Adobe Fixes 81 Vulnerabilities in Acrobat, Reader, Flash
Adobe patched 81 vulnerabilities, including a handful of critical bugs, in Acrobat, Reader, and Flash on Tuesday. Continue reading Adobe Fixes 81 Vulnerabilities in Acrobat, Reader, Flash
Author Archives: Chris Brook
Threatpost News Wrap, October 7, 2016
Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss this week’s Virus Bulletin conference in Denver and CNBC’s Cambridge Cyber Summit at MIT, the NSA contractor arrest, APT false flags, and more. Continue reading Threatpost News Wrap, October 7, 2016
EFF: NSA’s Support of Encryption ‘Disingenuous’
Cindy Cohn, the EFF’s Executive Director, called the NSA’s support of strong encryption disingenuous during a cybersecurity conference panel Wednesday. Continue reading EFF: NSA’s Support of Encryption ‘Disingenuous’
Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade and Brian Bartholomew on APT False Flags and Attribution
Mike Mimoso talks to Kaspersky Lab Global Research and Analysis Team researchers Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade and Brian Bartholomew about a paper released at Virus Bulletin on deception tactics and false flags flown by APT groups to frustrate analysis.
Continue reading Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade and Brian Bartholomew on APT False Flags and Attribution
Subpoena for Signal Messaging Data Renders Little
Open Whisper Systems, the group behind Signal, was served with a subpoena earlier this year but was unable to produce most of the data it was asked for.
Continue reading Subpoena for Signal Messaging Data Renders Little
Vulnerabilities in Insulin Pumps Can Lead to Overdose
Researchers are warning patients who use insulin pumps made by Johnson & Johnson this week that vulnerabilities in the devices could be exploited to trigger an overdose. Continue reading Vulnerabilities in Insulin Pumps Can Lead to Overdose
Apple To Block WoSign Intermediate Certificates
Apple said over the weekend it would soon distrust certificates issued by WoSign’s Free SSL Certificate G2 intermediate CA on macOS. Continue reading Apple To Block WoSign Intermediate Certificates
Researchers Break MarsJoke Ransomware Encryption
Victims infected with the MarsJoke ransomware can now decrypt their files; researchers cracked the encryption in the CTB-Locker lookalike last week. Continue reading Researchers Break MarsJoke Ransomware Encryption
Threatpost News Wrap, September 30, 2016
The latest on the Yahoo breach, Germany’s problem with WhatsApp-Facebook, Facebook’s osquery tool for Windows, and Zerodium’s $1.5M iOS bounty are all discussed. Continue reading Threatpost News Wrap, September 30, 2016
Backdoored D-Link Router Should be Trashed, Researcher Says
A researcher who found a slew of vulnerabilities in a popular router says it’s so hopelessly broken that consumers who own them should throw them away. Continue reading Backdoored D-Link Router Should be Trashed, Researcher Says