Cyber Security and Information Systems Information Analysis Center
Western technology companies, including Cisco, IBM and SAP, are acceding to demands by Moscow for access to closely guarded product security secrets, at a time when Russia has been accused of a growing number of cyber attacks on the West, a Reuters investigation has found.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-tech-idUSKBN19E0XB
A new trend in adware and unwanted program purveyors is to install protection software that makes it more difficult for Windows users to run their security programs and clean infections. This was seen with the SmartService rootkit that blocked AV software from running and now with a protection program being called CertLock.
Security researchers have spotted a booby-trapped PowerPoint file that will download malware to a computer whenever a victim hovers a link, no macro scripts required.
DoD is working with GitHub, an open source platform, to experiment with fostering more collaboration between private sector software developers and federal employees on software projects built within the DoD. The Code.mil URL redirects users to an online repository that will house code written for a range of projects across DoD for individuals to review and
Engineering-based approaches to solutions are essential to managing the growing complexity and interconnectedness of today’s systems—as exemplified by cyber-physical systems, systems-of-systems, and the Internet of Things.
Lurking in the kernel for nine years, flaw gives untrusted users unfettered root access.
The tool acts as a system driver and blocks ransomware and other malicious programs from injecting rogue code into the master boot record.
Researchers have identified a new way to inject malicious code into Windows systems -- and it doesn't exploit a vulnerability.
Researchers have published details of a new method for exploiting a problem with Android devices tied to a hardware flaw within DRAM memory modules that can allow attackers to get root-level access to target machines.
https://threatpost.com/rowhammer-vulnerability-comes-to-android/121480/
Only three of the top 50 university computer science programs in the United States require students to take a cybersecurity course, and many don’t even offer a class on the subject, according to a recent study by CloudPassage, a cloud computing security company.
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