Researchers from Intel Security recently discovered that a piece of malware dubbed "Dynamer" is taking advantage of a Windows Easter Egg called “God Mode” to gain persistency on an infected machine.
read more
Slack Tokens Leaked on GitHub Put Companies at Risk
Many developers unknowingly expose sensitive data, including business-critical information, when they publish code containing their Slack access tokens on GitHub.
read more
Encrypted Network Traffic Comes at a Cost
SSL/TLS Encrypted Network Traffic Brings Privacy for Users and Headaches for Security Teams
read more
New Dridex Malware Campaign Shifts to U.S.
Researchers at F5 Networks Security Operations Center (SOC) are warning of a new campaign of the Dridex web fraud malware. Previous campaigns had recently focused attacks on financial institutions in the United Kingdom, but among the new campaign’s malware configurations, only 6 percent of the targeted institutions are UK brands, versus 80 percent in the US and 5 percent in Canada.
read more
Stronger Together: How Sharing Orchestration Models Makes for Better Cyber Defense
Security collaboration has, and still is, generating significant attention: How can we join forces and use crowd intelligence to employ better security defense strategies against growing cyber-attack threats?
read more
Serious Flaw Exposed Microsoft Office 365 Accounts
Researchers discovered a severe cross-domain authentication bypass vulnerability that could have been exploited by malicious actors to gain access to Office 365 accounts, including email and files. Microsoft patched the issue within 7 hours after learning of its existence.
read more
Google Patches High Security Flaws in Chrome 50
Google on Thursday released an updated version of Chrome 50 for Windows, Mac, and Linux, to resolve 9 security vulnerabilities in the popular web browser.
read more
Facebook Says Government Data Queries Up 13 Percent
Facebook said Thursday it had received 13 percent more government requests for user data in the second half of 2015, with more than 46,000 requests worldwide.
The leading social network, in its twice-annual "transparency report," said the number of items "restricted" for violating local laws more than doubled compared to the prior six-month period, to 55,827.
read more
PCI Security Standards Council Releases PCI DSS Version 3.2
The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) has published the latest version of its data security standard to address increased threats and more sophisticated attacks targeting customer payment information.
read more
Symantec CEO to Step Down
Symantec on Thursday said that President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Brown will be stepping down as head of the security firm after a successor has been appointed.
A search is currently underway for the Company’s next CEO, and Brown will remain on board until a replacement has been appointed.
read more
