Month: August 2018
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DraftKings rides to court, asks to unmask 10 DDoS suspects
A US sports gaming company is asking permission to unmask 10 people it believes were behind a massive DDoS attack on its website earlier …
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John McAfee backed Bitfi wallet pwned again
For all you naysayers who claim that “nothing is unhackable” & who don’t believe that my Bitfi wallet is truly the world’s first …
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Why is Google selling potentially compromised Chinese security keys?
Google has come under fire for its ties to China recently. The situation has the potential to get a lot worse now that Google is offering a …
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Machine Identities Need Protection, Too
A recent study says that machine identities should have as much protection as human credentials, though most organizations lag far behind …
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Mobile Phishing Campaign Offered Free Flights
A campaign recently reported by Farsight Security involved an internationalized domain name (IDN) “homograph-based” phishing website that …
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Apache Vulnerability Highlights Need for Software Composition Analysis
On Aug. 22, the Apache Software Foundation announced that a new critical remote code execution vulnerability was found in Apache Struts 2 …
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Trend Micro Reports Nearly 10 Fold Increase in Cryptojacking Attacks
Today’s topics include Trend Micro reporting that cryptojacking attacks are growing rapidly, and Pivot3 unveiling hyperconverged …
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DDoS attack from Anonymous Catalonia cripples Bank of Spain website
The official website of Banco de España (Bank of Spain), which is the central bank of the country, was hit by a Distributed Denial of …
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Google introduces multi-language, cross-platform cryptographic library
This new project is a multi-language, cross-platform cryptographic library designed to ship secure cryptographic …
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BEC is Big Business for Hackers: What makes these attacks so hard to prevent?
For years, one of the most lucrative ways for hackers to generate profits was through ransomware attacks. These instances involve the use …
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C’mon, if you say your device is ‘unhackable’, you’re just asking for it: Bitfi retracts edgy claim
Bitfi finally and reluctantly retracted its unhackable claim last night in the face of a new cold boot attack. The John McAfee-backed …
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Complying with emerging privacy regulations: sometimes you need a silver cannonball
We all know the analogy of a silver bullet. Often we use the term in a business setting to talk about how to address a specific …
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