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Join Paul Roberts, Threatpost editor, and our panel of experts as they discuss security regulations, concerns and challenges within the Education market. Along with Paul, Steve Mazzola of Belmont Public Schools, David Escalante of Boston College and Josh Corman of the 451 Group provide hands-on insight into this market.
In this video Chris Astacio of Websense describes a malware attack that’s spreading through an infected module found in many Wordpress themes named TimThumb.php.
The hack of a commercially available insulin pump earlier this month at the DEFCON hacker conference has attracted the attention of members of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, which is now calling for a formal review of wireless medical devices like the pump.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has drawn the ire of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) following an audit of the FDIC’s system this month.
As Facebook scams continue to loom and infiltrate news feeds, web security firm Websense has conducted a study to tabulate just how far these campaigns stretch. The news isn’t encouraging, with scams on Facebook estimated to reach more than a million users in a matter of days.
More information about last week’s “Shady Rat” hacks continues to be uncovered, including reports that the attackers behind the hack used digital images to obscure their activities.Researchers at Symantec analyzing the attacks found images were hiding code that enabled communication back and forth with infected machines and a command-and-control (C&C) server, according to a report from DarkReading.
Trading on Hong Kong’s stock market, Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing, remains suspended today following a “coordinated and sustained” distributed denial of service attack on one of the exchange’s websites Wednesday. Several companies, including HSBC, China Power International and Cathay Pacific found their shares unavailable late Wednesday following the attack according to a report from BBC.
The Chinese government claims they’ve seen nearly 500,000 cyber attacks designed to hit their computers over the past year, with the U.S. and India among the countries believed to be responsible.
Other firms sponsor contests at DEFCON as well. Dirtbags is one. The organization hosts CTF style contests around the country that are modeled on the DEFCON CTF.
Contests abound at DEFCON. In addition to the open and closed capture the flag tourneys, there’s a lock picking contest, shown here. The contestant (in green shorts) must free himself from a pair of handcuffs, then make his way across stage, picking locks as he goes.
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