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Thursday, 09 July 2015
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There will not be a Windows 11
It sounds like Windows 10 will be Microsoft’s last complete release, instead opting for updates to dix/add/test new features. Read more...
Women In Security Speak Out On Why There Are Still So Few Of Them
They are now CISOs, security officials in DHS and the NSA, researchers, and key players in security -- but women remain a mere 10% of the industry population. Read more...
Jamie Oliver’s website hacked again, drops password stealer
The website of popular British Chef Jamie Oliver is still having issues and potentially infecting visitors looking for a recipe or other material on JamieOliver.com. Browsing any page will trigger a malicious redirection chain to, a password stealer , the Fiesta exploit kit. Read more...
Kaspersky Uncovers Naikon Hackers Targeting Asia-Pacific Nations
The Naikon hacker group is exploiting government, civil and military organizations in the Philippines, Malaysia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Laos, China and Nepal, according to a new report from security firm Kaspersky Lab. The Naikon hackers, active for the last five years, have a repertoire of 48 backdoor commands in their toolset to exploit victims. The name Naikon is a reference to a name that is found in the code the hacker group uses. Read more...
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Flawed encryption leaves millions of smart grid devices at risk of cyberattacks
Millions of smart meters, thermostats, and other internet-connected devices are at risk of cyberattacks because they come with easily crackable encryption, a study has warned. Researchers, Philipp Jovanovic and Samuel Neves, found that the "weak cryptography" used in the Open Smart Grid Protocol (OSGP), can easily be cracked through a series of relatively simple attacks. In one case, the researchers said they could "completely" defeat a device's cryptography. Read more...
Hacker 3D prints device that can crack a combo lock in 30 seconds
A California hacker who has become an expert in cracking locks has invented a 3D-printed machine that can crack a rotary combination lock in around 30 seconds – and he's released the plans, 3D models, and code as open source. Read more...
Legal, Regulatory and Corporate
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‘Big Win’ for Big Brother: NSA Celebrates the Bill That’s Designed to Cuff Them
Civil libertarians and privacy advocates were applauding yesterday after the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation to stop the National Security Agency from collecting Americans’ phone records. But they’d best not break out the bubbly. The really big winner here is the NSA. Over at its headquarters in Ft. Meade, Md., intelligence officials are high-fiving, because they know things could have turned out much worse. Read more...
How Google Decides If You Have the "Right To Be Forgotten"
At a data-privacy conference in Berlin, Google’s global privacy counsel Peter Fleischer explained how the decision-making process over right to be forgotten requests plays out at Google, reports Wall Street Journal. As you might expect, it’s often a multi-stage process. Requests are submitted inline via a web form and sent directly to “a large team of lawyers, paralegals and engineers” in Google’s Dublin offices who “decide the easy cases.” Most of these simple ones— “the little shoplifting thing, the little this or that,” as Fleischer puts it— are just taken straight down. Read more...
Organizations lack control over mobile workspaces
More than 64 percent of respondents to a SANS survey said a majority of their mobile workforce can access their organizations’ secure data remotely, yet less than 25 percent said sufficient policies/controls are in place for mobile media. An additional 25 percent admitted to having no controls (no policy or technical controls enforced by centralized management) in place. The unmanaged personal computers, laptops, smartphones and tablets that make up almost one-third of the mobile BYOD used to access corporate data, combined with lack of controls, leave organizations vulnerable to data exposure. Read more...
Vulnerability Disclosure Deja Vu: Prosecute Crime Not Research
The recent example of a software vendor leveraging laws like the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to intimidate a security researcher is counterproductive. The researcher and team at the security consulting firm IOActive took a risk by attempting to report security flaws in a digital lock, and the company that makes the lock didn't exactly welcome the news. Read more...
How safe is that email?
While most people may know not to open email attachments, many don't realize that dangers can lie in the body of an email too. HTML mail or mails that contain embedded photos are just as dangerous. Embedded images and PDFs can contain malicious code that is harmful. So be sure not to open any unsolicited/suspicious mail.
Editor: Dr. Almerindo Graziano
Dr. Graziano is the Silensec CEO. He holds an MSc in Electronic Engineering and a PhD in Mobile Computer Security, both from the University of Naples, Italy. Dr. Graziano has consulted in information security for private and government organisations across Europe, Africa and Middle East over the last 15 years. He is also a BSI-certified ISO27001 Lead Auditor trainer and auditor
Vice Editor: George Nicolaou (BSc, MSc)
George Nicolaou (BSc, MSc) leads the Silensec Malware Analysis Lab (MAL). He received his BSc in Computer Science and MSc in Advanced Computing Security from the University of Bath in UK, where he pursued research in malware and vulnerability analysis. For many years George has also been the Head of Research and Development department of the Astalavista Security Community. George is also a frequent speaker at security conferences around the world on advanced malware analysis, reverse engineering and exploit development techniques.
Associate Editor: Joseph Alulu (B.A)
Joseph Alulu leads the Silensec Marketing Department. He holds a Bachelors of Arts Degree from the University of Nairobi in Kenya. He publishes the weekly Silensec Newsletter, keeping you up to date on the latest information security news as well as creating information security awareness.
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