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Cyphort Detects Surge in Ad Network Infections, a.k.a. “Malvertising”
July 24, 2014 Added by:Ali Golshan
We recently noticed a surge where exploit packs are served from DMO (Destination Marketing Organization) websites using an Ad network called simpleviewinc.com during the July 4th long weekend.
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Israeli Military and Hamas trade Hacking Attacks
July 24, 2014 Added by:Dan Dieterle
As Israeli ground forces push into Gaza to remove militant Islamic troops and missiles, hacking teams from both sides ply their trades.
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Security and the Internet of Things
July 24, 2014 Added by:Steve Durbin
The security threats of the Internet of Things (IoT) are broad and potentially devastating and organizations must ensure that technology for both consumers and companies adhere to high standards of safety and security.
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EBS Encryption: Enhancing the Amazon Web Services Offering with Key Management
July 23, 2014 Added by:Gilad Parann-Nissany
Full disk encryption is becoming more and more popular in cloud settings, and some of the smaller clouds like Google Compute Engine have supported it for a while. Amazon is a bit late to this game, and should lead the way in enabling customer control of encryption keys.
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White House Website Includes Unique Non-Cookie Tracker, Conflicts With Privacy Policy
July 23, 2014 Added by:Electronic Frontier Foundation
According to the researchers, over 5,000 sites include the canvas fingerprinting, with the vast majority from AddThis.
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Crypto Locker Down, But NOT Out
July 23, 2014 Added by:Brent Huston
Even as the govt was touting their takedown, threat intelligence companies around the world (including MSI), were already noticing that the attackers were mutating, adapting and re-building a new platform to continue their attacks.
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The Unisys Ponemon study – Is It Actually Relevant to ICSs
July 22, 2014 Added by:Joe Weiss
It is important to understand the validity of the observations and conclusions as this report is being widely quoted.
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Black Hat Conference Talk on How to Break Tor Cancelled
July 22, 2014 Added by:Eduard Kovacs
Organizers of the Black Hat security conference that's scheduled to take place next month in Las Vegas announced that a presentation detailing how the Tor network's users can be de-anonymized has been cancelled.
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Keeping it Simple - Part 1
July 21, 2014 Added by:PCI Guru
Apparently, I struck a nerve with small business people trying to comply with PCI. In an ideal world, most merchants would be filling out SAQ A, but we do not live in an ideal world. As a result, I have collected some ideas on how merchants can make their lives easier.
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The Five Stages of Vulnerability Management
July 21, 2014 Added by:Tripwire Inc
The key to having a good information security program within your organization is having a good vulnerability management program.