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Health agency looks to bolster cybersecurity with new guidelines for industry

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2018 was a busy year for cyberthreats to the health care sector, with more than 3 million patient records breached in the second quarter alone, according to one study. In an effort to learn from those incidents – and build on security progress in the sector – the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) capped the year by releasing voluntary cybersecurity guidelines for health care professionals. The document, published Dec. 28 and developed with industry experts from the Health Sector Coordinating Council, emphasizes the financial and health impacts of cyber incidents and outlines steps practitioners can take to better secure their systems. HHS lent urgency to the guidelines’ release by underscoring that the same technologies that provide critical treatment to patients can be exploited by hackers to steal patient data or disable hospital systems. “We are under constant cyberattack in the health sector, and no organization can escape that reality,” […]

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AI Fear, FDA, Tesla, and D-Link – Paul’s Security Weekly #580

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Fear of AI attacks, the FDA releases cybersecurity guidance, watch hackers steal a Tesla, serious D-Link router security flaw may never be patched, and California addresses default passwords! All that and more, on this episode of Paul’s Security … Continue reading AI Fear, FDA, Tesla, and D-Link – Paul’s Security Weekly #580→

Hacking When It Counts: Pigeon-Guided Missiles

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The image of the crackpot inventor, disheveled, disorganized, and surrounded by the remains of his failures, is an enduring Hollywood trope. While a simple look around one’s shop will probably reveal how such stereotypes get started, the image is largely not a fair characterization of the creative mind and how it works, and does not properly respect those that struggle daily to push the state of the art into uncharted territory.

That said, there are plenty of wacky ideas that have come down the pike, most of which mercifully fade away before attracting undue attention. In times of war, though, …read more

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Hoping to fill a global void, private companies push for ‘cyber norms’

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Technology companies are increasingly joining together to develop and promote the adoption of international “norms” and other rules for cyberspace, hoping to fill a void left by governments and international institutions that have failed to act. The latest example of the dynamic came last week when a prominent group of corporations, including Siemens, Airbus and microchip maker DXP, announced a new nine-member cybersecurity charter. The document — essentially a nonbinding agreement to work to improve global cybersecurity — is currently open for other companies to join, one member said. “Cybersecurity is and has to be more than a seatbelt or an airbag here; it’s a factor that’s crucial to the success of the digital economy,” reads a statement on the charter’s website. “People and organizations need to trust that their digital technologies are safe and secure; otherwise they won’t embrace the digital transformation. That’s why we are signing together a Charter of Trust […]

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Copenhagen Suborbitals Launches Impressive Amateur Liquid Fueled Rocket

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Copenhagen Suborbitals just launched their latest amateur liquid fuel rocket. Why? Because they want to strap someone to a bigger amateur liquid fuel rocket and launch them into space.

We’ve covered them before, but it’s been a while. While they make a big deal of being amateurs, they are the least amateurish amateurs we’ve come across. We’ll forgive a lot as long as they keep making great videos about their projects. Or posting great pictures of the internals of their rockets.

The Nexø I rocket they recently launched claims to be the first guided, amateur, liquid-fueled rocket. There is a …read more

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On-screen guidance startup WalkMe raised $50M led by Insight, now valued around $400M

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WhatsApp-Image-20160601 As more people and businesses shift to digital platforms to get things done, a cloud-based platform for making interfaces easier to navigate continues to grow. WalkMe, which helps guide people through confusing or complicated services online, has raised another $50 million in funding at a valuation that TechCrunch understands from reliable sources is now around $400 million. The… Read More Continue reading On-screen guidance startup WalkMe raised $50M led by Insight, now valued around $400M→

Malicious macro using a sneaky new trick

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We recently came across a file (ORDER-549-6303896-2172940.docm, SHA1: 952d788f0759835553708dbe323fd08b5a33ec66) containing a VBA project that scripts a malicious macro (SHA1: 73c4c3869304a10ec598a50791b7de1e7da58f36). We added it under the detection TrojanDownloader:O97M/Donoff – a large family of Office-targeting macro-based malware that has been active for several years (see our blog category on macro-based malware for more blogs). However, there wasn’t… Continue reading Malicious macro using a sneaky new trick→

Digging deep for PLATINUM

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There is no shortage of headlines about cybercriminals launching large-scale attacks against organizations. For us, the activity groups that pose the most danger are the ones who selectively target organizations and desire to stay undetected, protect their investment, and maximize their ROI. That’s what motivated us – the Windows Defender Advanced Threat Hunting team, known… Continue reading Digging deep for PLATINUM→