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An anonymous reader quotes a report from VentureBeat: As promised, Google has finally brought the Google Play store to Chrome OS. Android apps, Android games, and media content from the store are all now finally available on Chromebooks running the lat… Continue reading Google Play Starts Bringing Android Apps To Chromebooks
The massive breach at Yahoo means that a treasure trove of stolen data is in the hands of hackers — putting millions of internet users at risk.
At least half a billion Yahoo accounts have been affected in one of the biggest data breaches in history. Information including names, email addresses, telephone numbers and hashed passwords may have been stolen.
Yahoo has blamed the attack on a “state-sponsored actor,” but it’s far from clear who hacked the internet company and how the culprits pulled off the attack.
Blaming it on a state-sponsored actor, however, indicates that Yahoo may have found evidence that the hackers were targeting the company over a long period of time, said Vitali Kremez, a cybercrime analyst at security firm Flashpoint.
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The massive breach at Yahoo means that a treasure trove of stolen data is in the hands of hackers — putting millions of internet users at risk.
At least half a billion Yahoo accounts have been affected in one of the biggest data breaches in history. Information including names, email addresses, telephone numbers and hashed passwords may have been stolen.
Yahoo has blamed the attack on a “state-sponsored actor,” but it’s far from clear who hacked the internet company and how the culprits pulled off the attack.
Blaming it on a state-sponsored actor, however, indicates that Yahoo may have found evidence that the hackers were targeting the company over a long period of time, said Vitali Kremez, a cybercrime analyst at security firm Flashpoint.
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On July 11, 2016, Stallcup & Associates, CPAs was subject to a ransomware virus and some of our network files were encrypted without our permission. Fortunately, the virus was detected within an hour and immediately stopped. Although there is no evidence that any files were viewed or exfiltrated, nor that such activities were intended, we are notifying […] Continue reading Notice of Data Incident at Stallcup & Associates, CPAs
BetaNews has a report today about a company called SolidRun, which has announced an Intel Braswell-based MicroSoM. Unlike the ARM-powered Raspberry Pi, this is x86 compatible, meaning it can run full Windows 10. Plus, if you install a Linux distro, the… Continue reading SolidRun x86 Braswell MicroSoM Runs Linux and Full Windows 10, Destroys Raspberry Pi
I have been tracking DDOSs for a number of years, and quite frankly, it has become boring. Dont get me wrong, I am not complaining, just stating a fact. A number of factors seem tohave contributed to its fall from mainstream consciousness. somewhat be… Continue reading The era of big DDOS?, (Thu, Sep 22nd)
(c) SANS Internet Storm Center. https://isc.sans.edu Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License. Continue reading ISC Stormcast For Friday, September 23rd 2016 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail.html?id=5179, (Thu, Sep 22nd)
It looks like Yahoo! is the latest victim of a large scale data breach. It looks like the released data dates back to at least 2014 and contains more than 500 Million user accounts, so if you havent changed your Yahoo! password in the last couple of ye… Continue reading YAHDD! (Yet another HUGE data Breach!), (Thu, Sep 22nd)
Organizations are learning (don’t worry, most have done the learning) that if they don’t do encryption right – people will have access to sensitive data. With encryption and other cryptographic technologies acting as building blocks within a larger, layered IT security strategy, it’s clear that there are multiple needs for these technologies across enterprises, as more information is collected, stored and used throughout organizations. But these basic security needs don’t just stop at the enterprise level. Cloud service providers need […]
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sudo sysctl -w net.ipv4.conf.eth0.route_localnet=1
What are the security implications of route_localnet?