Truth is SCARIER than Fiction Redux

Yes... To be honest, although we really do some neat stuff here at Coalfire Labs that can be pretty scary, Ive got to give a shout out to "reality" for being even scarier than any emulated attack we could possibly develop. The astounding number of data breaches announced this year is just shockin...

Facebook Yahoo Require-Recipient-Valid-Since SMTP Extension

Yahoo’s decision in June 2013 to reset accounts that had been dormant for 12 months and make them available to other users raised a number of security and privacy red flags. It was feared that the potential for identity theft would grow given that if an old Yahoo account was linked to another...

Obama Executive Order Forces Chip & Pin, EMV on Government

President Barack Obama last week signed an Executive Order that will force the federal government to adopt chip and PIN technology for government payment cards and to outfit retail point-of-sale terminals at federal facilities – like national parks and post offices – with the capacity to accept...

Facebook Tool Mines Stolen Passwords

When a cache of millions—or even a billion—username-password combinations is stolen and posted to Pastebin, Github or a hacker forum, victimized organizations struggle to respond. And victimized users often twist in the wind wondering whether their identities and personal information are at risk...

White House: Internet Not Borderless, but Lacking Interior

WASHINGTON D.C. – In an afternoon keynote address at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit yesterday, Michael Daniel, a special assistant to the president and White House Cybersecurity Coordinator, refuted the common sentiment that the Internet is difficult to defend because it is borderless. To th...

Verizon to Bolster Authentication with QR Codes

If you want to know what the future holds for authentication on the web, it all depends whom you ask. Some say it’ll come in the form of biometrics – iris and fingerprint scans, etc. Others say the answer lies in a tangle of constantly changing two-factor verification codes users need to punch in...

Keeping your restaurant & hospitality Cardholder Data Environment safe

Reports of new credit card data breaches seem to be in the news daily. Recent high profile breaches within major retailers this year should serve as a wake-up call to the restaurant and hospitality industries. As a result of having high volumes of credit card transactions and decentralized securi...

The Federal Government in Financial Services' Cybersecurity

Its no secret that the internet has changed the way we do business in nearly every industry. On the other hand, the dangers of limited cyber regulations are quickly becoming a focus for the government due to the frequency and impact of data breaches. Its becoming apparent that convenience comes a...

Intel launches Hardware-based Self-Encrypting Solid State Drives

Data security is a big task for businesses as well as a challenge for IT leaders, whether it be securing networks or devices. Past few months, we often came across various data breaches, the largest among all was Target data breach, which cost a business nearly $50,000 in lost productivity,...

Indexeus — Search Engine Exposes Malicious Hackers and Data Breaches

So far, we have seen the search engine for online underground Black Markets, named ‘Grams’ that lets anyone find illegal drugs and other contraband online in an easier way ever and is pretty much fast like Google Search Engine. Now, a new search engine has been launched that primarily exposes all...

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What are Insurers really covering?

Across the country, executives and their boards saw the data breaches that occurred at large, well-run retailers and immediately began asking the right questions about their own systems and protections. The challenge for the insurance industry is that the plan for many of these companies seems to...

New Point-of-Sale Malware Compromises 1,500 Devices Worldwide

In past few months, the malware developers are more focusing on proliferating and upgrading malicious malwares to target Point-of-Sale POS machines. Due to the lack of concern and security measures, point-of-sale POS systems have become an attractive target for cybercriminals and malware writers...

Trustwave Global Security Report: Breach Containment Better

For all that gets written about how poorly organizations have responded to data breaches as of late, believe it or not, one new study has deduced that companies are getting better. Almost three quarters of victims who sustained a compromise last year were able to contain it within 10 days. The st...

Book Review: Hacking Point of Sale, In-Depth Study on Payment Applications

Point-of-sale POS is the hottest topic in payment structures and its one of the most popular technology topics as well. A Point-of-sale POS machine is a computerized replacement for a cash register. It has ability to quickly process a customer's transaction, accurately keep the records, process...

Google Chrome Canary Bug Could Facilitate Phishing Attacks

Borrowing a tactic from the mobile Safari browser in iOS, Google may soon abandon displaying complete URLs in Chrome. The Canary version of the browser, an unstable version designed for developers and early adopters, is toying with the idea of no longer displaying full URLs in its Omnibox—what...

Adobe Adds Security Upgrades to ColdFusion 11

Suffice it to say, the security of Adobe’s ColdFusion web application platform hasn’t had the best 18-month stretch. Hackers have had their way with vulnerabilities in the software, which have been used in a number of high-profile data breaches, including some suspect, one involving Adobe itself...

What Have We Learned: OpenSSL Heartbleed Bug

There’s nothing the Internet loves more than a fat, juicy story that it can sink its sharpened, yellowing canines into. And for the security community, the OpenSSL heartbleed vulnerability has been the equivalent of a 72-ounce steak. But an Internet-breaking vulnerability like this one is no good...

Amazon Web Services Combing Third Parties for Credentials

Amazon Web Services is actively searching a number of sources, including code repositories and application stores, looking for exposed credentials that could put users’ accounts and services at risk. A week ago, a security consultant in Australia said that as many as 10,000 secret Amazon Web...

Payment Card processing services upgrading to Chip-and-PIN and Point-to-Point Encryption

The massive data breaches in U.S retailers 'Target' and 'Neiman Marcus', in which financial credentials of more than 110 million and 1.1 million customers were compromised respectively, have put a spotlight on the need for more secure transactions. To tackle this issue, the two major payment card...