InfoSec News 20190729
Top News
"According to the study, no environment is immune to cyber-attacks as cybercriminals continue to develop new toolsets and techniques."
TLP1 : Green
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Common cyber attacks businesses face
"Cyber criminals employ bots, malware, SQL injection and other methods of cyber attacks to exploit vulnerabilities in business networks."
TLP1 : Green
"FaceApp has been found collecting the list of your Facebook friends for no reason"
TLP1 : Green
Cybersecurity State: Surveillance, Cyberwarfare, Cybercriminality and Hacktivism
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Ransomware attack leaves Johannesburg residents without electricity
"A ransomware attack aimed at City POwer, the electricity provider for Johannesburg, South Africa, has resulted in some residents temporarily without power"
TLP1 : Green
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Complete Personal Fraud Kits Sell for Less Than $40 on Dark Web
"The low cost of records reflects the huge supply of PII after many breaches at hospitals, government agencies, and credit bureaus"
TLP1 : Green
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US cyber security firm Comodo caught unawares as hacker accessed and kept its files in public repository
"An anonymous hacker got access to internal files of US-based cybersecurity company Comodo, headquartered in Clifton, New Jersey"
TLP1 : Green
Breaches: Data Breaches and Hacks
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UK Abused Access to EU Database For Years: Report
"The UK has been slammed for illegally copying and sharing a database of EU citizens."
TLP1 : Green
Vulnerabilities: Vulnerability Advisories, Zero-Days,Patches and Exploits
"An attacker can trigger a fatal error of libtasn1, in order to trigger a denial of service."
TLP1 : Green
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Vulnerability CVE-2019-2276
"Possible out of bound read occurs while processing beacoming request due to lack of check on action frames received from user controlled space in Snadragon Auto,Snadragon Consumer Electronics."
TLP1 : Green
Incident Response: Infrastructure, Training, SIEM and Incident Handling
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Avast Secure Browser enhanced with built-in memory and battery-saving controls
" Avast, a global leader in digital security products, has introduced built-in performance and battery-saving enhancements in the latest release of Avast Secure Browser, code-named ‘Zermatt’."
TLP1 : Green
Technical Articles: Forensics, Reverse Engineering, Malware, Phishing, Pentesting, Software Security and Cryptography
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Uncompyle6 - A Cross-Version Python Bytecode Decompiler
"A native Python cross-version decompiler and fragment decompiler"
TLP1 : Green
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- Red:Not for disclosure, restricted to participants only.
- Amber: Limited disclosure, restricted to participants organizations.
- Green: Limited disclosure, restricted to the community.