Cybercriminals Target Kodi Media Player for Malware Distribution
A recent cryptomining campaign shows criminal ingenuity.
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Google’s Forced Sign-in to Chrome Raises Privacy Red Flags
Chrome users are now automatically signed into the browser if they’re signed into any other Google service, such as Gmail.
Tricky DoS Attack Crashes Mozilla Firefox
There are currently no mitigations for the Firefox attack, a researcher told Threatpost.
Mac Mojave Zero-Day Allows Malicious Apps to Access Sensitive Info
Malicious apps can trivially thwart Mojave 10.14’s new privacy protections.
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Online ad industry moves away from once prolific ads that are now deemed insecure because of DOM-based XSS vulnerabilities.
A data breach targeting women’s apparel giant SHEIN occurred between June and August 2018.
The spam campaign mostly targets victims in Turkey and Germany.
The human factor doesn’t have to be an intangible when assessing cyber risks within a company.
Up to two billion devices are still vulnerable to the BlueBorne IoT attack – and may not ever get a patch.
Newsmaker Interviews
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Newsmaker Interview: Derek Manky on ‘Self-Organizing Botnet Swarms’
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Newsmaker Interview: Troy Mursch on Why Cryptojacking Isn’t Going Away
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Newsmaker Interview: Bruce Schneier on ‘Going Dark’ and the Crypto Arms Race
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Newsmaker Interview: Scott Helme on Securing the Web
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Newsmaker Interview: Patrick Wardle Talks Apple Malware Flubs and Successes
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ThreatList: Microsoft Macros Remain Top Vector for Malware Delivery
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Threatlist: Email Attacks Surge, Targeting Execs
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ThreatList: 60% of BEC Attacks Fly Under the Radar
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ThreatList: Security Pros Confident They Could Compromise Their Own Orgs
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Threatpost News Wrap Podcast For Sept. 7
The Threatpost team breaks down the biggest news from the week ended Sept. 7.
Threatpost News Wrap Podcast For Aug. 31
This week’s news includes a Microsoft zero-day flaw and Yahoo’s recent email privacy snafu.
Podcast: Plugging Leaky Data in the Cloud
Threatpost talks to a Google Cloud expert about the top issues users face when securing data in the cloud.
Podcast: Bad Packets Report Founder on Rising Cryptojacking Attacks
Cryptojacking attacks are on the rise. We talk to security researcher Troy Mursch about why bad actors are drawn to this attack technique.
Podcast: Bugcrowd Founder on Printer Bugs, IoT Bounty Hunting and New VDP Project
Bugcrowd’s CTO and founder Casey Ellis talked to Threatpost about the recently launched HP printer bug bounty program.
Podcast: Black Hat and DEF CON 2018 Wrap
The Threatpost team debriefs on the top news and topics from last week’s Black Hat and DEF CON conferences.
Podcast: enSilo CEO on Black Hat USA 2018 Top Trends
As Black Hat’s keynote kicks off today, Threatpost pinpoints the most popular trends of the conference with enSilo’s CEO.
Podcast: Black Hat USA 2018 Preview
Threatpost editors Tom Spring, Lindsey O’Donnell and Tara Seals preview Black Hat USA and DEF CON 2018, which both take place this week in Las Vegas.
Podcast: Why Bitcoin Miners Target Critical Infrastructure Networks
Ronen Rabinovich from Cyberbit explains why malicious bitcoin mining malware is increasing on industrial control systems.
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Video: Bishop Fox on Device Threats and Layered Security
Bishop Fox’s Christie Terrill talks to us about IoT security and other trends at Black Hat 2018 this month.
Black Hat Exclusive Video: The IoT Security Threat Looms for Enterprises
Armis’ CTO discusses the top IoT security issues in the marketplace today – and whether device manufacturers will start to prioritize security.
Black Hat Video Exclusive: Mobile APTs Redefining Phishing Attacks
Mike Murray, vice president of security intelligence at Lookout, discusses how mobile is redefining phishing, taking it out of the traditional inbox and into SMS and Facebook messages.
Akamai CSO Talks Cryptominers, IoT and the Reemergence of Old Threats
Andy Ellis, CSO Akamai, discusses how the company works with others within the cybersecurity landscape to help keep the internet safe.
HackerOne CEO Talks Bug Bounty Programs at RSA Conference
Can bug bounty programs be designed to protect consumer privacy and how do programs balance white hat disclosure versus companies sitting on vulnerabilities until they are fixed?
A Closer Look at APT Group Sofacy’s Latest Targets
Threatpost talks to Kaspersky Lab researcher Kurt Baumgartner who was instrumental in tracking the latest activities of the Russian-speaking Sofacy APT gang.
Programs Controlling ICS Robotics Are ‘Wide Open’ to Vulnerabilities
Dewan Chowdhury, founder of MalCrawler, talks at SAS about the risks that companies face when securing their industrial control systems and robotics.
The ‘Perfect Storm’ of Disinformation and Hacking
Matt Tait gives a list of examples throughout history where politically motivated groups have used disinformation and hacking as part of a campaign to shape public opinion.
Cisco Warns of Critical Flaw in Voice OS-based Products
Cisco Systems issued patch that fixes a critical vulnerability impacting 12 products running the Cisco Voice Operating System software.
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Slideshow: Scenes from Black Hat USA 2013
Scenes from this year’s hacking conference in Las Vegas, Nev. include a keynote by General Keith B. Alexander, Director of the National Security Agency and talks by researchers Karsten Nohl and Ralf-Phillip Weinmann.
More from CanSecWest 2013
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Ryan McGeehan and Chad Greene
Ryan McGeehan, the director of incident response at Facebook and Chad Greene, the manager of the Facebook CERT on Thursday both explained how the social network has planned red team exercises in the past to prepare the company’s security team for a real attack.
Stefan Esser
Mobile security researcher Stefan Esser discussed the security model of Apple iOS and some of the recent changes the company has made to lock it down even further.
Chaouki Bekrar
The team from French research firm VUPEN, including CEO Chaouki Bekrar, has dominated the Pwn2Own hacking contest, taking down several targets, including Internet Explorer 10, Java and Mozilla Firefox. They plan to attack Adobe Flash on Thursday.
Mudge on the CFT
Peiter Zatko, also known as Mudge, has run the DARPA Cyber Fast Track program for the last three years, but he said that the researcher program is ending on April 1. The CFT program funded a wide range of security research projects in its time, including Charlie Miller’s NFC work and Moxie Marlinspike’s Convergence system.
Vancouver, British Columbia
The CanSecWest conference in Vancouver attracts some of the top security researchers from around the world each year.
More from the Kaspersky Lab/Threatpost Security Analyst Summit
Chris Soghoian on Wireless Carriers and Android SecurityPartial Disclosure Leaves Adobe Reader Zero-Day Story in Limbo
ICS Security From the Trenches Speakers Billy Rios and Terry McCorkle
Billy Rios, left, and Terry McCorkle gave details on a new zero-day vulnerability they found in the Tridium Niagara software platform.