Category: Threat Intel

Non-US Encryption Is Theoretical, Claims CIA Chief In Backdoor Debate http://ift.tt/1S98nkc CIA director John Brennan told US senators they shouldn’t worry about mandatory encryption backdoors hurting American businesses. And that’s because, according to Brennan, there’s no one else for people to turn to: if they don’t want to use US-based technology because it’s been forced…

GitHub Users Join The June Passwords-Hacked Squad http://ift.tt/1Ug7DBb A penguin could pick a better password than people can OH GITHUB USERS, you have caught the hacked account bug because of your use of dirty pre-used passwords, and now your personal details could have been plundered. You exposed horde, you blighted legions, you are part…

Google Pays $550,000 To People Who Found Security Holes In Android http://ift.tt/1S98yMb Google’s Android mascot. Stephen Shankland/CNET Google paid 82 people a total of $550,000 in the last year for finding security vulnerabilities that could let hackers compromise phones, tablets, cars and other gadgets powered by the company’s Android software. The company launched the Android…

Apple: iOS to require HTTPS for apps by January http://ift.tt/1Qb3mNO Apple – whose high-profile battles with the US government over iOS device encryption earned repeated headlines earlier this year – is taking another big step towards ubiquitous encryption. At its annual World Wide Developer’s Conference (WWDC), Apple’s security experts announced plans to mandate secure network…

Is the Angler exploit kit dead? http://ift.tt/1Yv5im1 We’ve written about exploit kits on Naked Security many times before, because they’ve become a key part of the cybercriminal underworld. As we explained at the start of 2016: An exploit kit is a pre-packaged toolkit of malicious web pages that crooks can buy, license or lease for…

Guccifer 2.0 Is Likely A Russian Government Attempt To Cover Up Their Own Hack http://ift.tt/1Q9dbvy On Wednesday, a hacker calling themselves “Guccifer 2.0” claimed responsibility for hacking into the servers of the Democratic Party and stealing “thousands” of documents, including oppo research into Donald Trump. The individual, who called themselves a “lone hacker,” also made…

Github hit by massive password-guessing attack http://ift.tt/1OsOSZ0 Github is a well-known on-line repository for software source code. It’s free for open source projects (personal and business users have to pay), and the site is said to have 14,000,000 users who collectively maintain 35,000,000 repositories. The idea of a software repository is that it isn’t just…

MS16-083 – Critical: Security Update for Adobe Flash Player (3167685) – Version: 1.0 http://ift.tt/1UwdYa9 The document is archived and information here might be outdated Microsoft Security Bulletin MS16-083 – Critical Security Update for Adobe Flash Player (3167685) Published: June 16, 2016 Version: 1.0 This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player when installed on…