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There’s been a cybersecurity goof in the wake of the US presidential elections, the US fingers the hackers responsible for disrupting the Winter Olympics in South Korea, and we take a long hard look at long hard legal mumbojumbo…
All this and much… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #204: Green buttons, Olympic attacks, and… an apology
Japan will hack citizens’ IoT devices to mop up cyber security before the Olympics. Don’t like the notion? Here’s how to lock ’em down! Continue reading Japanese government will try to hack its citizens’ IOT devices
Change is inevitable and it happens in every industry. Those that evolve with change often help lead the transformation and revolutionize their domain. In 2016 we began to enter the era of digital transformation in our industry and changes have begun … Continue reading 1984 to 2018: The Evolution of the Olympics
Hackers armed with destructive malware appear to have compromised the main IT service provider for the Winter Olympic Games months before last week’s highly publicized cyberattack. Publicly available evidence analyzed by experts and reviewed by CyberScoop suggests that whoever deployed the Olympic Destroyer malware on Feb. 9 likely previously penetrated a series of computer systems in December belonging to Atos, a multinational information technology service provider that is hosting the cloud infrastructure for the Pyeongchang games. The evidence was recently posted to the VirusTotal repository, but information associated with the malware samples carries indications that the hackers were inside Atos systems since at least December. Some of the earliest samples were uploaded by unnamed VirusTotal users geographically located in France, where Atos is headquartered, and Romania, where some members of Atos’ security team work. On Feb. 9, the official Winter Olympics website went down for several hours, causing a disruption to ticket sales and downloads during the […]
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You lucky thing, you’re going to PyeongChang to see the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. I wish I was at the Olympics to cheer on women’s hockey, myself. Let’s look at what you can do to be secure from a perspective of application security while on your trek… Continue reading 7 Application Security Steps for the Olympics-Bound Traveler
The Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, started off with a cyberattack that disrupted the games’ official website and caused technical problems in the press center at the Olympic Stadium shortly before the opening ceremony Feb. 9. W… Continue reading Destructive Malware Used to Attack Winter Olympics Infrastructure
Hackers attacked the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea, organizers confirmed. The attacks were allegedly carried out by Russia following a doping ban, but the organizers made no comments, writes the Guardian. Soon after… Continue reading Winter Olympics ceremony allegedly hacked by Russia; no comment from IOC
McAfee has discovered malware that serves as the second stage payload in a phishing campaigntargeting organizations surrounding the 2018 Winter Olympics. In a post published Friday, McAfee’s Advanced Threat Research team details the discovery and analysis of implants that surface on phishing targets’ systems once an initial PowerShell backdoor is installed. The report is an update on the phishing campaign they previously discovered that aimed to establish backdoors when a phishing victim opens a Microsoft Word document attachment. McAfee is calling the implants GoldDragon, Brave Prince, Ghost419 and RunningRat. The company says that once the initial backdoor is installed, these new implants establish a permanent presence that siphon information from the victim’s computer. The Gold Dragon implant allows for the downloading of subsequent malware payloads. Brave Prince and Ghost419 can collect content from the victim’s hard drive as well as detailed information about the computer. RunningRat is a remote access […]
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McAfee has discovered malware that serves as the second stage payload in a phishing campaigntargeting organizations surrounding the 2018 Winter Olympics. In a post published Friday, McAfee’s Advanced Threat Research team details the discovery and analysis of implants that surface on phishing targets’ systems once an initial PowerShell backdoor is installed. The report is an update on the phishing campaign they previously discovered that aimed to establish backdoors when a phishing victim opens a Microsoft Word document attachment. McAfee is calling the implants GoldDragon, Brave Prince, Ghost419 and RunningRat. The company says that once the initial backdoor is installed, these new implants establish a permanent presence that siphon information from the victim’s computer. The Gold Dragon implant allows for the downloading of subsequent malware payloads. Brave Prince and Ghost419 can collect content from the victim’s hard drive as well as detailed information about the computer. RunningRat is a remote access […]
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As the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang approaches, Radware’s Emergency Response Team (ERT) and Threat Research Center turn their attention to the large crowds and target-rich environments created by high-profile events once again. With over … Continue reading 2018 Winter Olympics