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Sprawling Mobile Espionage Campaign Targets Android Devices
A massive mobile espionage campaign has been collecting troves of sensitive personal information since 2012, according to a new report from the Electronic Frontier Foundation and security firm Lookout. Dubbed Dark Caracal, the advanced persistent threat APT campaign has managed to steal hundreds ...
Remembering When APT Became Public
Last week I Tweeted the following on the 8th anniversary of Google's blog post about its compromise by Chinese threat actors: This intrusion made the term APT mainstream. I was the first to associate it with Aurora, in this post https://taosecurity.blogspot.com/2010/01/google-v-china.html My firs...
Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-873-1)
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...
December 22, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Merry Christmas” Edition
Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! December 22, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Fileless Malware Attack...
This Week in Security News
Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. Below you’ll find a quick recap of topics followed by links to news articles and/or our blog posts providing additional insight. Be sure to check back...
Microsoft security solutions against ransomware and APT
Last Tuesday I was invited to Microsoft business breakfast "Effective protection against targeted and multilevel attacks". Here I would like to share some of my thoughts on this. Need to mention that the food was delicious and the restaurant of Russian Geographical Society is a very lovely place...
Virus Bulletin Publication And Presentation
Virus Bulletin conference is a well regarded intimate technical conference focused on malware research. It provides a good balance between listening to technical talks and spending time exchanging experiences with colleagues from different companies; all working on the same task of making our...
Design/Logic Flaw
The apt package in Debian jessie before 1.0.9.8.4, in Debian unstable before 1.4beta2, in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS before 1.0.1ubuntu2.17, in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS before 1.2.15ubuntu0.2, and in Ubuntu 16.10 before 1.3.2ubuntu0.1 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass a repository-signing protection...
CVE-2016-1252
CVE-2016-1252 affects the apt package in Debian (Jessie before 1.0.9.8.4) and in Ubuntu (14.04 LTS before 1.0.1ubuntu2.17, 16.04 LTS before 1.2.15ubuntu0.2, 16.10 before 1.3.2ubuntu0.1; Debian unstable before 1.4~beta2). It permits MITM attackers to bypass repository-signing protection by exploit...
Threat Round Up for Nov 10 - Nov 17
Today, Talos is publishing a glimpse into the most prevalent threats we've observed between November 10 and November 17. As with previous round-ups, this post isn't meant to be an in-depth analysis. Instead, this post will summarize the threats we've observed by highlighting key behavior...
R.I.P. root9B? We Hardly Knew Ya!
root9B Holdings, a company that many in the security industry consider little more than a big-name startup aimed at cashing in on the stock market's insatiable appetite for cybersecurity firms, surprised no one this week when it announced it was ceasing operations at the end of the year. Founded ...
Kaspersky Security Bulletin: Threat Predictions for 2018
Download the Kaspersky Security Bulletin: Threat Predictions for 2018 Introduction As hard as it is to believe, it's once again time for our APT Predictions. Looking back at a year like 2017 brings the internal conflict of being a security researcher into full view: on the one hand, each new even...
apt-listbugs design flaws
apt-listbugs is a security detection tool used to check if software installations and upgrades are safe. A security vulnerability exists in the previous version 0.1.10 of apt-listbugs that stems from the program's unsafe creation of temporary files. An attacker could have unknown effects via...
Latest Sofacy Campaign Targeting Security Researchers
Sofacy, the Russian-speaking APT group connected to interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, has been targeting researchers, admins and others interested in cybersecurity. Cisco’s security research arm Talos published a report on Sunday describing a campaign linked to Sofacy, also kno...
DHS Alert on Dragonfly APT Contains IOCs, Rules Likely to Trigger False Positives
A joint Technical Alert, TA17–293A, released over the weekend by the FBI and Department of Homeland Security describing the activities of a Russian APT may contain signatures and rules likely to trigger false positives in some security systems. The alert, made available Saturday morning, dissects...
CVE-2013-6049
apt-listbugs before 0.1.10 creates temporary files insecurely, which allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors...
DEBIAN-CVE-2013-6049
apt-listbugs before 0.1.10 creates temporary files insecurely, which allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors...
CVE-2013-6049
apt-listbugs before 0.1.10 creates temporary files insecurely, which allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors...
