November 2019 – Page 5 – PossibleThreat Articles

It’s Way Too Easy to Get a .gov Domain Name

November 26, 2019 0 Comments cisa, cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency, dotgov bill, dotgov.gov, exeterri.gov, john levine, The Coming Storm, town.exeter.ri.us, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, u.s. general services administration, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 02:08:55 +0000

Many readers probably believe they can trust links and emails coming from U.S. federal government domain names, or else assume there are at least more stringent verification requirements involved in obtaining a .gov domain versus a commercial one ending in .com or .org. But a recent experience suggests this trust may be severely misplaced, and that it is relatively straightforward for anyone to obtain their very own .gov domain.

MalwareBytes Security

Would ‘Medicare for All’ help secure health data?

November 26, 2019 0 Comments adam kujawa, amca, american medical collection agency, blue cross blue shield, breaches, cms, Cybercrime, department of health and human services, dominion national, Electronic Frontier Foundation, gao, Government, government accountability office, healthcare, healthcare.gov, heatlhcare, hhs, insurance, interoperability, malwarebytes, malwarebytes labs, medicare for all, online privacy act of 2019, os inc, prema blue cross, Privacy, security world, solara medical supplies, spectrum health lakeland, third-party services, wolverine solutions group

Credit to Author: Adam Kujawa| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 20:30:10 +0000

Beyond the usual arguments on this subject, we wanted to ask the question: Are there any security risks we need to be worried about if the United States were to switch to ‘Healthcare for All’ policies?

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Tags: adam kujawa AMCA American Medical Collection Agency Blue Cross Blue Shield breaches CMS cybercrime Department of Health and Human Services Dominion National Electronic Frontier Foundation GAO Government Accountability Office healthcare healthcare.gov Heatlhcare HHS insurance interoperability Malwarebytes malwarebytes labs Medicare for all Online Privacy Act of 2019 OS Inc Prema Blue Cross Solara Medical Supplies Spectrum Health Lakeland third-party services Wolverine Solutions Group

Microsoft Security

Gartner Names Microsoft a Leader in the 2019 Enterprise Information Archiving (EIA) Magic Quadrant

November 26, 2019 0 Comments cybersecurity

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 18:09:21 +0000

In Gartner’s annual Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Information Archiving (EIA), Microsoft was named a Leader again.

The post Gartner Names Microsoft a Leader in the 2019 Enterprise Information Archiving (EIA) Magic Quadrant appeared first on Microsoft Security .

Microsoft Security

Insights from one year of tracking a polymorphic threat

November 26, 2019 0 Comments behavior monitoring, behavior-based machine learning, behavioral blocking and containment, cybersecurity, dexphot, fileless, Microsoft security intelligence, polymorphic malware

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 17:00:56 +0000

We discovered the polymoprhic threat Dexphot in October 2018. In the months that followed, we closely tracked the threat as attackers upgraded the malware, targeted new processes, and worked around defensive measures. One year’s worth of intelligence helped us gain insight not only into the goals and motivations of Dexphot’s authors, but of cybercriminals in general.

The post Insights from one year of tracking a polymorphic threat appeared first on Microsoft Security .

Security Wired

The Likely Reason Disney+ Accounts Are Getting ‘Hacked’

November 26, 2019 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 20:02:13 +0000

Credential stuffing, where names and passwords leaked in previous breaches are reused, strikes again.

Independent Krebs Security

Sale of 4 Million Stolen Cards Tied to Breaches at 4 Restaurant Chains

November 26, 2019 0 Comments Data Breaches, focus brands, gemini advisory, Joker's stash, krystal breach, mcalister's deli breach, moe's breach, payment card industry security standards, pci, schlotsky's breach, The Coming Storm, verizon

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 13:32:21 +0000

On Nov. 23, one of the cybercrime underground’s largest bazaars for buying and selling stolen payment card data announced the immediate availability of some four million freshly-hacked debit and credit cards. KrebsOnSecurity has learned this latest batch of cards was siphoned from four different compromised restaurant chains that are most prevalent across the midwest and eastern United States.

Security Wired

UN Secretary-General: US-China Tech Split Worse Than Cold War

November 26, 2019 0 Comments Security, Security / National Security

Credit to Author: Nicholas Thompson| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 15:25:52 +0000

In an interview with WIRED editor in chief Nicholas Thompson, António Guterres says the world’s next major conflict will start in cyberspace.