Researchers with Gigamon have spotted a new campaign by the financially motivated hacking group FIN8 that relies on a new type of reverse shell dubbed BADHATCH. The BADHATCH malware is designed to …
NSA Launches Cybersecurity Directorate
The National Security Agency (NSA) is setting up a new defensive cyber division called the Cybersecurity Directorate, the agency announced on Tuesday. The Cybersecurity Directorate will take over the …
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Report Finds New Deficiencies in IRS Data Security Security Controls
A recent audit[pdf] of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) exposed 14 shortcomings in relating to information system security control. The …
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US attorney general says encryption creates security risk
It is no secret that the United States Justice Department wants tech firms to make it possible for officers to bypass encryption mechanisms on devices and applications in the context of law …
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Popular Samsung, LG Android Phones Open to ‘Spearphone’ Eavesdropping
Researchers with the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Rutgers University have developed a new attack enabling them to remotely access speakerphone audio streams on LG and Samsung phones. The …
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22 percent of businesses hit by phishing attacks in the last quarter
A new survey by GreatHorn sheds light on the massive threat that email-based attacks pose to organizations. It shows that 22% of organizations experienced a data breach that started with an …
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Windows zero-days don’t usually work against the latest OS version
New figures released by Microsoft underscore the importance of updating to the latest operation system, since the stats show that the majority of Windows zero-day vulnerabilities cannot be used to …
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Your business hit by a data breach? Expect a bill of $3.92 million
Data breaches have gotten 12% more costly over the past five years, and the average data breach now leads to $3.92 million in losses for the affected organization, a new report by IBM shows. While the …
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Critical RCE Flaw in Palo Alto Gateways Hits Uber
Tenable researchers have uncovered a remote code-execution (RCE) flaw affecting the VPN software offered by Palo Alto Networks. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-1579, was inadvertently fixed in …
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Huawei Helped to Build North Korean 3G Network: Report
A new report by The Washington Post adds a new twist to the already dramatic tale describing the relations between the United States and Chinese tech giant Huawei. According to the report, Huawei may …
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