Costin Raiu and Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade on APT Fourth-Party Collection

Costin Raiu and Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade talk to Mike Mimoso live from Virus Bulletin in Madrid about APTs leveraging one anothers’ attacks and compromised machines as their own. Continue reading Costin Raiu and Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade on APT Fourth-Party Collection

Siemens Patches Improper Access Vulnerability in Ruggedcom Protocol

Industrial manufacturer Siemens is encouraging users running devices that use its Ruggedcom protocol to apply firmware updates this week. The updates resolve a serious and remotely exploitable vulnerability that could let an attacker carry out administ… Continue reading Siemens Patches Improper Access Vulnerability in Ruggedcom Protocol

Threatpost News Wrap, September 29, 2017

The macOS Keychain attack, Signal’s new private contact discovery service, the Deloitte hack, and a handful of mobile stock trading app vulnerabilities are discussed. Continue reading Threatpost News Wrap, September 29, 2017

Signal Testing New Private Contact Discovery Service

Signal is testing out a new private contact discovery service that will let the app determine if a user has Signal contacts in their address book, but forbid its servers from accessing the users’ address book. Continue reading Signal Testing New Private Contact Discovery Service