Yearly Archives: 2019

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What’s long, hard, and full of seamen? The US Navy’s latest cybersecurity war gaming classes

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The US Navy is looking to hire someone to teach the basics of cybersecurity to its sailors.

Companies have until May 6 to make their pitch to the Navy Postgraduate School on exercises it can use with its course on Cyber Operations […]

By |April 16th, 2019|Cyber News|

Brit Watchkeeper drone fell in the sea because blocked sensor made algorithms flip out

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A British Army Watchkeeper drone stalled itself and crashed into the sea on a bad weather flight test, military investigators have said – though most of the wreckage was never found.

The unmanned aircraft, tail number WK042, fell from the […]

By |April 16th, 2019|Cyber News|

Microsoft: Hackers compromised support agent’s credentials to access customer email accounts

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On the heels of a trove of 773 million emails, and tens of millions of passwords, from a variety of domains getting leaked in January, Microsoft has faced another breach affecting its web-based email services.

Microsoft  has confirmed to TechCrunch that a certain […]

By |April 15th, 2019|Cyber News|

IE under fire, Triton goes under the microscope, and Norsk Hydro reeling from ransomware attack

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Need another reason to quit using Internet Explorer? How about this XXE zero-day?
Microsoft has all but killed off Internet Explorer, but more than a few PC owners continue to hold out. Hopefully a bug unveiled this week will help […]

By |April 15th, 2019|Cyber News|

US-Cert alert! Thanks to a massive bug, VPN now stands for “Vigorously Pwned Nodes”

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The US-Cert is raising alarms following the disclosure of a serious vulnerability in multiple VPN services.

A warning from the DHS cyber security team references the CMU Cert Coordination Center’s bulletin on the failure of some VPN providers to encrypt the cookie […]

By |April 15th, 2019|Cyber News|

Bug-hunters punch huge holes in WPA3 standard for Wi-Fi security

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Researchers have detailed a set of side-channel and downgrade attacks that potentially allow an attacker to compromise Wi-Fi networks equipped with WPA3 protections.

Mathy Vanhoef, of New York University Abu Dhabi, and Eyal Ronen, of Tel Aviv University, have disclosed five different […]

By |April 12th, 2019|Cyber News|

As Alexa’s secret human army is revealed, we ask: Who else has been listening in on you?

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Sneezes and homophones – words that sound like other words – are tripping smart speakers into allowing strangers to hear recordings of your private conversations.

These strangers live an eerie existence, a little like the Stasi agent in the movie The […]

By |April 12th, 2019|Cyber News|

Uncle Sam charges Julian Assange with conspiracy to commit computer intrusion

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One-time Aussie cupboard-dweller Julian Assange has been charged with conspiracy to commit computer intrusion by the US government.

Shortly after his arrest in London today – which followed the Ecuadorian embassy handing him over to British police – a US indictment dated […]

By |April 11th, 2019|Cyber News|

Lazarus Group rises again from the digital grave with Hoplight malware for all

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The Lazarus Group hacking operation, thought to be controlled by the North Korean government, has a new malware toy to pitch at potential targets and the US is getting worried about it.

This according to a report from US-Cert, which say that […]

By |April 11th, 2019|Cyber News|

Taj Mahal and SneakyPastes: Kaspersky reveals pair of attacks menacing Asia, Middle East

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Kaspersky Lab has revealed a pair of attacks targeting governments and political groups in Asia and the Middle East.

The Russian security house has issued reports outlining how the operations have been stealthily avoiding detection until now.
Taj Mahal breaks its […]

By |April 11th, 2019|Cyber News|