Schneier on Security

AUGUST 29, 2024

Remember that talk was given in 1982, less than a year before the ARPANET switched to TCP/IP and the internet went operational. She was a remarkable person.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Matter is intended to be the lingua franca for the Internet of Things. The Internet of Things is a huge new platform for amazing innovation,” Hanna observes. Notably, they’ll connect to the Internet – and to each other – via an advanced type of mesh network. . It’s only a first step and there’s a long way to go.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2021

NSO Group’s descent into Internet pariah status continues. Its Pegasus spyware was used against nine US State Department employees. We don’t know which NSO Group customer trained the spyware on the US. ” .

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 11, 2025

However, ESET notes the vulnerability itself also is present in newer Windows OS versions, including Windows 10 build 1809 and the still-supported Windows Server 2016. The SANS Internet Storm Center has a useful list of all the Microsoft patches released today, indexed by severity.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 29, 2025

Author/Presenter: Emily Austin Our sincere appreciation to BSidesLV , and the Presenters/Authors for publishing their erudite Security BSidesLV24 content. Originating from the conferences events located at the Tuscany Suites & Casino ; and via the organizations YouTube channel.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 14, 2022

” Abstract : The Internet of Things (IoT) is constituted of devices that are exponentially growing in number and in complexity. We will present a novel approach of using side channel information to identify the kinds of threats that are targeting the device.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 8, 2022

based web security vendor that provides secure, cloud-based internet isolation. About the essayist: Mark Guntrip is senior director of cybersecurity strategy at Menlo Security , a Mountain View, Calif.-based

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 30, 2025

The domain registrar NameCheap found that less than a month before the phishing spree, the account that registered those domains logged in from an Internet address in the U.K. Internet address was used to operate a Discord account that specified a cryptocurrency wallet when asking another user to send funds. ” U.S. ” U.S.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 15, 2021

OF leverages online finder devices to detect the presence of missing offline devices using Bluetooth and report an approximate location back to the owner via the Internet. This paper presents the first comprehensive security and privacy analysis of OF.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Research paper: “ A Large-scale Investigation into Geodifferences in Mobile Apps “: Abstract : Recent studies on the web ecosystem have been raising alarms on the increasing geodifferences in access to Internet content and services due to Internet censorship and geoblocking.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 4, 2025

Author/Presenter: Thomas Boejstrup Johansen Our sincere appreciation to DEF CON , and the Presenters/Authors for publishing their erudite []DEF CON 32] 2 content. Permalink The post DEF CON 32 – War Stories – Why Are You Still Using My Server For Your Internet Access appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Among the critical bugs quashed this month is CVE-2023-35628 , a weakness present in Windows 10 and later versions, as well as Microsoft Server 2008 and later. Also, while ICS is present in all versions of Windows since Windows 7, it is not on by default (although some applications may turn it on). .

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2024

Over 1,400 CrushFTP internet-facing servers are vulnerable to attacks exploiting recently disclosed CVE-2024-4040 vulnerability. Over 1,400 CrushFTP internet-facing servers are vulnerable to attacks targeting the critical severity vulnerability CVE-2024-4040. CVE-2024-4040 is a CrushFTP VFS sandbox escape vulnerability.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 30, 2025

Because ScreenConnect provides full remote control capabilities, an unauthorized user with access can operate your computer as if they were physically present. With Malwarebytes Personal Data Remover , you can scan to find out which sites are exposing your personal information, and then delete that sensitive data from the internet.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

our experiments show that when presented with various phantoms, a car's ADAS or autopilot considers the phantoms as real objects, causing these systems to trigger the brakes, steer into the lane of oncoming traffic, and issue notifications about fake road signs. The paper will be presented at CyberTech at the end of the month.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 9, 2023

The example in the presentation is a kidnapper. But if you assume that he has some sort of smart phone in his pocket that identifies itself over the Internet, you might be able to find him in that dataset. He is based in a rural area, so he can’t risk making his ransom calls from that area.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2025

telecommunication and internet service providers. “As highlighted in the most recent Office of the Director of National Intelligence Annual Threat Assessment , Chinese state-backed cyber actors continue to present some of the greatest and most persistent threats to U.S. ” reads the Treasurys OFAC’s announcement.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 25, 2024

In just a few decades, much of human knowledge has been collectively written up and made available to anyone with an internet connection. The internet initially promised to change this process. In response, scammers built link farms and spammed comment sections, falsely presenting their trashy pages as authoritative.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 21, 2022

The app also includes a censorship keyword list, which, while presently inactive, targets a variety of political topics including domestic issues such as Xinjiang and Tibet as well as references to Chinese government agencies. MY2022 includes features that allow users to report “politically sensitive” content.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Like any internet voting system, it has inherent security vulnerabilities: if there are malicious insiders, they can corrupt the vote count; and if thousands of voters’ computers are hacked by malware, the malware can change votes as they are transmitted. Switzerland—not low stakes—uses online voting for national elections.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

As we reported in July, 2024, the tech giant said that due to feedback from authorities and other stakeholders in advertising, Google was looking at a new path forward in finding the balance between privacy and an ad-supported internet. By third-party cookies that is.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 2, 2021

But there is a similarly serious zero-day flaw present in a much broader range of newer Western Digital MyCloud network storage devices that will remain unfixed for many customers who can’t or won’t upgrade to the latest operating system.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 11, 2020

The most concerning of these appears to be CVE-2020-1380 , which is a weaknesses in Internet Explorer that could result in system compromise just by browsing with IE to a hacked or malicious website. This is the sixth month in a row Microsoft has shipped fixes for more than 100 flaws in its products.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Redmond flags CVE-2023-23376 as an “Important” elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Windows Common Log File System Driver , which is present in Windows 10 and 11 systems, as well as many server versions of Windows. On a lighter note (hopefully), Microsoft drove the final nail in the coffin for Internet Explorer 11 (IE11).

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 9, 2022

And, let’s be honest , the deceptive writing phishing assaults and other cyber threats today employ are skilled enough to fool even the most trained, internet-savvy experts. Ever present threats. Internet and email fraud. Perhaps elderly folks who haven’t spent a lot of time online are easier to deceive.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 5, 2021

On March 2, Microsoft released emergency security updates to plug four security holes in Exchange Server versions 2013 through 2019 that hackers were actively using to siphon email communications from Internet-facing systems running Exchange. The backdoor web shell is verifiably present on the networks of thousands of U.S.

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Joseph Steinberg

JUNE 10, 2022

As a result, cybersecurity programs must be crafted and implemented not only to defend against lateral movement through data systems by so called “authorized users” but also to treat users on internal networks as if they were no more trustworthy than users accessing via Internet-based connections emanating from halfway around the work.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Kaspersky presented detailed technical analysis of this case in three parts. was used by tens of millions of websites approximately 4% of all sites on the internet which highlights the severity of the incident, whose full impact is yet to be determined. Kaspersky products detect malicious objects related to the attack.

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SecureBlitz

MARCH 24, 2025

As a child safety advocate and parent of two myself, I understand the ever-present concern of keeping our children safe in the vast and sometimes perilous digital landscape. This post will show you the best parental control software for 2024.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Many modern vehicles let owners use the Internet or a mobile device to control the car’s locks, track location and performance data, and start the engine. They did, and Marulla was presented with an online dashboard showing the current location of his old ride and its mileage statistics.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

Researchers this month uncovered a two-year-old Linux-based remote access trojan dubbed AVrecon that enslaves Internet routers into botnet that bilks online advertisers and performs password-spraying attacks. SocksEscort[.]com com , is what’s known as a “SOCKS Proxy” service. com, such as abuseipdb[.]com com , bestiptest[.]com

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

According to a security advisory from Redmond, the security hole CVE-2021-40444 affects the “MSHTML” component of Internet Explorer (IE) on Windows 10 and many Windows Server versions. There is currently no official patch for the flaw, but Microsoft has released recommendations for mitigating the threat.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 19, 2020

And they warn that if hackers hijacked an internet-connected billboard to carry out the trick, it could be used to cause traffic jams or even road accidents while leaving little evidence behind. […]. We discuss the challenge that split-second phantom attacks create for ADASs.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 10, 2025

At a press briefing, Tanaka gave an eye-opening presentation in which he framed the disruption thats playing out over GenAI. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. Were now deep into that shift. I’ll keep watch and keep reporting.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2025

telecommunication and internet service providers. “As highlighted in the most recent Office of the Director of National Intelligence Annual Threat Assessment , Chinese state-backed cyber actors continue to present some of the greatest and most persistent threats to U.S. ” reads the Treasurys OFAC’s announcement.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 5, 2025

Whether presented as a single experts narrative or a curated thread of viewpoints, these reels aim to offer something increasingly rare in todays feed a moment of clarity. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. Theyre hard-earned perspectives.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 31, 2024

Your Web browser knows how to find a site like example.com thanks to the global Domain Name System (DNS), which serves as a kind of phone book for the Internet by translating human-friendly website names (example.com) into numeric Internet addresses. “Free services make it easier [to exploit] at scale.

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