October 21, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “British Parliament” 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! October 21, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Not good: Ransomware is...

Hacking Back

Hacking back is a terrible idea that just will not die. Josephine Wolff takes apart the new hacking back bill that was introduced in the House recently...

Exhibition: it-sa Nuremberg

Scroll down for the German version of this post. Since 2009, security professionals, developers, and product providers have shared their ideas and platforms at it-sa, a security exhibition in the Exhibition Centre in Nuremberg, Germany. This year, it-sa featured 629 exhibitors including...

Dangerous Malware Allows Anyone to Empty ATMs—And It’s On Sale!

Hacking ATM is now easier than ever before. Usually, hackers exploit hardware and software vulnerabilities to hack ATMs and force them to spit out cash, but now anyone can simply buy a malware to steal millions in cash from ATMs. Hackers are selling ready-made ATM malware on an underground hackin...

Learn Ethical Hacking — Get 8 Online Courses For Just $29

With the rise in cyber-crimes, ethical hacking has become a powerful strategy in the fight against online threats. In general terms, ethical hackers are authorised to break into supposedly 'secure' computer systems without malicious intent, but with the aim of discovering vulnerabilities to bring...

Microsoft Kept Secret That Its Bug-Tracking Database Was Hacked In 2013

It was not just Yahoo among "Fortune 500" companies who tried to keep a major data breach incident secret. Reportedly, Microsoft had also suffered a data breach four and a half years ago in 2013, when a "highly sophisticated hacking group" breached its bug-reporting and patch-tracking database, b...

Today’s Predictions for Tomorrow’s Internet

This weekend I realized just how much the future of securing the Internet of Things IoT will become a critical component to maintain our lifestyle. CyberPatriot is the National Youth Cyber Education Program created by the Air Force Association to encourage careers in STEM. Each year the program...

A week in security (October 9 – October 15)

Last week on the Labs blog, we talked about GDPR as part of our series in the National Cyber Security Awareness Month NCSAM. We also discussed a new method for phishing Apple ID passwords and the possible ramifications. We analyzed the malvertising chain due to a script that was found on popular...

Krebs Given ISSA’s ‘President’s Award’

KrebsOnSecurity was honored this month with the 2017 President's Award for Public Service from the Information Systems Security Association, a nonprofit organization for cybersecurity professionals. The award recognizes an individual's contribution to the information security profession in the ar...

Adobe Patches Flash Zero Day Exploited by Black Oasis APT

Adobe today released an out-of-band Flash Player update addressing a zero-day vulnerability being exploited by a little-known Middle Eastern APT group. The group known as Black Oasis was, as recently as this month, using exploits for the flaw to drop FinSpy as a payload. Sold by the controversial...

Taiwan Bank Heist and the Role of Pseudo Ransomware

ARCHIVED STORY Taiwan Bank Heist and the Role of Pseudo Ransomware By Trellix · October 12, 2017 Widespread reports claim the Far Eastern International Bank in Taiwan has become a victim of hacking. The attacks demonstrate the global nature of cybercrime, with the cybercriminals attempting to wir...

Watch Stranger Saying ‘Hola Senorita’ After Hacking Woman’ Security Cam

By Carolina Internet of Things IoT devices or call them the Internet This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Watch Stranger Saying Hola Senorita After Hacking Woman Security Cam...

Chinese Bitcoin Trading Exchange Blames User For Losing $3M

By Waqas Popular Chinese Bitcoin Trading Exchange Denies Hacking Rumors And Blames This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Chinese Bitcoin Trading Exchange Blames User For Losing $3M...

habu - Network Hacking Toolkit

Habu is to teach and learn some concepts about Python and Network Hacking. These are basic functions that help with some tasks for Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing. Most of them are related with networking, and the implementations are intended to be understandable for who wants to read the...

BLE Scanner for Smart Devices Hacking: BLEAH

A BLE scanner for “smart” devices hacking based on the bluepy library, dead easy to use because retarded devices should be dead easy to hack. How to Install Install bluepy from source: git clone https://github.com/IanHarvey/bluepy.git cd bluepy python setup.py build sudo python setup.py install...

Threat Landscape for Industrial Automation Systems in H1 2017

Kaspersky Lab Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team Kaspersky Lab ICS CERT publishes the results of its research on the threat landscape for industrial automation systems for the first six months of 2017. All statistical data used in this report was collected using the Kaspersk...

September 27, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Google” 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! September 27, 2017 - Headlines S.E.C. Hacking Response Provides Road Map for...

Learn How to Use Your Android for Hacking and Penetration Testing

Android is now the most used mobile operating system in the world—even Microsoft’s Founder Bill Gates has recently revealed that he is currently using an Android device. Mobile devices have become a powerful productivity tool, and it can now be used to hack and test the security of your networks...

Python Network Hacking Toolkit: Habu

These are basic functions that help with some tasks for Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing. Much of the functions are really basic like get our public IP address, but are really useful in some cases. Installation To install Habu, simply: $ pip install habu Dependencies Habu requires: Click...

Apple's FaceID

This is a good interview with Apple's SVP of Software Engineering about FaceID. Honestly, I don't know what to think. I am confident that Apple is not collecting a photo database, but not optimistic that it can't be hacked with fake faces. I dislike the fact that the police can point the phone at...