How public-private partnerships can combat cyber adversaries

For several years now, policymakers and practitioners from governments, CERTs, and the security industry have been speaking about the importance of public-private partnerships as an essential part of combating cyber threats. It is impossible to attend a security conference without a keynote...

Is Your DJI Drone a Chinese Spy? Leaked DHS Memo Suggests

The United States Department of Homeland Security DHS has recently accused Da-Jiang Innovations DJI, one of the largest drone manufacturers, of sending sensitive information about U.S. infrastructure to China through its commercial drones and software. A copy memo from the Los Angeles office of t...

Cisco Releases Security Updates

Cisco has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in its WebEx Network Recording Player for Advanced Recording Format ARF and WebEx Recording Format WRF files. A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. US-CERT encourages users and...

Apple Releases Security Update for macOS High Sierra

Apple has released a supplemental security update to address a vulnerability in macOS High Sierra 10.13. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU113765 and the Apple...

November 9, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Napoleon” 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! November 9, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Carbon Black appoints ne...

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...

Oracle Releases Security Bulletin

Oracle has released its Critical Patch Update for October 2017 to address 252 vulnerabilities across multiple products. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. Users and administrators are encouraged to review the Oracle October 2017...

Israel Hacked Kaspersky, Caught Russian Spies Hacking American Spies, But...

The cold cyber war has just turned hot. According to a story published today by the New York Times, Israeli government hackers hacked into Kaspersky’s network in 2015 and caught Russian government hackers red-handed hacking US government hackers with the help of Kaspersky. In other words — Russia...

Cybersecurity in the Workplace is Everyone’s Business

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, an annual campaign to raise awareness about cybersecurity. Creating a culture of cybersecurity is critical for all organizations—large and small businesses, academic institutions, non-profits, and government agencies—and is a responsibility share...

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month NCSAM. NCSAM is a collaborative effort between DHS and its public and private partners--including the National Cyber Security Alliance NCSA--to raise awareness about the vital role cybersecurity plays in the lives of U.S. citizens. US-CERT will be...

Department of Homeland Security to Collect Social Media of Immigrants and Citizens

New rules give the DHS permission to collect "social media handles, aliases, associated identifiable information, and search results" as part of people's immigration file. The Federal Register has the details, which seems to also include US citizens that communicate with immigrants. This is part ...

Fake DHS email – “Give us $350 in the next 24 hours”

Who likes threats? Nobody, as it turns out. That hasn't stopped scammers from jumping on the menacing email train - next stop, your inbox. Every now and then, we see the 419 "Hitman deployed to kill you" missive doing the rounds. On a similar threatening note, we have a fake DHS notification...

CEOs Resign from Trump's Cybersecurity Commission

Eight members of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council resigned last week, citing inadequate attention by the Trump Administration to address growing cybersecurity threats facing the United States. President Donald Trump’s Administration has “given insufficient attention to the the growing...

Mozilla Releases Security Update

Mozilla has released a security update to address multiple vulnerabilities in Thunderbird. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Mozilla Security Advisory for Thunderbird 52.3...

Legislation Proposed to Secure Connected IoT Devices

A Senate bill introduced today would prioritize security in connected devices, requiring providers who sell to the U.S. government to implement measures that would have been an impediment to the IoT botnet-fueled attacks against DNS provider Dyn and webhost OVH. The Internet of Things Cybersecuri...

Siemens Patches Critical Intel AMT Flaw in Industrial Products

Siemens patched two critical vulnerabilities that affected its industrial products this week. One, tied to a recently disclosed flaw in Active Management Technology – a function of certain Intel processors – could have allowed an attacker to gain system privileges. Another vulnerability could hav...

hls-dhs-dss.ch XSS vulnerability

Vulnerable URL: http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/index.php Details: Description| Value ---|--- Patched:| No Latest check for patch:| 27.07.2017 Vulnerability type:| XSS Vulnerability status:| Publicly disclosed Alexa Rank| 229771 VIP website status:| No Check hls-dhs-dss.ch SSL connection:| Grade: F...

DHS, FBI Warn of North Korea 'Hidden Cobra' Strikes Against US Assets

United States top cybersecurity cops warned Tuesday that North Korean government threat actors are targeting U.S. businesses with malware and botnet-related attacks that are part of concerted effort dubbed “Hidden Cobra.” According to a United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team US-CERT...

US Warns of 'DeltaCharlie' – A North Korean DDoS Botnet Malware

The United States government has released a rare alert about an ongoing, eight-year-long North Korean state-sponsored hacking operation. The joint report from the FBI and U.S. Department of Homeland Security DHS provided details on "DeltaCharlie," a malware variant used by "Hidden Cobra" hacking...

Hack Department of Homeland Security Act Would Bring Bug Bounty Program to DHS

Hackers will soon be able to poke holes in networks and systems belonging to the Department of Homeland Security if four senators get their way and a bill is passed that would institute a DHS bug bounty similar to programs recently implemented for the Army, Air Force and Pentagon. The bill, known...