Ransomware Gang Arrested for Spreading Locky to Hospitals

A cybercriminal gang have been arrested for spreading the Locky ransomware among hospitals, among other crimes. In an operation spearheaded by Romania’s law enforcement department, four people have been taken into custody after their houses were raided – three in Romania and one in neighboring...

Hoaxcalls Botnet Exploits Symantec Secure Web Gateways

Cyberattackers are targeting a post-authentication remote code-execution vulnerability in Symantec Secure Web Gateways as part of new Mirai and Hoaxcalls botnet attacks. Hoaxcalls first emerged in late March, as a variant of the Gafgyt/Bashlite family; it’s named after the domain used to host its...

BEC Gang Exploits G Suite, Long Domain Names in Cyberattacks

Business email compromise BEC attacks continue to be a thorn in companies’ sides, with the FBI in its IC3 annual cybercrime report saying that the attacks cost victims $1.7 billion in 2019. Making matters worse, BEC cybergangs are turning to new tactics and tricks to avoid detection and capitaliz...

Microsoft Shells Out $100K for IoT Security

Microsoft has launched a bug-bounty program for its Azure Sphere offering, which is a security suite for the internet of things IoT that encompasses hardware, OS and cloud elements. The top reward will come in at $100,000. The Azure Sphere Security Research Challenge is an expansion of a program...

Azure Sphere Security Research Challenge Now Open

The Azure Sphere Security Research Challenge is an expansion of Azure Security Lab, announced at Black Hat in August 2019. At that time, a select group of talented researchers was invited to come and do their worst, emulating criminal hackers in a customer-safe cloud environment. This new researc...

Speaking at security events

I don't claim to be an amazing speaker; I'm still in awe of great infosec speakers such as Mikko Hypponen, Charlie Miller, Mudge and many others. However, I do keep being invited back to speak at events, so I guess I'm doing something right. Sometimes it's a minor slot at a big event, but the...

Managing risk in today’s IoT landscape: not a one-and-done

The reality of securing IoT over time It’s difficult to imagine any aspect of everyday life that isn’t affected by the influence of connectivity. The number of businesses that are using IoT is growing at a fast pace. By 2021, approximately 94 percent of businesses will be using IoT. Connectivity...

CVE-2020-10263

CVE-2020-10263 affects Xiaomi Xiao AI Speaker Pro LX06 with firmware 1.52.4. Multiple sources describe a local UART-accessible remote-root capability, enabling an attacker to: read Wi‑Fi SSID/password, access user dialogues, abuse TTS voice to spoof, eavesdrop, modify system files, issue IR codes...

Hackers Actively Exploit 0-Day in CCTV Camera Hardware

Multiple zero-day vulnerabilities were actively being exploited in CCTV security cameras manufactured by Taiwan-based LILIN, researchers found. The company, an IP video solution provider, was being targeted by hackers hijacking the company’s DVR hardware. Once commandeered, hackers then planted...

A COVID-19 Cybersecurity Poll: Securing a Remote Workforce

This poll is now closed. For the results, please see our article, Cyberattacks Ramp Up, WFH Prep Uneven, available here. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to sweep the globe, and cities and states impose social-distancing measures, businesses are sending their users home to work. And this...

Azure Sphere—Microsoft’s answer to escalating IoT threats—reaches general availability

Today Azure Sphere—Microsoft’s integrated security solution for IoT devices and equipment—is widely available for the development and deployment of secure, connected devices. Azure Sphere’s general availability milestone couldn’t be timelier. From consumer device hacking and botnets to nation sta...

Policy vs Technology

Sometime around 1993 or 1994, during the first Crypto Wars, I was part of a group of cryptography experts that went to Washington to advocate for strong encryption. Matt Blaze and Ron Rivest were with me; I don't remember who else. We met with then Massachusetts Representative Ed Markey. He didn'...

Free import of AWS CloudTrail logs through June 2020 and other exciting Azure Sentinel updates

SecOps teams are increasingly challenged to protect assets across distributed environments, analyze the growing volume of security data, and prioritize response to real threats. As a cloud-native SIEM solution security information and event management, Azure Sentinel uses artificial intelligence ...

Mandatory IoT Security in the Offing with U.K. Proposal

The U.K. government has unveiled a proposed law aimed at securing internet of things IoT devices, which have historically been riddled with basic security issues. The drafted law, announced on Monday, comprises three main mandates for IoT manufacturers. First, all consumer IoT device passwords mu...

An Open Source Effort to Encrypt the Internet of Things

IoT is a security hellscape. One cryptography company has a plan to make it a little bit less so...

IotShark - Monitoring And Analyzing IoT Traffic

IoTShark is a IOT monitoring service that allows users to monitor their IOT devices for trends in data sent/received. Ordinarily, setting up a man in the middle attack with proper configurations can take up quite a bit of time, and may seem dauntingly impossible for those with little to no...

Beers with Talos Ep. #68: Takes from Talos on IoT (and the NEW “Talos Takes” podcast!)

By Mitch Neff. Beers with Talos BWT Podcast episode No. 68 is now available. Download this episode and subscribe to Beers with Talos: If iTunes and Google Play aren't your thing, click here. Recorded Dec. 9, 2019 We have a big announcement to make today! Check your feed for a few episodes of a ne...

TP-Link Routers Give Cyberattackers an Open Door to Business Networks

A firmware vulnerability in TP-Link Archer C5 v4 routers used in enterprise and home environments could allow unauthorized, remote access to the device with administrative privileges. The bug CVE-2017-7405 affects models that run firmware version 3.16.0 0.9.1 v600c.0 Build 180124 Rel.28919n. Firs...

How to secure your IoT deployment during the security talent shortage

Businesses across industries are placing bigger and bigger bets on the Internet of Things IoT as they look to unlock valuable business opportunities. But time and time again, as I meet with device manufacturers and businesses considering IoT deployments, there are concerns over the complexity of...

Kids Tracker Watches: CloudPets, exploiting athletes and hijacking reality TV

Kids smart tracker watch security: everyone has missed the point. It’s not a few thousand here and there. It’s at least 47 million, probably around 150 million exposed tracking devices. It all points back to two or three lazy device manufacturers, much like Mirai v1 did There have been lots of...