OS X Malware Can Silently Record Video by Piggybacking on Webcam Streams
Mac malware could silently spy on users by piggybacking on webcam sessions initiated by legitimate applications such as FaceTime, Skype and Google Hangouts, a researcher has warned.
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NSA Contractor Arrested for Theft of Classified Material
The Department of Justice announced on Wednesday that a government contractor resident in Maryland with a top secret national security clearance was arrested in late August. According to the complaint unsealed today, a search of his home and car found "property of the United States." More specifically, this included "six classified documents obtained from sensitive intelligence and produced by a government agency in 2014."
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Want Better Security? Be a Pragmatist.
I’ve always considered myself a pragmatist. Perhaps not surprisingly, I have also always been a big fan of pragmatism. I guess one goes along with the other. A pragmatist is defined as “a person who is oriented toward the success or failure of a particular line of action, thought, etc.; a practical person.”
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Iran-Linked Attackers Target Government Organizations
An Iran-linked group previously observed attacking organizations in Saudi Arabia has been improving its malware tools and expanding its target list to include other countries.
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Amid Privacy Outcry, Yahoo Denies Surveillance Allegations
Yahoo on Wednesday denied conducting mass email surveillance after a report alleging it built a special scanning program at the behest of US intelligence which sparked an outcry from privacy activists.
The report, which said the US internet giant had secretly scanned millions of emails to help American intelligence, was "misleading," Yahoo said in a statement.
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Google Patches DoS Vulnerability in Android
One of the 78 vulnerabilities that the October 2016 Android Security Bulletin released this week has patched was a flaw in the GPS component that could be exploited remotely to cause denial of service on vulnerable devices.
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TalkTalk Handed Record Fine for Data Breach
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the U.K. has handed a record fine to telecoms company TalkTalk for the data breach suffered in October 2015.
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iMessage URL Preview Exposes User Data
Apple’s iMessage service can leak data such as location, device type, and operating system, when the user receives a URL in a message, a researcher has discovered.
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Clinton Foundation Denies Being Hacked
The hacker calling himself Guccifer 2.0 leaked hundreds of megabytes of files allegedly stolen from the Clinton Foundation, but the organization’s representatives said there was no evidence of a data breach.
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Zero Trust or Bust?
Implementing a Zero Trust Model Represents a Dramatic Change and Requires a Well-planned Transition
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