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New Backdoor Targets Linux Servers

Posted: 02/05/2019 | Leave a Comment

A new backdoor is targeting Linux servers in East Asia and Latin America, including Amazon Web Services (AWS) hosted machines, Check Point security researchers say.

https://www.securityweek.com/new-backdoor-targets-linux-servers

Tags: Linux, SpeakUp, Trojan

Crypto CEO Dies Holding Only Passwords That Can Unlock Millions in Customer Coins

Posted: 02/05/2019 | Leave a Comment

Digital-asset exchange Quadriga CX has a $200 million problem with no obvious solution -- just the latest cautionary tale in the unregulated world of cryptocurrencies.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-04/crypto-exchange-founder-dies-leaves-behind-200-million-problem

Tags: Cyrptocurrency, QuadrigaCX

The Teams Who Test US Cyber Defenses Aren’t Being Tough Enough: Pentagon Report

Posted: 02/05/2019 | Leave a Comment

A lack of tough cyber operators to play the role of adversary is leaving U.S. cyber defenders unprepared for today's real-world threats, according to the Pentagon's Office of the Director of Operational Test & Evaluation.

https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2019/02/teams-who-test-us-cyber-defenses-arent-being-tough-enough-pentagon-report/154639/?oref=d-channelriver

Tags: Cyberwarfare, Penetration Testing

Hack Brief: An Astonishing 773 Million Records Exposed in Monster Breach

Posted: 01/22/2019 | Leave a Comment

There are breaches, and there are megabreaches, and there's Equifax. But a newly revealed trove of leaked data tops them all for sheer volume: 772,904,991 unique email addresses, over 21 million unique passwords, all recently posted to a hacking forum.

https://www.wired.com/story/collection-one-breach-email-accounts-passwords/

Tags: Data Breach, Data Privacy

Air Force Looks to Data Standards in 2019

Posted: 01/22/2019 | Leave a Comment

The Air Force is pushing forward with several key IT changes for the coming fiscal year.

https://fcw.com/articles/2019/01/21/usaf-data-cyber-williams.aspx?admgarea=TC_Security

Tags: Air Force, Data Security

Questioning the Effectiveness of Offensive Cyber Operations

Posted: 01/22/2019 | Leave a Comment

Great-power competition in the twenty-first century increasingly involves the use of cyber operations between rival states. But do cyber operations achieve their stated objectives? What are the escalation risks? Under what conditions could increasingly frequent and sophisticated cyber operations result in inadvertent escalation and the use of military force?

http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20190122-questioning-the-effectiveness-of-offensice-cyber-operations

Tags: Cyber Operations, Cyberwarfare

The Rise of Self-Concealing Steganography

Posted: 01/08/2019 | Leave a Comment

Steganography is the practice of hiding messages or information in plain sight, especially inside other data or images. And a new toolset, which debuted earlier this month at the Black Hat Europe conference in London, suggests steganography is going to get much more difficult to spot

https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/rise-self-concealing-steganography-a-11902

Tags: steganography

This Million-core Supercomputer Inspired by the Human Brain Breaks all the Rules

Posted: 01/08/2019 | Leave a Comment

SpiNNaker's spiking neural network mimics the human brain, and could fuel breakthroughs in robotics and health.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-million-core-supercomputer-inspired-by-the-human-brain-breaks-all-the-rules/

Tags: Artificial Intelligence (AI), High Performance Computing

Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Supply Chain Cybersecurity?

Posted: 01/08/2019 | Leave a Comment

The military supply chain is vast, multifaceted, and riddled with potential cyber vulnerabilities.

https://www.fifthdomain.com/industry/2019/01/02/is-there-such-a-thing-as-too-much-supply-chain-cybersecurity/

Tags: Cyber Risk, Cyber Supply Chain, Information Sharing

Microsoft Now Lets You Log Into Outlook, Skype, Xbox Live Without a Password

Posted: 11/27/2018 | Leave a Comment

You and 800 million other people now can use hardware authentication keys -- and no password at all -- to log on to Microsoft accounts used for Outlook, Office 365, OneDrive, Skype and Xbox Live.

https://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-now-lets-you-log-into-outlook-skype-xbox-live-with-no-password/

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