In February, I wrote about some malware that lives inside the firmware of a disk drive. As a result of where it lives, no anti-malware software can detect it. (Curious note: The firmware of a disk drive can be written to in order to update it, but there is no command to read it back. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Well, that headline should get your attention. The good news is the risk is relatively low. The bad news is that the patch process in the Android ecosystem is very broken. So what is a researcher to do – announce the vulnerability at Blackhat London. And, unfortunately, there is nothing for a user to do […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Gene Kaspersky, head of the Russian anti-malware vendor and security research labs reported yesterday that the malware that infected his labs last year was also found … drum roll … at the hotels for the delegates to the Iranian nuclear talks (see article). Kaspersky reported yesterday (see article) that their lab was the victim of […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]News sources around the country are reporting that the Office Of Personnel Management was breached and it likely was breached for a long time. The OPM provides HR services for executive branch agencies and provides services like doing security background checks for the DoD and others. The OPM is releasing very few details at this […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Malware is a moving target. Just when we think we have a handle on things, it morphs. Ars Technica is reporting about GPU based malware. Two proof of concept malware samples, Jellyfish and Demon, run entirely on the graphics processor or GPU which typically lives on the video card. This means that it is unlikely that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Wired is reporting a giant dark web scheme to sell counterfeit coupons costing the consumer packaged goods industry tens of millions of dollars. The scam is simple because no one thought that anyone would try it. So no one added any security into the coupon chain. Later, they bolted on a blacklist, but that is easily […]
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