Misuse of Language: 'Cyber'

Threatpost Op-Ed is a regular feature where experts contribute essays and commentary on what’s happening in security and privacy. Today’s contributors are Dave Dittrich and Katherine Carpenter. The terms “cyber war” and “cyber weapon” are thrown around casually, often with little thought to their...

State-Sponsored SCADA Malware targeting European Energy Companies

Security researchers have discovered a new campaign targeting energy companies in Western Europe with a sophisticated malware that almost goes to great lengths in order to remain undetected while targeting energy companies. Researchers from SentinelOne Labs discovered the malware, which has alrea...

Inside the xDedic Hacked Server Marketplace

An underground market peddling hacked servers was a unique find, even for a seasoned researcher such as Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade of Kaspersky Lab. But there it was, xDedic.biz selling access to tens of thousands of servers for pennies on the dollar. A Russian-speaking hacker group was...

Rail Nation: The railroadgame - Base64 encoded String, Dangerous filesystem permissions, Exported ContentProvider vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Rail Nation: The railroadgame published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Nitro Nation Stories - Base64 encoded String, Customized SSL, WebView SSL handling enabled vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Nitro Nation Stories published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Nitro Nation Racing - Base64 encoded String, Customized SSL, Exported ContentProvider vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Nitro Nation Racing published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Meez Nation - Dangerous filesystem permissions, Exported ContentProvider, Insecure KeyStore vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Meez Nation published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Mousejack Attacks Abuse Vulnerable Wireless Keyboard, Mouse Dongles

Wireless keyboards and mice are the latest peripherals to put enterprise networks and user data at risk. Researchers at Bastille Networks today said that non-Bluetooth devices from seven manufacturers including Logitech, Dell and Lenovo are vulnerable to so-called Mousejack attacks that would all...

Carbanak 2.0, Metel, GCMAN Borrow from APT Attacks

TENERIFE, Spain— Many bank robbers long ago dropped the stick-up man persona in favor of a keyboard and a reliable password-stealing Trojan. Banking malware, however, may soon not be good enough for the bad guys. More and more are copycatting the techniques deployed by advanced hackers to steal...

On the Linux Zero Day, Twitter Users Looking for Answers, and Bot Fraud

Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the week in news, including the Linux zero day–how it was patched in Android, Twitter users sent nation state messages that are still looking for answers, and bot fraud. Download: ThreatpostNewsWrapJanuary222016.mp3 Music by Chris Gonsalves...

Mozilla Warns of SHA-1 Deprecation Side Effects

As promised, Mozilla officially began rejecting new SHA-1 certificates as of the first of the year. And as promised, there have been some usability issues. Mozilla yesterday said that some security scanners and antivirus products are keeping some from reaching HTTPS websites. “When a user tries t...

SLOTH Collisions Attacks Against SHA-1, MD5 in TLS, IKE, SSH

If you’re hanging on to the theory that collision attacks against SHA-1 and MD5 aren’t yet practical, two researchers from INRIA, the French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation, have demonstrated new attacks that raise the urgency to move away from these broken cryptographic...

Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook Discuss the Apple and Oracle Patches, Facebook Detecting Nation-State Attacks and More

Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week: How Facebook will begin warning users of nation-state attacks, all the Apple and Oracle patches, and the latest attacks against the Network Time Protocol NTP. Download: newswrap10-23-15.mp3 Music by Chris Gonsalves...

Facebook to Notify Users of Targeted Attacks

Facebook will inform users when it believes their account is being either being targeted by an attacker, or has been compromised by a nation-state campaign. Alex Stamos, Facebook’s Chief Security Officer, announced the initiative in a post on Facebook’s Security page late Friday afternoon. Users...

Facebook Will Now Notify You If NSA is Spying on You

Facebook just launched a new notification feature that will alert you if the social network strongly suspects that your account is being hijacked or targeted by hackers working in the interest of a nation-state. The message, which you can see below, recommends users to turn ON "Login Approvals," ...

culture.soboba-nsn.gov XSS vulnerability

Vulnerable URL: http://culture.soboba-nsn.gov/2011-11-21-18-54-04?Guitch404 Details: Description| Value ---|--- Patched:| Yes, at 30.01.2016 Latest check for patch:| 30.01.2016 22:42 GMT Vulnerability type:| XSS Vulnerability status:| Publicly disclosed Alexa Rank| Unknown / Not calculated Google...

Writing OS X Malware at Black Hat 2015

Patrick Wardle has one word for today’s generation of Mac OS X malware: lame. Sure there are advanced samples out there developed by nation-state sponsored groups or exploit vendors such as Hacking Team, but for the most part, Wardle says, we’re still talking about malware that are standalone...

German Missile System Hacked; 'Unexplained' Commands Executed Remotely

Now this is a shockingly dangerous threat when hackers are taking over weapons and missiles. This time I am not talking about weapon systems being hackable, but being HACKED! A German Patriot anti-aircraft missile system stationed on Turkish-Syrian border was reportedly hacked and taken over by a...

OPM Warned About Vulnerabilities, Governance Weaknesses

It’s hardly a surprise that the U.S. Office of Personnel Management OPM was targeted by nation-state hackers, given the sensitivity of the personal information the office stored. It’s also no shocker that OPM has been successfully infiltrated more than once given the state of its information...

'Regin' - 'State-Sponsored' Spying Tool Targeted Govts, Infrastructures for Years

Researchers have uncovered a highly advanced, sophisticated piece of malware they believe was used to spy on a wide-range of international targets including governments, infrastructure operators and other high-profile individuals since at least 2008. The nasty malware, dubbed "Regin", is said to ...