August 2019 – Page 13 – PossibleThreat Articles

Throwback Thursday: Eyes only

August 22, 2019 0 Comments Internet, Security

Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 03:00:00 -0700

Programmer pilot fish goes online to a message board for a development system that’s used for one of his company’s applications.

But he gets a message that the site is blocked. He can either forget about it, click a link to continue, or click a link to see the company’s access policy.

He clicks to continue, gets what he needs, and then, just out of curiosity, he clicks to see the access policy to get an idea of why this site is being blocked.

But instead of seeing the access policy, fish sees this message: Content blocked. Click here to access our internet resource policy.

Sputters baffled fish, “It actually blocked the policy!”

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Fortinet Security

The Gamaredon Group: A TTP Profile Analysis

August 21, 2019 0 Comments

Learn more about the tactics, techniques, and procedures used by the Gamaredon Group in their latest malicious campaign.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fortinet/blog/threat-research/~4/26IW–EI8yU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

MalwareBytes Security

Bluetooth vulnerability can be exploited in Key Negotiation of Bluetooth (KNOB) attacks

August 21, 2019 0 Comments Apple, Awareness, blackberry, bluetooth, Cisco, CVE-2019-9506, iOS, Key Negotiation of Bluetooth, KNOB attack, MacOS, man-in-the-middle attack, Microsoft, MITM, ret hat, watchOS, Windows

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 15:56:45 +0000

Researchers called it KNOB, a clever attack against the firmware of a Bluetooth chip that can allow hackers to successfully hijack paired devices and steal their sensitive data. Are users at risk?

Categories:

Awareness

Tags: Apple blackberry bluetooth Cisco CVE-2019-9506 iOS Key Negotiation of Bluetooth KNOB attack macOS man-in-the-middle attack microsoft mitm ret hat watchos windows

Security Sophos

Sophos named a Leader in the Gartner EPP Magic Quadrant… again

August 21, 2019 0 Comments Corporate, Gartner, Intercept X, Sophos Intercept X

Credit to Author: Seth Geftic| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 13:40:49 +0000

We are thrilled to be named a Leader again!<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/SCSBJu04Cdg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

Webcam woes – world’s oldest online camera struggles with security

August 21, 2019 0 Comments coffee pot, fogcam, history, webcam

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 14:19:40 +0000

Webcams are older than you think – but the oldest one still running won’t be around much longer.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/kuaRj48g53g” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security TrendMicro

The Sky Has Already Fallen (you just haven’t seen the alert yet)

August 21, 2019 0 Comments Business, Security, Skills Gap, XDR

Credit to Author: Rik Ferguson (VP, Security Research)| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 14:50:09 +0000

Of course, the much-touted “Cybersecurity Skills Shortage” isn’t news to anyone, or it shouldn’t be. For seven or more years, journalists, industry analysts and practitioners have been opining about it one way or another. Analyses and opinions vary on how we have reached this impasse, my own being that this is a largely self-inflicted crisis…

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Security TrendMicro

FAKE APPS!—courtesy of Agent Smith

August 21, 2019 0 Comments Consumer, Security

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 14:05:06 +0000

As new mobile malware sweeps the globe, here’s how to keep your device secure. We’re spending more and more of our lives online and for most of us the door to this digital world is our smartphone. It’s the first thing we look at when we wake up and the last thing we check at…

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Security Wired

Firefox and Chrome Fight Back Against Kazakhstan’s Spying

August 21, 2019 0 Comments Security, Security / Privacy

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 10:00:00 +0000

The Central Asian country’s government has repeatedly threatened to monitor its citizens’ internet activities. Google and Mozilla aren’t having it.

Security Wired

Facebook’s New Privacy Feature Comes With a Loophole

August 21, 2019 0 Comments Security, Security / Privacy

Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 21:56:51 +0000

“Off-Facebook Activity” will give users more control over their data, but Facebook needs up to 48 hours to aggregate your information into a format it can share with advertisers.

Security Wired

A Huge Ransomware Attack Messes With Texas

August 21, 2019 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks

Credit to Author: Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica| Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 16:00:00 +0000

A coordinated strike against 23 local governments is called the largest such hack from a single source.