‘Voice-Squatting’ Turns Alexa, Google Home into Silent Spies

A team of academic researchers has tested the phonetic wherewithal of smart-home assistants Amazon Alexa and Google Home, finding it possible to closely mimic legitimate voice commands in order to carry out nefarious actions. The researchers, a composite team from Indiana University in Bloomingto...

What we’ve got here is failure to communicate: OS vendors misread CPU docs, create flaw

In a memorable scene from “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” Whoopi Goldberg struggles to understand the lyrics of the eponymous song from the Rolling Stones, as she pleads: “Mick, Mick, Mick, speak English!” It appears that multiple operating system vendors had similar trouble interpreting Intel and AMD...

RHEL 6 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2018:1354)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:1354 advisory. The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirement...

Where did the tech support scam blacklist go?

For about five years, we've maintained a blacklist of recognized tech support scammers, along with websites and phone numbers they might use to contact victims. The blacklist was part of our Tech support scams: help and resource page, which tells readers how scams work, what tricks to look out fo...

Debian DSA-4196-1 : linux - security update

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation or denial of service. - CVE-2018-1087 Andy Lutomirski discovered that the KVM implementation did not properly handle DB exceptions while deferred by MOV SS/POP SS, allowing an unprivileged KVM...

Georgia Governor Vetoes Controversial Hack-Back Bill

Recognizing the concerns of tech giants and security researchers alike, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has vetoed a controversial “hack-back” bill that would have allowed companies in the state to perform offensive cyber-actions in the face of an attack. “Certain components of the legislation have led ...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Extended Lifecycle Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 Long Life. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each...

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

An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. 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...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Telco Extended Update Support, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impac...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Extended Update Support. 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...

FBI: Cyber-Fraud Losses Rise to Reach $1.4B

About 301,580 consumers reported cyber-fraud and malware attacks to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3 last year – with reported losses exceeding a whopping $1.4 billion. The year’s haul of reports brings the overall total of complaints since the IC3 began recording such things to 4...

Tech support scam uses fake Shoppers Stop site to lure thousands

Update 2018-05-17: Shoppers Stop is a legitimate company based out of India and their brand was abused by scammers. These days, there are a lot of browser locker campaigns fueled by malvertising or redirection from hacked sites. But the Shoppers Stop tech scam campaign is actually a bit of both,...

FBI Releases IC3 2017 Internet Crime Report

FBI has released the Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3 2017 Internet Crime Report, which highlights scams trending online. The top three crime types reported by victims in 2017 were non-payment/non-delivery, personal data breach, and phishing. Hot topics for 2017 include ransomware, business...

Hacktivists, Tech Giants Protest Georgia’s ‘Hack-Back’ Bill

As Georgia Governor Nathan Deal considers whether to sign a controversial piece of legislation that would allow companies to “hack back” with offensive initiatives in the face of a cyberattack, companies from across the tech spectrum are lining up to protest the measure. Also, a hacktivist group...

Podcast: Why Manufacturers Struggle To Secure IoT

IoT device manufacturers face an array of challenges when thinking about securing their devices. Too often, many manufacturers are opting to leave out costly security features for their small, low power connected devices. Another issue manufacturers struggle with is juggling the many components...

3 Takeaways From RSAC 2018

Once a year, the cybersecurity community gathers to discuss the latest advancements and commiserate as to how we can shift the tide of the global cyber insurgency. It was recently noted that the cyber crime economy is roughly 10 times larger than the cybersecurity industry. Wow. That's a large...

A week in security (April 16 – April 22)

Last week, we took a stroll down memory lane talking about Facebook and MySpace, noticed a change in the Magnitude exploit kit—wherein it started adopting the GandCrab ransomware, took a good look at a new form of adware that is based on Python, chatted a bit about Russian hacking with a...

TiE Inflect 2018 announces Wallarm as a 2018 TiE50 Finalist

We are excited to share one more win for the Wallarm team. Wallarm has been selected as a “2018 TiE50 Finalist” for the prestigious TiE50 Awards Program recognizing the world’s most innovative tech startups. This awards competition is part of TiE Inflect 2018, a prominent conference for tech...

RSAC 2018: Tech Giants Form Cybersecurity Tech Accord

SAN FRANCISCO – Microsoft President Brad Smith during a keynote at the 2018 RSA Conference condemned government-backed cyberattacks as endangering innocent civilian’s lives – and said that tech companies need to come together to “open the world’s eyes to the impact that this is having.” At this...