Security Talk (124)
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Web Site Data Analytics Gathering May Violate GDPR, Google Analytics Does.
Posted on Friday, 11 February 2022
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Sean Kalinich
It seems that web site data analytics are now on the radar for privacy regulators in the EU, especially Google Analytics collection tools. Recently data protection regulators in Austria and France have rules that the collection of user data by…
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Strategy, Tactics, and Logistics. How They Fit into the Threat Landscape
Posted on Thursday, 10 February 2022
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Sean Kalinich
The Threat Landscape is an interesting topic of discussion. It is a constantly changing thing and even the best predictions can often fall short of the actual threat. This is because in most cases, the attackers are a step ahead…
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Activision is Not the Only Purchase Microsoft is Eying as Rumors Pop Up Around a Mandiant Buy
Posted on Wednesday, 09 February 2022
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Sean Kalinich
The news has been abuzz about the $65+ Billion-dollar purchase of Activision/Blizzard by Microsoft. It has been seen as an opening shot in a new stage in the console wars and is, even now, under review by the FTC. However,…
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UEFI Bootkits and Malware are Becoming More Common as Attackers Refine their Techniques.
Posted on Wednesday, 09 February 2022
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Sean Kalinich
UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) was designed to replace the old and outdated BIOS (Baic Input Output System). The older BIOS setup was slow and not very secure. It gave attackers several entry points for infection and persistence at that…
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Microsoft Begins Blocking their Own App Web Installer Files
Posted on Tuesday, 08 February 2022
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Sean Kalinich
The concept of the app as opposed to the application is one of those nuanced distinctions that miss many people. When it comes to a mobile device an app is a bundle that that allows the installation of an application…
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Android Banking Trojan Medusa Piggybacking on FluBot’s Deliver System
Posted on Tuesday, 08 February 2022
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Sean Kalinich
The rise of the smart device meant that more and more people were going to be using these for more than just communication. Mobile banking, mobile home automation, mobile car monitoring, you name it, there is probably an app for…
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Microsoft is Finally Blocking Downloaded Macros by Default in Office
Posted on Tuesday, 08 February 2022
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Sean Kalinich
Back in the late 90s’ the first macro viruses appeared on the scene. The leveraged a feature of Microsoft Office that allowed a malware developer to execute programmed instructions via the office interface. This new option opened a lot of…
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CISA Sends “Patch Now” Notice on MS Vulnerability Patched in January
Posted on Monday, 07 February 2022
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Sean Kalinich
A vulnerability disclosed and patched in January is rearing its ugly head. Identified as CVE-2022-21882, this vulnerability affects Windows 10, 11 and Windows Server. On its own it is a significant threat since is allows for a privilege escalation that…
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Golang Becoming a Primary Language in the Attacker’s Tool Kit
Posted on Monday, 07 February 2022
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Sean Kalinich
The Go Programing Language (Go or Golang) was developed back in 2007 by a few engineers who were working at Google at the time. Go was launched in 2009 as an open-source programing language and it is primarily used in…
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New Bug in Container Deployment Tool, Argo, Puts Container Environments at Risk
Posted on Monday, 07 February 2022
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Sean Kalinich
Containers are a popular item with cloud-based infrastructure. The idea of running low-cost (from a resource standpoint) systems to handle work loads while maintaining a higher level of security is a nice one. Making this type of decision does not…
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Recent North Korean Internet Outages Potentially Caused by One Person with a Grudge
Posted on Friday, 04 February 2022
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Sean Kalinich
In early January 2021 North Korean hackers were in the midst of a campaign targeting western security researchers. They were looking to gather tools, vulnerability information and anything else of value they could get. The US, after learning about this…
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First provable SHA-1 Collision Happened Five Years Ago Yet SHA-1 is Still an Option.
Posted on Friday, 04 February 2022
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Sean Kalinich
On February 23rd, 2017, Google published a paper on their security blog that showed how a SHA-1 collision was possible. It proved that the aging cryptographic and hashing standard was no longer a safe or secure method. Google showed that…
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New Vulnerability Found that Exposes a Large Number Routers to UPnProxy Attack
Posted on Friday, 04 February 2022
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Sean Kalinich
Universal Plug and Play UPnP) is one of those technology decisions that make you wonder what people were thinking. The concept is fairly clear, find a way to make things easy for someone to just connect a device to a…
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Apple iOS Privacy Changes take a $10 Billion Chunk Out of Facebook’s Ad Plans.
Posted on Friday, 04 February 2022
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Sean Kalinich
Facebook makes their money off their users. That is no shock to anyone considering the number of investigations currently ongoing over Facebook’s data collection practices. Of course, Facebook is not the only group collecting this type of information, they just…
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Microsoft Identifies New and Improved UpdateAgent macOS Malware
Posted on Thursday, 03 February 2022
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Sean Kalinich
Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence team has recently disclosed their discovery and analysis of a new malware family. The malware in question is being tracked as a Trojan named UpdateAgent. The team has been watching as it progressed from a simple information…
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SolarWinds Supply Chain Attack is the Gift that Keeps on Giving for Security Research
Posted on Wednesday, 02 February 2022
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Sean Kalinich
The SolarWinds supply chain attack was and still is one of the most complex and ingenious attacks that has come to light. How it was discovered is also an interesting topic for another conversation. The attack group in question is…
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