DEF CON 2018: Hacking Medical Protocols to Change Vital Signs

LAS VEGAS – In recent years there has been more attention paid to the security of medical devices; however, there has been little security research done on the unique protocols used by these devices. Many of the insulin pumps, heart monitors and other … Continue reading DEF CON 2018: Hacking Medical Protocols to Change Vital Signs

Detecting Phishing Sites with Machine Learning

Really interesting article: A trained eye (or even a not-so-trained one) can discern when something phishy is going on with a domain or subdomain name. There are search tools, such as Censys.io, that allow humans to specifically search through the massive pile of certificate log entries for sites that spoof certain brands or functions common to identity-processing sites. But it’s… Continue reading Detecting Phishing Sites with Machine Learning

Senator asks DHS what it’s learning from key email-security measure

Sen. Ron Wyden has asked the Department of Homeland Security how it is turning the implementation of an important email security protocol at federal civilian agencies into “actionable cyber intelligence” to guard against hackers. In a Aug. 2 letter, Wyden, D-Ore., asks the department how it is analyzing reports that civilian agencies are required to send DHS about attempts by hackers and spammers to spoof federal email accounts. The senator also wants to know if there are agencies that aren’t sending those reports. “[R]equiring agencies to transmit email impersonation threat data to DHS is only the first step,” states Wyden’s letter to Chris Krebs, DHS’s undersecretary of the National Protection and Programs Directorate. “DHS must then collate and analyze those reports in order to understand the scope of the threat and to determine how best to protect federal agencies from impersonation.” The anti-phishing email protocol, known as Domain-based Message, Authentication, Reporting […]

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