❌ DanaBot Adds Ransomware to its Arsenal ❌
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Malware adds ransomware to its malicious bag of tricks.📖 Read
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DanaBot Adds Ransomware to its Arsenal
Malware adds ransomware to its malicious bag of tricks.
🕴 'Democratizing' Machine Learning for Fraud Prevention & Payments Intelligence 🕴
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How fraud experts can fight cybercrime by 'downloading' their knowledge and experience into computer models.📖 Read
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🔏 Firefox Users Urged to Patch Zero Day Following Attack 🔏
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The zero day - which was actually two zero days chained together - was used in attacks against a popular cryptocurrency exchange on Monday.📖 Read
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Firefox Users Urged to Patch Zero Day Following Attack
The zero day - which was actually two zero days chained together - was used in attacks against a popular cryptocurrency exchange on Monday.
🔐 How KGB agents were invisible spies 🔐
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via "Security on TechRepublic".
Dan Patterson interviews the KGB Espionage Museum's Agne Urbaityte about how agents in the field would blend in with their environment in order to spy.📖 Read
via "Security on TechRepublic".
TechRepublic
How KGB agents were invisible spies
Dan Patterson interviews the KGB Espionage Museum's Agne Urbaityte about how agents in the field would blend in with their environment in order to spy.
🕴 Florida City Ransom Payment Could Open Door to More Attacks 🕴
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Riviera Beach's decision to pay ransom to criminals might get files back, but it almost guarantees greater attacks against other governments.📖 Read
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🕴 Florida Town Pays $600K to Ransomware Operators 🕴
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Riviera Beach's decision to pay ransom to criminals might get files back, but it almost guarantees greater attacks against other governments.📖 Read
via "Dark Reading: ".
Dark Reading
Florida Town Pays $600K to Ransomware Operators
Riviera Beach's decision to pay ransom to criminals might get files back, but it almost guarantees greater attacks against other governments.
❌ LoudMiner Cryptominer Uses Linux Image and Virtual Machines ❌
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A Tiny Core Linux 9.0 image configured to run XMRig runs on a VM, rather than victim machines hosting the malware locally.📖 Read
via "Threatpost".
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LoudMiner Cryptominer Uses Linux Image and Virtual Machines
A Tiny Core Linux 9.0 image configured to run XMRig runs on a VM, rather than victim machines hosting the malware locally.
❌ Post-Ransomware Attack, Florida City Pays $600K ❌
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via "Threatpost".
Riviera Beach, a Florida city, is coughing up $600,000 to hackers after a ransomware attack brought down its computer systems.📖 Read
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Post-Ransomware Attack, Florida City Pays $600K
Riviera Beach, a Florida city, is coughing up $600,000 to hackers after a ransomware attack brought down its computer systems.
❌ Match, Tinder Swipe Right For Privacy Red Flags, Say Experts ❌
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Analysts at ProPrivacy say the dating apps collect everything from chat content to financial data on their users -- and then they share it.📖 Read
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Match, Tinder Swipe Right For Privacy Red Flags, Say Experts
Analysts at PrivacyPro say the dating apps' privacy policies should be of concern to users.
🕴 Attackers Exploit MSP's Tools to Distribute Ransomware 🕴
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Early information suggests threat actors gained access to the managed service provider's remote monitoring and management tools and used them to attack the firm's clients.📖 Read
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Customers of 3 MSPs Hit in Ransomware Attacks
Early information suggests threat actors gained access to remote monitoring and management tools from Webroot and Kaseya to distribute malware.
⚠ Government is exposing identities of child abuse victims ⚠
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via "Naked Security".
DHS and FBI investigators are using Facebook profile IDs in court records - IDs that are easily used to look up their profile pages.📖 Read
via "Naked Security".
Naked Security
Government is exposing identities of child abuse victims
DHS and FBI investigators are using Facebook profile IDs in court records – IDs that are easily used to look up their profile pages.
⚠ Florida city will pay over $600,000 to ransomware attackers ⚠
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via "Naked Security".
Riviera Beach, Florida, has agreed to pay attackers over $600,000 three weeks after its systems were crippled by ransomware.📖 Read
via "Naked Security".
Naked Security
Florida city will pay over $600,000 to ransomware attackers
Riviera Beach, Florida, has agreed to pay attackers over $600,000 three weeks after its systems were crippled by ransomware.
❌ Millions of Dell PCs Vulnerable to Flaw in Third-Party Component ❌
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A component in SupportAssist software pre-installed on Dell PCs - and other OEM devices - opens systems up to DLL hijacking attacks.📖 Read
via "Threatpost".
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Millions of Dell PCs Vulnerable to Flaw in Third-Party Component
A component in SupportAssist software pre-installed on Dell PCs - and other OEM devices - opens systems up to DLL hijacking attacks.
🔐 OEM diagnostic software used by Dell and other manufacturers has a serious security flaw 🔐
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via "Security on TechRepublic".
SupportAssist, which comes pre-installed on millions of Dell PCs, is based on a platform called PC-Doctor, and it can be abused to give attackers system-level access to hardware and software.📖 Read
via "Security on TechRepublic".
TechRepublic
OEM diagnostic software used by Dell and other manufacturers has a serious security flaw
SupportAssist, which comes pre-installed on millions of Dell PCs, is based on a platform called PC-Doctor, and it can be abused to give attackers system-level access to hardware and software.
⚠ Used Nest cams were letting previous owners spy on you ⚠
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via "Naked Security".
Google says it's fixed the issue, but we haven't heard details on how many, and which, products were affected.📖 Read
via "Naked Security".
Naked Security
Used Nest cams were letting previous owners spy on you
Google says it’s fixed the issue, but we haven’t heard details on how many, and which, products were affected.