The Cybersecurity (CS) Digest is a curated bi-weekly news summary for cybersecurity professionals. It is transmitted in an HTML-formatted email and provides links to articles and news summaries across a spectrum of cybersecurity topics.

CSIAC ANNOUNCEMENTS:

New CSIAC Podcast- Data Manipulation - CSIAC

What is data manipulation? A misconception is that hackers always steal data, but this assumption is incorrect. Data manipulation attacks occur when an adversary does not take data, but instead makes subtle, stealthy tweaks to data for some type of gain or effect. These subtle modifications of data could be as crippling to organizations as data breaches. Data manipulation may result in distorted perception by shifting data around, which could lead to billions of dollars in financial loss or even potential loss of life, depending on the system in question, and the type of data being altered.
Tags: Data Security

Register for CSIAC Webinar Thursday, May 30 @ 12:00 pm EDT: BFAS – Binary File Application Scanner: A Prototype for Scanning, Detecting and Reporting PII in Disparate Binary Formats - CSIAC

This webinar will discuss a CSIAC-developed prototype for detecting and extracting PII from over a thousand binary file formats by leveraging the widely used open source Apache Tika toolkit. The prototype, called "BFAS - Binary File Application Scanner", integrates Tika through the implementation of a custom Powershell cmdlet which seamlessly injects a text extraction facility into the standard (existing) Powershell pipeline. A graphical user interface (GUI) was developed to facilitate multiprocessing and XML-based reporting and visualization. Ideas for extending the BFAS architecture to leverage machine learning (ML) methods will be discussed.
Tags: BFAS, Personally Identifiable Information (PII), Webinar

RECENT HEADLINES:

Chinese Military Will Replace Windows Operating System - The Epoch Times

The Chinese regime is getting ready to replace the Windows operating system in its military. The new operating system is independently developed by China, and it would prevent the United States from hacking into China's military network.
Tags: Chinese Military, Cyberwarfare, Microsoft Windows

U.S. Navy Creating a 350 Billion Record Social Media Archive - Bleeping Computer

United States Navy researchers want to build a global social media archive with 350 billion of digital data records as part of ongoing research efforts at the Naval Postgraduate School from Monterey, CA, conducted through the Department of Defense and Analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School.
Tags: Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), Navy, Social Media

Momentum Grows to Create ‘Do Not Track’ Registry - The Hill

Legislation to stop tech companies from tracking users online is finding new momentum as Congress seeks to crack down on big tech's privacy practices.
Tags: Data Security, Do Not Track, Legislation

The Future of AT&T is an Ad-Tracking Nightmare Hellworld - The Verge

Everything you watch, everywhere you go.
Tags: Ad-Tracking, AT&T, Data Security, Mobile Location Data

Crooks Leverages .htaccess Injector on Joomla and WordPress Sites for Malicious Redirects - Security Affairs

Security researchers are monitoring a new hacking campaign aimed at Joomla and WordPress websites, attackers used .htaccess injector for malicious redirect.
Tags: Joomla, Malicious Redirects, WordPress

Stolen NSA Hacking Tool Now Victimizing US Cities, Report Says - CNET

The EternalBlue hacking exploit, already used in the infamous WannaCry and NotPetya attacks, has now surfaced in the NSA's own backyard, says The New York Times.
Tags: EternalBlue, National Security Agency (NSA)

Satan Ransomware Adds More Evil Tricks - Dark Reading

The latest changes to the Satan ransomware framework demonstrate attackers are changing their operations while targeting victims more carefully.
Tags: ElasticSearch, Ransomware, Spring Web, ThinkPHP

Why the Air Force is Investigating a Cyber Attack From the Navy - Air Force Times

The Air Force is investigating the Navy for a cyber intrusion into its network, according to a memo obtained by Military Times.
Tags: Air Force, cyberattack, U.S. Army

Attack Combines Phishing, Steganography, PowerShell to Deliver Malware - Security Week

Researchers have discovered a malware campaign targeting Japan and combining phishing, steganography, PowerShell, and the URLZone and Ursnif malwares.
Tags: cyberattack, Malware, Powershell, steganography

SD-WAN Adoption Growing as Enterprises Embrace App-Centric Architecture Transition - HelpNetSecurity

The connected era and cloud-based environment have created a need to redesign network operations, according to ResearchAndMarkets.
Tags: Cloud Computing, Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN)

Does Cyber Command Need More Electronic Warfare Tools? - Fifth Domain

Within the U.S military services, leaders often discuss the close relationship of cyber warfare and electronic warfare. But what's less clear is the relationship between these two disciplines at U.S. Cyber Command.
Tags: Cyberwarfare, U.S. Cyber Command

Google Stored Unhashed G Suite Passwords for Over a Decade - Bleeping Computer

Google missed a spot when securing passwords for some of its business customers, accidentally storing them in plain text for 14 years.
Tags: Data Security, Google

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