Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.


Microsoft inches closer to commercially-viable quantum computing

Microsoft’s quest to create a powerful quantum computer comes closer to reality with the help of an elementary particle.


Cobalt/Carbanak bank malware gang’s alleged leader arrested

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Why Would Someone Hijack My Website?

If you own a small business, you have a website.  Would you be surprised to learn that your site is a top target of cyber-criminals?  Most people believe their business is too small and insignificant to be interesting to attackers, but your website is valuable to them precisely because it is small.

What makes a small business website an attractive ...

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USB Exploits Pose Security Threats

Often when I am writing about cybersecurity, the situation seems worse than ever.  But its not more dangerous than its ever been, it dangerous in ways that its never been.

A team of Israeli researchers have cataloged 29 different USB exploits and attacks.  These attacks can come disguised as a smartphone charger connection, or may come hidden on a USB thumb drive.  Plugging an ...

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What Security Advice Do The Experts Offer?

I recently read an article from Heimdal Security about online safety.  In this article Heimdal had asked 18 experts in the field of cybersecurity for their top 3 ideas about how to stay secure.  The contributors included top cybersecurity professionals from several anti-malware companies, security bloggers, and cybersecurity industry professionals.  The original article is here.

What I found interesting were ...

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Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.


 Famous cryptographer’s tombstone cryptogram decrypted

A paper at Schmoocon DC over the weekend revealed a delightful cryptogram on William and Elizebeth Friedmans’ tombstone.  This is a fun story and will introduce you to the Bacon cypher.


Cryptocurrency as the lure, an ISO as the attachment – why not open it?

Phishers are using the hot ...

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Google Offers Advanced Protection Program for High Risk Individuals

If you are a high risk or high net worth user of Google’s popular Gmail platform, Google Drive, or other Google services such as YouTube or Google Analytics, Google has come up with an advanced security program for you.

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Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.


The Internet Wants You: Consider a Career in Cybersecurity

10/24/2017 07:32 AM EDT  Original release date: October 24, 2017

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, an annual campaign to raise awareness about cybersecurity. The month’s themes educate students and professionals about cybersecurity attack methods, best practices, and preventive measures ...

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SANS: Phishing Exploits Are The Top Threat

The SANS institute released the results of  a new survey recently, and found that cybersecurity professionals ranked phishing as the number one exploit this year.  Phishing awareness training programs were seen by many as the best defense against phishing, spearphishing and whaling exploits.  Something that was new this year was the reporting of so-called “malware-less” exploits that use “the built-in features of the operating system to turn it against itself without ...

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Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.


US-CERT: Alert (TA17-181A) Petya Ransomware

Systems Affected

Microsoft Windows operating systems

Overview

This Alert has been updated to reflect the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center’s (NCCIC) analysis of the “NotPetya” malware variant.

The scope of this Alert’s analysis is limited to the newest Petya malware variant ...

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