Category Archives: week in review

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: The life of a social engineer: Hacking the human A clean-cut guy with rimmed glasses and a warm smile, Jayson E. Street looks nothing like the stereotypical hacker regularly portrayed in movies (i.e. pale, grim and antisocial). But he is one – he just “hacks” humans. LinkedIn users’ data on sale on the dark web A hacker has put up a batch … More → Continue reading Week in review: The life of a social engineer, and the end of TeslaCrypt→

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: SWIFT warns of new attacks, Bangladesh Bank heist linked to Sony hack They believe that its customers are facing “a highly adaptive campaign targeting banks’ payment endpoints.” Internet of Fail: How modern devices expose our lives During the past few years we’ve seen examples of all sorts of IoT devices exhibiting glitches, getting hacked, manipulated, and the information they hold exfiltrated. CryptXXX … More → Continue reading Week in review: Docker security, SWIFT warns of new attacks, SAP vulnerability exploited→

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, reviews and articles: US Supreme Court approves expansion of FBI hacking powers The US Supreme Court has approved on Thursday several changes to the federal rules around search warrants. Attackers use open source security tools for targeted cyberespionage Kaspersky Lab researchers have uncovered a new trend among cyberespionage threat actors: instead of developing customized hacking tools or buying them from third-party suppliers on the … More → Continue reading Week in review: Top 10 web hacking techniques, exploit kit targets Android devices→

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, podcasts and articles: Panama Papers breach was the result of lax security practices? News items based on the so-called “Panama Papers,” a set of 11.5 million documents leaked from the networks of Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca, keep popping up, but it’s still unknown who the person behind the leak is and how he or she managed to get ahold of the documents. That … More → Continue reading Week in review: Panama Papers, dark web mapping, WhatsApp end-to-end encryption→

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, podcasts and articles: Hackers breaching law firms for insider trading info Two of the most prestigious law firms in the US who are best known for their financial services and corporate practices have had their computer networks compromised by hackers. US govt has unlocked San Bernardino gunman’s iPhone The US Department of Justice has found a way to get into the iPhone 5C owned … More → Continue reading Week in review: Hackers breaching law firms, ransomware flare-up, and how to get your talk accepted at Black Hat→

Week in review: Android adware infiltrates devices’ firmware, malvertising hits big Internet players, iOS design flaw lets malware in Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, interviews and articles: McAfee uses web beacons that can be used to track and serve advertising to users A test of seven OEM laptops running Windows has shown consistent privacy and security issues, including an interesting revelation that the McAfee Antivirus running on six of … More → Continue reading Week in review: Android adware infiltrates devices’ firmware, malvertising hits big Internet players, iOS design flaw lets malware in→

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, reviews, podcasts and articles: OS X ransomware found bundled with legitimate software Palo Alto researchers have discovered the first fully functional ransomware aimed at Mac users. Bitdefender researchers found it to be a rewrite of Linux Encoder. RSA Conference 2016: The infosec glass house? A couple of years late to the party, but Raj Samani, VP and CTO EMEA at Intel Security, finally made … More → Continue reading Week in review: First OS X ransomware, hacking Internet-connected trucks, CVE system problems→

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, reviews and articles: RSA Conference 2016 coverage Check out our coverage page to see what you’ve missed at RSA Conference 2016. CTB Locker ransomware now also encrypts websites The well-known crypto ransomware CTB Locker is back. After a considerable slowdown in distribution, it is being pushed onto users again, and this time its executable has been signed with a stolen certificate. But what is … More → Continue reading Week in review: DROWN attack breaks TLS encryption, hijacking police drones, RSA Conference 2016 coverage→