In-brief: We don’t know if the Vault 7 tools belonged to the CIA. We do know that they were used by a group Symantec dubbed Longhorn that possessed powerful zero day exploits, never attacked computers in the US and used code words taken from lyrics by 80s band The Police, so…
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Amid More Dumping, Data Privacy Movement Awaits a Spark | Digital Guardian
In-brief: Like Love Canal or the ‘flaming river’ in Cleveland that eventually prompted anti-pollution laws, the casual leak of data on 33 million U.S. professionals is a sign that our online environment is badly compromised. But can we fix it? (Editor’s note: this blog post originally appeared on Digital Guardian’s blog.)
Report: Hacking Crews are all APT now
In-brief:The tactics of cyber criminal hacking crews are indistinguishable from those of sophisticated, state sponsored “advanced persistent threat” groups, the firm FireEye said in its most recent M-Trends report.
Locked and Loaded: Huge Botnet Updated for DDoS
In-brief: Researchers at Anubis Networks claim that Necurs, one of the world’s largest botnets, has added a feature for launching denial of service attacks.
How Machine Learning Supplements Security Workforce | Cylance Blog
In-brief: Filmed at The RSA Security Conference in San Francisco, Security Ledger Editor in Chief Paul Roberts talks about the growing interest in machine learning technology in the information security field and how it is being applied.