Attackers Making Use Of PowerShell and Macros for Malicious Activity
Sources: http://www.securityweek.com/powerware-ransomware-abuses-powershell-office-macros http://www.securityweek.com/powersniff-malware-attacks-abuse-macros-powershell Goes over Sandbox and ...
Swedish Newspapers Hit With DDoS Attack
Source: http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/45471/cyber-crime/swedish-newspapers-hacked.html Posted: March 21, 2016 Swedish newspapers were hit with a DDoS attack. The newspapers affected were ...
Britain Setting Up Its Own National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
Posted March 18, 2016 Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35843218 Normally Britain's cybersecurity is handled by GCHQ, but GCHQ is an intelligence entity who is not setup to share ...
New USB malware that steals data – USB Thief
Source: http://www.scmagazine.com/new-usb-based-data-stealing-malware-detected-in-wild/article/485140/ Win32/PSW.Stealer.NAI aka USB Thief is a data stealing type malware that is hard to detect ...
The Importance of Information Governance in Information Security
Source: http://www.darkreading.com/operations/why-marrying-infosec-and-info-governance-boosts-security-capabilities/a/d-id/1324572?_mc=RSS_DR_EDT The article begins with the importance of data ...
Dell open sources DCEPT honeypot tool
Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2016/03/08/dell-open-sources-dcept-honeypot-tool-detecting-network-intrusions/ Dell SecureWorks researchers have developed a honeypot tool for Windows ...
Should I Hack Them Back? No. No, You Shouldn’t…
Source: https://threatpost.com/gentle-reminder-at-rsa-hacking-back-is-a-bad-idea/116564/ The RSA Conference 2016 just took place last week, but I felt that this was an important topic for all ...
Toymaker VTech Trying To Escape Data Protection Responsibilities
Source: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/03/vtech-we-are-not-liable-if-we-fail-protect-your-data-eff-oh-yes-you-are In November 15, VTech's systems and information was hacked. An estimate of ...
Source: http://www.dailydot.com/politics/france-encryption-decryption-law-punish/ The French are facing the same dilemmas that us in the United States are facing with respect to encryption. ...
Smart Cars, Hacking, and the Legislation Behind It All
Source: https://threatpost.com/car-industry-three-years-behind-todays-cyber-threats/116524/ US SPY Car Act of ...