Category Archives: Government

ACLU, Bruce Schneier, Cryptography, Ford Foundation, FTC, Government, Latanva Sweeney, Privacy, public interest technologist, RSAC

RSAC 2019: An Antidote for Tech Gone Wrong

March 4, 2019 Tom Spring

As many ponder the big ethical questions around cyber, some are proposing public interest technologist as a solution.
Source: Threatpost.com | Privacy

Active Directory Domain, BITS, C2, CMD shell, East Asia, google drive, Government, Hacks, HTTP backdoor, Malware, Microsoft Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service, Privacy, QEMU, South Korea, UBoatRAT, VirtualBox, vmware, Vulnerabilities, Zip archives

RAT Distributed Via Google Drive Targets East Asia

November 30, 2017 Tom Spring Leave a comment

Researchers say a new remote access Trojan dubbed UBoatRAT is targeting individuals or organizations linked to South Korea or video games industry.
Source: Threatpost.com | Privacy

CNBC, Facebook, Government, Hacks, John Carlin, Monika Bicker, North Korea, Privacy, The Aspen Institute, The Cambridge Cyber Summit

Attackers Redefining Objectives, Approaches

October 5, 2017 Tom Spring Leave a comment

The nature of cyberattacks is changing and increasingly leveraging social networks as they take aim at new targets.
Source: Threatpost.com | Privacy

AMT vulnerability, CPUs, CVE-2017-5689, Government, High Assurance Platform, Intel, Intel Active Management Technology, Management Engine, ME, ME Cleaner, Privacy, U.S. National Security Agency, Vulnerabilities

Intel Confirms Its Much-Loathed ME Feature Has A Kill Switch

August 30, 2017 Tom Spring Leave a comment

A previously undocumented kill switch for a remote management feature baked into many Intel chips can be switched off.
Source: Threatpost.com | Privacy

Chicago Board of Elections, Chris Vickery, data breach, ES&S, fbi, Government, Jon Hendren, personal information leak, Privacy, UpGuard, voting machine, voting security, Vulnerabilities

Vendor Exposes Backup of Chicago Voter Roll via AWS Bucket

August 18, 2017 Michael Mimoso Leave a comment

Voter registration data belonging to the entirety of Chicago’s electoral roll—1.8 million records—was found a week ago in an Amazon Web Services bucket.
Source: Threatpost.com | Privacy

Chris Vickery, Cloud Security, Critical Infrastructure, Dell, Dell Technologies, Freescale, Government, MacKeeper, Oracle, Power Quality Engineering, Privacy, remote synchronization, rsync, SBC, Texas Instruments, Web Security

Engineering Firm Leaks Sensitive Data on Dell, SBC and Oracle

August 8, 2017 Tom Spring Leave a comment

Power Quality Engineering publicly exposed sensitive electrical infrastructure data on the public internet tied to Dell Technologies, SBC, Freescale, Oracle, Texas Instruments and the City of Austin.
Source: Threatpost.com | Privacy

Cryptography, DEF CON, Government, HTTPS, National Science Foundation, NSA, Open Technology Fund, Privacy, Roger Dingledine, The Onion Router, Tor Project, U.S. State Department, Web Security

Tor Developer Busts Myths, Announces New Features

August 4, 2017 Tom Spring Leave a comment

Tor cofounder Roger Dingledine sets the record straight at DEF CON on popular myths, and at the same time teases upcoming features.
Source: Threatpost.com | Privacy

apple, censorship, Cryptography, DoS, Firefox, google, Government, HackerOne, Microsoft, Open Technology Fund, OTF, Privacy, surveillance, The Onion Router, Tor, Tor Project, Web Security

Tor Project Opens Bounty Program To All Researchers

July 20, 2017 Tom Spring Leave a comment

The Tor Project is launching a public bug bounty program to encourage security researchers to responsibly report issues they find in the software.
Source: Threatpost.com | Privacy

Article 29 Working Party, Borderless Cyber, Clare Sullivan, EU privacy laws, European privacy laws, Georgetown University, Government, IP address, Privacy, privacy laws, US-EU Privacy Shield

New EU Privacy Laws Will Complicate B2B Data Sharing

June 26, 2017 Tom Spring Leave a comment

Exploring the legality of the international business-to-business sharing of IP addresses within the cyber threat intelligence community.
Source: Threatpost.com | Privacy

Citizen Lab, Fireball, GhostHook, Government, Honda, Intel, Malware, México, Microsoft, Mobile Security, Podcasts, Privacy, ransomware, SMB, SMBv1, University College London, Vulnerabilities, WannaCry

Threatpost News Wrap, June 23, 2017

June 23, 2017 Chris Brook Leave a comment

Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including Citizen Lab’s latest report, WannaCry hitting Honda, GhostHook, and Fireball.
Source: Threatpost.com | Privacy

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