Pentagon Weapons Systems Are Easy Cyberattack Targets, New Report Finds

A new report says the Department of Defense "likely has an entire generation of systems that were designed and built without adequately considering cybersecurity."...

Twenty Years of Network Security Monitoring: From the AFCERT to Corelight

I am really fired up to join Corelight. I’ve had to keep my involvement with the team a secret since officially starting on July 20th. Why was I so excited about this company? Let me step backwards to help explain my present situation, and forecast the future. Twenty years ago this month I joined...

We know what your kids did this summer

For many kids and teenagers, summer is all about ditching school books in favor of hobbies and fun. Every year we release a report on children's interests, as reflected in their online activity. This summer, we investigated what they prefer in their free time. The Parental Control module in...

Vulnerability in over-authorized access of Tongda OA of Beijing Tongda Science & Technology Co.

Ltd. is subordinate to China National Weapons Industry Information Center CNWIIC, which is referred to as Tongda Xinke. It is a high-tech team with the main business of collaborative management software development and implementation, service and consulting. Tongda OA has an override access...

Arbitrary File Download Vulnerability in Tongda OA of Beijing Tongda Science and Technology Co.

Ltd. is subordinate to China National Weapons Industry Information Center CNWIIC, which is referred to as Tongda Xinke. It is a high-tech team with the main business of collaborative management software development and implementation, service and consulting. There is an arbitrary file download...

Google Bans Cryptocurrency Mining Extensions From Chrome Web Store

In an effort to prevent cryptojacking by extensions that maliciously mine digital currencies without users' awareness, Google has implemented a new Web Store policy that bans any Chrome extension submitted to the Web Store that mines cryptocurrency. Over the past few months, we have seen a sudden...

Rule 41 — FBI Gets Expanded Power to Hack any Computer in the World

Hacking multiple computers across the world just got easier for the United States intelligence and law enforcement agencies from today onwards. The changes introduced to the Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure by the United States Department of Justice came into effect on Thursday,...

Cisco Exploit Leaked in NSA Hack Modifies to Target Latest Version of Firewalls

Recently released NSA exploit from "The Shadow Brokers" leak that affects older versions of Cisco System firewalls can work against newer models as well. Dubbed ExtraBacon, the exploit was restricted to versions 8.4.4 and earlier versions of Cisco's Adaptive Security Appliance ASA – a line of...

Laser Gun to Detect Bombs and Chemical Weapons from 100 Feet Away

In Brief US-based Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity IARPA agency is sponsoring a program to build portable laser sensors that could detect explosives, narcotics and other dangerous chemical weapons from 100 feet away. Dubbed SILMARILS Standoff Illuminator for Measuring Absorbance a...

DARPA Invites Geeks to Convert Everyday Objects into Deadly Weapons

Do you know that your daily household items can be turned into deadly weapons? Yes, it's possible to convert some of your everyday household appliances into explosives, weapons or surveillance devices. DARPA – the agency which does research in various fields for improving the US Military and US...

Another ISIS Hacker Killed by U.S Drone Strike in Syria

A British-educated businessman who later joined Islamic State ISIS militant group in Syria has been killed in a US drone strike. Siful Haque Sujan, a Bangladesh-born man, was killed on 10 December 2015 by a US drone strike near Raqqa, Syria. Sujan has been described as one of the ISIS's top...

Weaponized Drones For Police Now Legal In North Dakota

Drones also known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles UAVs have contributed enormously by acting as an interface for conducting surveillance operations, or delivering products, or attacking a war site to name a few. We have seen Drones like 'Snoopy' that are capable to intercept data from your Smartphone...

US Navy Soliciting Zero Days

The National Security Agency may find and purchase zero days, but that doesn’t mean it’s sharing its hoard with other government agencies such as the U.S. Navy, which apparently is in the market for some unpatched, undisclosed vulnerabilities of its own. A request for proposal posted last...

Super cannon Great Cannon）defect inquiry of JS bloomer-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Following the last post in the black bar to secure the article on the super cannon Great Cannon）defect inquiry of TTL article, we reference from abroad, a research organization for the event post-mortem analysis, as well as by being an attack site log and capture the code on a bloomer, locking Th...

BadUSB Malware Code Released — Turn USB Drives Into Undetectable CyberWeapons

Once again USB has come up as a major threat to a vast number of users who use USB drives – including USB sticks and keyboards. Security researchers have released a bunch of hacking tools that can be used to convert USB drive into silent malware installer. This vulnerability has come about to be...

Obama Lets NSA Use Zero-Day Exploits by labeling it as 'National Security Need'

On Saturday, the Senior Administration Officials cast light on the subject of Internet Security and said President Obama has clearly decided that whenever the U.S. Intelligence agency like NSA discovers major vulnerabilities, in most of the situations the agency should reveal them rather than...

Governments Need to Discuss Use of Cyber Weapons

PUNTA CANA–Attacks on critical infrastructure have been grabbing headlines for years now, long before sophisticated operations such as Stuxnet and Flame hit the scene. But we’re probably still in the early stages of the evolution of such attacks, and the use of so-called cyber weapons in these...

Malware infected International Atomic Energy Agency Computers

Hackers and malware are everywhere, waiting for you around every corner of the Internet. The International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA, which holds highly sensitive information and plays a key role in global efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, said on Tuesday that some of its computer...

Oil, Energy Watering Hole Attacks Linked to DOL attack

A string of watering hole attacks targeting oil and energy companies dating back to May could be linked to similar attacks against the U.S. Department of Labor website. Researchers at Cisco discovered the compromised domains of 10 oil and energy companies worldwide, including hydroelectric plants...

Email Spam Claims US Attacks Syria and Leads to Malware

A new phishing campaign is disseminating malicious links with emails purporting to come from CNN saying that the United States has initiated military strikes against the embattled regime of Syrian President Bashar al Assad. One such email, obtained by Kaspersky Lab and posted on Securelist, comes...