By: Anshu, Software Engineer “The mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.”—Mestrius Plutarchus A mentor isn’t someone who answers your questions, but someone who helps you ask the right ones. After joining the McAfee WISE mentorship program as a mentee, I understood the essence of these words. WISE is
Month: May 2019
Millions of files that are sitting out in the open across various file storage technologies are actually encrypted by ransomware More than 2.3 billion files have been found inadvertently exposed online over the past year, reads a report from threat intelligence outfit Digital Shadows. The firm’s new ‘Too Much Information: The Sequel’ report follows up
If you have swiped your payment card at the popular Checkers and Rally’s drive-through restaurant chains in past 2-3 years, you should immediately request your bank to block your card and notify it if you notice any suspicious transaction. Checkers, one of the largest drive-through restaurant chains in the United States, disclosed a massive long-running
Reeling from the ongoing U.S.-China trade war, Chinese technology giant Huawei has found itself in yet another dilemma: How to pursue internal communications with its own U.S. employees? For now, the company has ordered its Chinese employees to bar technical meetings with their U.S. contacts and sent home the American workers deployed in research and
At its core, a security information and event management (SIEM) system is a great way to collect various log and event information from disparate network, security and data center hardware and software. It’s also useful for initial analysis and categorizing alerts. From those two standpoints, SIEM remains relevant. However, when this question of SIEM’s relevancy
Insight Venture Partners has agreed to acquire a controlling interest in Recorded Future, a threat intelligence company, in addition to the minority stake it already owns. The all-cash transaction puts the value of Recorded Future at more than $780 million. According to its press release, Recorded Future is the largest privately held threat intelligence software company
by John E Dunn One of computer security’s special frustrations is the phenomenon of malware that keeps re-infecting a system no matter how many times defenders think they’ve cleaned it. This was the puzzle that recently confronted Sophos Support when it was called in to investigate the mystery of an internet-facing Apache Tomcat web server
If you’re a cannabis investor or a founder working on a cannabis-related startup, you’ve probably heard of Poseidon Asset Management. The San Francisco-based investment firm is one of very few that is focused narrowly on the industry, which remains fairly insular for now. Poseidon has also been at it longer than most outfits, having begun
McAfee Advanced Threat Research recently released a blog detailing a vulnerability in the Mr. Coffee Coffee Maker with WeMo. Please refer to the earlier blog to catch up with the processes and techniques I used to investigate and ultimately compromise this smart coffee maker. While researching the device, there was always one attack vector that
Criminals used my account to launder credit card transactions into cash, at least where the company transacted with was willing to refund Last week I received a notification from Bank of America advising that my credit card may have been part of a compromise at an undisclosed merchant. The email does mention that there may
Memorial Day has come and gone, but you still have time to land some of the best deals on some of the best apps and tech training bundles around. Whether you’re looking for a world-class VPN or want to begin a career as a high-paid ethical hacker or IT pro, this list of ultra-discounted apps
UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has published a new joint report and stat-fest on Internet attitudes and usage with the national data protection watchdog, the ICO — a quantitative study to be published annually which they’re calling the Online Nation report. The new structure hints at the direction of travel for online regulation in the UK,
It’s been a year since the implementation of GDPR, and it seems that businesses are as vulnerable as ever. According to a report by nCipher, 71% of the UK C-suite would be willing to cover up a data breach if they could escape the fines, compared with the 57% of managers and directors. The survey
by Danny Bradbury You’ve all seen the deepfake video of a digital Barack Obama sockpuppet controlled by Jordan Peele, but we bet you haven’t seen an animated video of the Mona Lisa talking before. Well, thanks to the magic of AI, now you can. Deepfake AI produces realistic videos of people doing and saying fictitious
Netflix’s chief content officer Ted Sarandos said the streaming service (which is spending billions of dollars on an ever-growing catalog of original content) will “rethink [its] whole investment in Georgia” if a recently-signed abortion law goes into effect. Sarandos’ statement was first published in Variety. The industry publication said it reached out to the major studios
A much overlooked but essential part in financially motivated (cyber)crime is making sure that the origins of criminal funds are obfuscated or made to appear legitimate, a process known as money laundering. ’Cleaning’ money in this way allows the criminal to spend their loot with less chance of being caught. In the physical world, for
ESET researchers analyze new TTPs attributed to the Turla group that leverage PowerShell to run malware in-memory only Turla, also known as Snake, is an infamous espionage group recognized for its complex malware. To confound detection, its operators recently started using PowerShell scripts that provide direct, in-memory loading and execution of malware executables and libraries.
Cyber Security researchers at Guardicore Labs today published a detailed report on a widespread cryptojacking campaign attacking Windows MS-SQL and PHPMyAdmin servers worldwide. Dubbed Nansh0u, the malicious campaign is reportedly being carried out by an APT-style Chinese hacking group who has already infected nearly 50,000 servers and are installing a sophisticated kernel-mode rootkit on compromised
Away from the limelight of urban cities, where an increasingly growing number of firms are fighting for a piece of India’s digital payments market, a South Korean startup’s app is quietly helping millions of Indians pay digitally and enjoy many financial services for the first time. The app, called True Balance, began its life as
Businesses of all sizes struggle with budget, access to qualified and affordable talent and the around-the-clock support needed in today’s rapidly changing and competitive environment. An overworked staff and inadequately managed and secured information systems can lead to tragic systems failure and security events, dissatisfied clients and employees. If a major security breach occurs or
Cryptopia, an exchange that was hacked and subsequently went into liquidation in May, has filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States. Grant Thornton will be handling the preservation of the data stored and hosted on servers with an Arizona-based firm, according to Yahoo News. The bankruptcy court in the Southern District of New York issued an
by Lisa Vaas Is it true that most people only read the first four lines of email, as this Twitterer suggests? If so, a cynic might assume, as did IT consultant Dave Hall, that the marketing department at a company that’s just suffered a massive data breach likely know that… and, hence, shoehorn in their
When FireEye reported its earnings last month, the outlook was a little light, so the security vendor decided to be proactive and make a big purchase. Today, the company announced it has acquired Verodin for $250 million. The deal closed today. The startup had raised over $33 million since it opened its doors 5 years
You have superstar employees who run your business like it’s their own. They use new apps to collaborate with coworkers, vendors, and customers to get work done when it needs to get done. They’re moving your business closer and closer to the cloud. Sounds fantastic! Let them do their thing! But what information is being
Add that to the US$1.4 billion that the massive security incident two years ago has cost the company so far The breach at credit bureau Equifax, which began almost exactly two years ago and lasted for 78 days, is making the headlines again. Credit rating agency Moody’s has cut its rating outlook for Equifax from
Nearly 1 million Windows systems are still unpatched and have been found vulnerable to a recently disclosed critical, wormable, remote code execution vulnerability in the Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)—two weeks after Microsoft releases the security patch. If exploited, the vulnerability could allow an attacker to easily cause havoc around the world, potentially much worse
A legal challenge to the EU-US Privacy Shield, a mechanism used by thousands of companies to authorize data transfers from the European Union to the US, will be heard by Europe’s top court this summer. The General Court of the EU has set a date of July 1 and 2 to hear the complaint brought
Most IT security professionals believe GDPR non-compliance is commonplace, as the landmark data protection legislation turns one tomorrow, according to Infosecurity Europe. Over 6400 industry practitioners responded to a Twitter poll run by the leading cybersecurity event, which runs from June 4-6. Some 68% said they thought many organizations have likely not taken the GDPR
by Lisa Vaas The latest ripple in the years-long, lawsuit-jammed, regulators-aggravating brouhaha known as batterygate: Apple has pledged to warn iPhone owners if an update is likely to slow down their phones. The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Wednesday that Apple has agreed to “notify consumers in a clear manner” if an
Most people wouldn’t think too much of a computer crammed into a briefcase — but if it’s one of the few remaining examples of the first computer ever built by Apple? That’s a whole different story. An original Apple I from 1976 — as hand-built by Steve Wozniak — just sold for £371,260 (or
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