Wi-Fi signals from ordinary Wi-Fi equipment can be used to detect suspicious objects, such as bombs or weapons, inside people's bags or luggage, at schools, stadiums, museums, malls, or other public spaces.
CS Digest Section: Network Security
It’s Official: TLS 1.3 Approved as Standard While Spies Weep
An overhaul of a critical internet security protocol has been completed, with TLS 1.3 becoming an official standard late last week.
New WPA3 Wi-Fi Standard Released
On Monday, the Wi-Fi Alliance, the organization that manages Wi-Fi technologies, announced the official release of WPA3. WPA3 is the latest version of Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), a user authentication technology for Wi-Fi connections.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-wpa3-wi-fi-standard-released/
VPNFilter Can Also Infect ASUS, D-Link, Huawei, Ubiquiti, UPVEL, and ZTE Devices
The VPNFilter malware that infected over 500,000 routers and NAS devices across 54 countries during the past few months is much worse than previously thought.
Operation Prowli Profits On Weak IoT Devices, Servers
A malicious campaign has compromised more than 40,000 machines globally, carrying out traffic-hijacking and cryptomining.
https://threatpost.com/operation-prowli-profits-on-weak-iot-devices-servers/132621/
US, UK Accuse Russia of Hacking Home Routers and ISPs to Conduct MitM Attacks
A joint alert issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the United Kingdom's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warns that Russian state-sponsored cyber actors are actively targeting home and enterprise routers.
IETF Approves TLS 1.3 as Internet Standard
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) - the organization that approves proposed Internet standards and protocols - has formally approved TLS 1.3 as the next major version of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ietf-approves-tls-13-as-internet-standard/
Potent Malware That Hid for Six Years Spread Through Routers
Researchers have discovered malware so stealthy it remained hidden for six years despite infecting at least 100 computers worldwide.
Cavalry Riding to the Rescue of DDoS-deluged Memcached Users
DDoS attacks taking advantage of ill-advised use of memcached have begun to decline, either because sysadmins are securing the process, or because people are using a potentially-troublesome "kill switch."
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/12/memcached_cavalry_spotted_on_the_horizon/
MOSQUITO Attack Allows to Exfiltrates Data From Air-Gapped Computers Via Leverage Connected Speakers
MOSQUITO is new technique devised by a team of researchers at Israel's Ben Gurion University, led by the expert Mordechai Guri, to exfiltrate data from an air-gapped network.
http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/70192/hacking/mosquito-attack-airgapped-networks.html
