Collaborate Disseminate
The Internet Systems Consortium patched the BIND domain name system this week, addressing what it calls a critical error condition in the software.
Continue reading ISC Patches Critical Error Condition in BIND
A German privacy regulator issued an order this week prohibiting Facebook to stop collecting user data on German WhatsApp users.
Continue reading Germany Orders Facebook to Stop Collecting Data on WhatsApp Users
Facebook finished porting its SQL-powered detection tool, osquery, to Windows this week. Continue reading Facebook Debuts Open Source Detection Tool for Windows
Developers behind the malicious downloader Hancitor have bolstered the malware again, this time with new delivery approaches that make it more difficult to detect. Continue reading Hancitor Downloader Abusing APIs, PowerShell Commands
The massive Yahoo breach, this week’s Security of Things Forum, Mamba ransomware, and Google Allo are discussed. Continue reading Threatpost News Wrap, September 23, 2016
In a keynote at the Internet of Things Forum Dr. Kevin Fu said that medical devices should be subjected to rigor so patients can make clinically relevant decisions. Continue reading Medical Devices Should Withstand Rigor, Expert Says
The Department of Homeland Security formally announced its plan to develop a set of strategic principles for the Internet of Things.
Continue reading DHS Announces Intent to Draft IoT Security Framework
SWIFT’s chief information security officer said Wednesday that the cooperative is still seeing cases in which its customers’ environments have been compromised. Continue reading SWIFT Confirms Banks Still Being Targeted, Announces Mitigation Tool
Researchers said they’ve seen an uptick in RIG Exploit Kit traffic and that attackers have begun using the kit to peddle CrypMIC ransomware. Continue reading RIG Picks Up Where Neutrino Left Off, Pushes CrypMIC Ransomware
The first mobile banking Trojan that obtains root privileges on Android devices has been seen in the wild. Continue reading Android Banking Trojan First to Gain Root Privileges