U.S. Government Shutdown Leaves Dozens of .Gov Websites Vulnerable

As the U.S. federal shutdown continues, dozens of U.S. government websites have been rendered either insecure or inaccessible due to expired transport layer security TLS certificates that have not been renewed. In fact, .gov websites are using more than 80 TLS certificates that have expired,...

The challenges of adopting a consistent cybersecurity framework in the insurance industry

As hacking events have increased in number and severity, we in the cybersecurity community have united around common strategies that all organizations can implement to reduce their risk. Universal best practices provide organizations with many useful tools to protect their businesses. But what...

Secure Critical Infrastructure Top of Mind for U.S.

When it comes to cyber-threats and defense, the U.S. government says that critical infrastructure threats are a growing concern. Rob Joyce, senior advisor of cybersecurity strategy for the National Security Agency NSA, said that while attacks targeting the systems that power the manufacturing,...

Scanning for Flaws, Scoring for Security

Is it fair to judge an organization's information security posture simply by looking at its Internet-facing assets for weaknesses commonly sought after and exploited by attackers, such as outdated software or accidentally exposed data and devices? Fair or not, a number of nascent efforts are usin...

ThreatList: Holiday Spam, the Perfect Seasonal Gift for Criminals

Maybe holiday cheer makes people less cynical. If so, that explains why social-engineering spam tactics prove to be more effective during the festive season. New research shows that spam campaigns disguised as delivery notifications or online shopping invoices, while always a favored tactic by...

Bomb Threat Hoaxer, DDos Boss Gets 3 Years

The ringleader of a gang of cyber hooligans that made bomb threats against hundreds of schools and launched distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks against Web sites -- including KrebsOnSecurity on multiple occasions -- has been sentenced to three years in a U.K. prison, and faces the...

Microsoft Calls For Facial Recognition Tech Regulation

As facial recognition continues to gain traction in public use cases, Microsoft on Thursday called for regulation of the technology, citing heightened concerns around privacy and consent. Over the past year, facial recognition technology has started to pop up in various government-related...

Analysis of cyberattack on U.S. think tanks, non-profits, public sector by unidentified attackers

Reuters recently reported a hacking campaign focused on a wide range of targets across the globe. In the days leading to the Reuters publication, Microsoft researchers were closely tracking the same campaign. Our sensors revealed that the campaign primarily targeted public sector institutions and...

U.S. Dept Of Defense: XSS on www.██████ alerts and a number of other pages

Summary: If an action on ███████ results in an error, an error dialog is shown. This dialog, in certain scenarios, is vulnerable to stored XSS due to a lack of sanitization. Description: In this specific example, I'll be using a GET endpoint that attempts to delete alerts based on an ID supplied...

U.S. Dept Of Defense: SQL Injection in Login Page: https://█████/█████████/login.php

Summary: I believe I've discovered an error based SQL injection in the login page for https://████/██████/login.php. Description: When browsing to the webpage https://█████/██████/login.php and entering certain control characters into the "Username" field, and SQL error Oracle is produced. Impact...

U.S. Mid-term Elections and Akamai Enterprise Threat Protector

The last few years have witnessed seismic changes in the world's political landscape and the way elections have been conducted. As of yet, there's no conclusive evidence that the results and outcomes of a country's election process have been impacted by the cyber efforts of internal or foreign...

Calif. Man Pleads Guilty in Fatal Swatting Case, Faces 20+ Years in Prison

A California man who pleaded guilty Tuesday to causing dozens of swatting attacks -- including a deadly incident in Kansas last year -- now faces 20 or more years in prison. Tyler Raj Barriss, in an undated selfie. Tyler Barriss, 25, went by the nickname SWAuTistic on Twitter, and reveled in...

U.S. Elections True Test for Facebook’s Disinformation Crackdown

As the U.S. midterm elections commence on Tuesday, all eyes are on Facebook and other social-media companies to see how they continue to crack down on misinformation and other political meddling efforts on their platforms. Facebook for its part on Monday evening said it has barred an additional 1...

Yi Technology Home Camera 27US Firmware Downgrade Vulnerability

Summary An exploitable firmware downgrade vulnerability exists in the firmware update functionality of Yi Home Camera 27US 1.8.7.0D. A specially crafted file can cause a logic flaw, resulting in a firmware downgrade. An attacker can insert an SD card to trigger this vulnerability. Tested Versions...

Carbon Black Report: Destructive Cyberattacks Increase Ahead of 2018 Midterm Elections

A trade war with China. A fragile agreement with North Korea. A growing fear of Russian hackers. Ahead of the 2018 U.S. midterm congressional elections, geopolitical conflict continues to play out in cyberspace. According to the world’s top incident response IR professionals, politically motivate...

Facebook Bans More Than 800 Accounts in Disinformation Purge

Facebook on Thursday announced it has removed hundreds of pages and accounts as the company cracks down on spam. The move comes at a time when Facebook is under intense scrutiny about how it handles misinformation, particularly as the U.S. midterm elections draw near. The company said it has...

California, U.S. Government Battle Over Net Neutrality State Law

The U.S. government and the state of California are butting heads over a newly-passed state law that enforces net neutrality regulations on internet service providers ISPs. And experts say that the outcome of the feud between federal and state law has long-standing implications for the future of...

Future Cyberwar

A report for the Center for Strategic and International Studies looks at surprise and war. One of the report's cyberwar scenarios is particularly compelling. It doesn't just map cyber onto today's tactics, but completely reimagines future tactics that include a cyber component quote starts on pag...

‘China’s MIT’ Linked to Espionage Campaign Against Alaska, Economic Partners

An extensive cyberespionage campaign was disclosed today, targeting high-value international and U.S. government agencies and companies and emanating from an IP address associated with Tsinghua University, colloquially known as “China’s MIT.” The actors have gone after a range of targets, includi...

U.S. Dept Of Defense: SOAP WSDL Parser SQL Code Execution

Summary: SOAP WSDL Parser SQL Code Execution Description: It was possible to parse WSDL resources and read all functions from the SOAP Admin Panel, therefor i was able to repeat the sql query with a tampered request with my own custom SQL command. i was able to extract all the database names for...