A newly published article in The Intercept says that the NSA and GCHQ hacked anti virus vendor’s software and networks in order to “neutralize the threat” posed by that software. Based on newly released Edward Snowden documents, GCHQ obtained a warrant in 2008-2009 to have legal permission to monitor web traffic, hack email and reverse engineer […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]According to Ars Technica, researchers have found several sneaky ways to steal passwords and other sensitive app information on both the iOS and OS X Apple platforms. None of them seem to directly attack the secure element – not that this will make users feel better – and Apple is working with the researchers to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]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 […]
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