New Boom in Facial Recognition Tech Prompts Privacy Alarms

Somewhat quietly over the past couple of years there has been a flurry of breakthroughs in biometric technology, led by some leapfrog advances in facial recognition systems. Now facial recognition appears to be on the verge of blossoming commercially, with security use-cases paving the way. Last...

Privacy and Security of Data at Universities

Interesting paper: "Open Data, Grey Data, and Stewardship: Universities at the Privacy Frontier," by Christine Borgman: Abstract: As universities recognize the inherent value in the data they collect and hold, they encounter unforeseen challenges in stewarding those data in ways that balance...

Researchers wishing to publish Microsoft Edge browser 0-day sandbox escape vulnerability-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

In recent days, according to Twitter nickname is@Yux1xi（Yushi Liang security researchers revealed that he plans to publish on a Microsoft browser Microsoft Edge 0-day vulnerability that can be achieved for Edge browser remote code execution RCE, and@Yux1xi also claimed that he and his Russian...

Security of Solid-State-Drive Encryption

Interesting research: "Self-encrypting deception: weaknesses in the encryption of solid state drives SSDs": Abstract: We have analyzed the hardware full-disk encryption of several SSDs by reverse engineering their firmware. In theory, the security guarantees offered by hardware encryption are...

Friday Squid Blogging: Eating More Squid

This research paper concludes that we'll be eating more squid in the future. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here...

Cb Customer Spotlight Series: Q&A Landmark Credit Union’s Matt Goodacre

Featuring Matt Goodacre, Security Analyst at Landmark Credit Union With all their endpoints in high enforcement mode, Matt Goodacre, Security Analyst at Landmark Credit Union in Wisconsin, is confident the organization’s workstations are up to locked down when it comes to security. Here’s how...

TimpDoor Android malware turning devices into hidden proxies

By Waqas Android users in North America are the current target of TimpDoor malware. The McAfee Mobile Research team has identified an active phishing campaign that traps users by sending an SMS to influence them on downloading and installing an Android malware app TimpDoor. It is a fake...

aclr.com.es XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-690413 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| aclr.com.es Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

FireEye: Russian Research Lab Aided the Development of TRITON Industrial Malware

Cybersecurity firm FireEye claims to have discovered evidence that proves the involvement of a Russian-owned research institute in the development of the TRITON malware that caused some industrial systems to unexpectedly shut down last year, including a petrochemical plant in Saudi Arabia. TRITON...

FireEye: Russian Research Lab Aided the Development of TRITON Industrial Malware

Cybersecurity firm FireEye claims to have discovered evidence that proves the involvement of a Russian-owned research institute in the development of the TRITON malware that caused some industrial systems to unexpectedly shut down last year, including a petrochemical plant in Saudi Arabia. TRITON...

Phishing for knowledge

When we talk about phishing, top of mind are fake banking sites, payment systems, as well as mail and other globally popular services. However, cybercriminals have their fingers in far more pies than that. Unobviously, perhaps, students and university faculties are also in the line of fire. The...

How DNA Databases Violate Everyone's Privacy

If you're an American of European descent, there's a 60% chance you can be uniquely identified by public information in DNA databases. This is not information that you have made public; this is information your relatives have made public. Research paper: "Identity inference of genomic data using...

Malwarebytes Labs Cybercrime Tactics and Techniques Report (CTNT) shows shift to business targets in Q3

Once again, it's that time of year: time for the quarterly Malwarebytes Labs Cybercrime Tactics and Techniques Report. Strap in your seat belts, folks, because the third quarter of 2018 was quite a wild ride. After a sleepy first two quarters, cybercriminals shook out the cobwebs and revved up...

It will take more than web pages that load faster to boost holiday conversion

When designing websites to meet peak traffic demands, it is vital to look beyond basic metrics such as page load speed. Providing visual content optimized for both desktop and mobile devices, and combating security threats will help you drive traffic and improve conversion rates during the holida...

The BEC List: Helping Thwart Business Email Compromise through Collaboration

Today, the Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group M3AAWG gave the JD Falk Award to the Business Email Compromise BEC List. The BEC List comprises cybersecurity firms, researchers and internet infrastructure companies that help deal with cybercriminal activities and schemes. The JD...

Automate Firewall Protection on Your Website

by Volker Tegtmeyer and Hans Cathcart Have you ever felt like you did a great job protecting your mission-critical web applications, only to realize so many more web properties require your attention? Web properties are not all equal, and overloaded security teams can only focus on the most...

MikroTik router vulnerability lets hackers bypass firewall to load malware undetected

By Waqas Tenable Research’s cybersecurity researcher has released “By The way,” which is a new PoC proof-of-concept RCE attack after identifying a new attack method to exploit an already discovered vulnerability in MikroTik routers. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2018-14847, is an old...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from th...

New Exploit for MikroTik Router WinBox Vulnerability Gives Full Root Access

A known vulnerability in MikroTik routers is potentially far more dangerous than previously thought. A cybersecurity researcher from Tenable Research has released a new proof-of-concept PoC RCE attack for an old directory traversal vulnerability that was found and patched within a day of its...

PoC Attack Escalates MikroTik Router Bug to ‘As Bad As It Gets’

A new hacking technique used against vulnerable MikroTik routers gives attackers the ability to execute remote code on affected devices. The technique is yet another security blow against the MikroTik router family. Previous hacks have left the routers open to device failures, cyptojacking and...