NSA sets date for purge of surveillance phone records
A posting from NakedSecurity titled "NSA sets date for purge of surveillance phone records " by Lisa Vaas The National Security Agency (NSA) has set a date to purge phone records collected during its bulk surveillance program. "Analytic access" to the five years worth of records will end on 29 November, and they'll be destroyed […]
Code Theft: Protecting IP At The Source
An interesting article from DarkReading titled "Code Theft: Protecting IP At The Source" by Anna Chiang. Your corporate assets are at risk and every day that you avoid taking action shortens the time until your IP will be leaked. Here are six steps toward better data security. The security world is awash with various malware-centric cyber […]
Online Security: How The Experts Keep Safe
An interning article titled "Online Security: How The Experts Keep Safe" from information week by Thomas Claburn. In the 1976 thriller Marathon Man, Nazi war criminal Dr. Christian Szell tortures runner "Babe" Levy to find out whether it's safe for him to retrieve diamonds stored in a bank deposit box. "Is it safe?" Szell asks repeatedly. Levy, […]
iPhone Kill Switch: How Effective Is It?
An interesting article from Darkreading by Eric Zeman titled " iPhone Kill Switch: How Effective Is It?" My iPhone 6 Plus was picked from my pocket in Barcelona in March as I walked home from dinner one evening. After speaking to local police for a few moments, I ran back to my hotel to locate […]
Converge 2015 - Hacking To Get Caught - Keynote
Raphael Mudge, the creator of Armitage and Cobalt Strike, will talk about something awesome.
Bug exposes OpenSSH servers to brute-force password guessing attacks
A bug in OpenSSH, the most popular software for secure remote access to UNIX-based systems, could allow attackers to bypass authentication retry restrictions and execute many password guesses.
Researchers Enlist Machine Learning In Malware Detection
A posting from dark reading by Kelly Jackson Higgins titled "Researchers Enlist Machine Learning In Malware Detection " No sandbox required for schooling software to speedily spot malware, researchers will demonstrate at Black Hat USA. In 100 milliseconds or less, researchers are now able to determine whether a piece of code is malware or not -- and […]
Windows 10 Will Use Virtualization For Extra Security
An interesting article from informationweek by Kelly Sheridan titled " Windows 10 Will Use Virtualization For Extra Security" When we're talking about Windows 10features, security upgrades are often edged out of the spotlight by flashy additions like Cortana for desktop, Microsoft Edge, and Universal Apps. Perhaps this is because Microsoft is targeting a broad consumer audience with […]
Ashley Madison Exposed: Affair Hookup Site Hacked, Member Data Posted Online
A posting from Dark Reading by Quick Hits titled " Ashley Madison Exposed: Affair Hookup Site Hacked, Member Data Posted Online" Member data pilfered, posted in apparent hacktivist-style doxing attack. Call it hacktivism with a spin: a controversial website for people seeking others who want to have an affair was hacked and personal details of its […]
Why Did A Security Firm Mysteriously Ditch a 'Privacy' Product?
A posting from Forbes by Yael Grauer titled "Why Did A Security Firm Mysteriously Ditch a 'Privacy' Product?" : Two weeks after Ben Caudill announced that he’d built a $200 hardware proxy which allows Internet users to mask their location, the Rhino Labs owner shut down his project. His much anticipated August appearance at DEF CON, […]