Newly discovered malicious software dubbed VPNFilter has infected hundreds of thousands of routers and network attached storage (NAS) devices globally and could be used to steal sensitive data or wipe out (“brick”) the devices, the company said.
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Episode 97: On eve of GDPR frightening lack of data privacy, security in US
In this episode, #97: we talk with Robert Xiao, the Carnegie Mellon researcher who investigated Location Smart, a free web application that allowed anyone track the location of a mobile phone using just the phone’s number. Also: we welcome University of Washington Researcher Kate Starbird back into the SL studio to talk about her latest research: examining the web of bloggers, news web sites, conspiracy theorists and government actors targeting human rights workers in Syria.
Report: Major attack on critical infrastructure expected due to increased risk from IoT
The majority of security professionals expect a major and imminent attack on critical infrastructure in the next several years and blame the largely unsecured Internet of Things (IoT) for the increased risk in the sector, according to a report by IoT security firm Pwnie Express.
Russian Fake News Ecosystem Targets Syrian Human Rights Workers
Kremlin linked news sites like RT and Sputnik figure prominently in an online disinformation campaign portraying Syrian humanitarian workers (“White Helmets”) as terrorists and crisis actors, according to an analysis by researchers at University of Washington and Harvard.
Podcast Episode 94: Black Report takes Hacker View and Securing the Open Source Supply Chain
In this episode of the Security Ledger Podcast we do a deep dive into the recent Black Report by NUIX – which flips the script by asking hackers and pen testers their opinions about how they hack firms and what defensive strategies and technologies work best at stopping them. Also: Rami Sass the CEO and co-founder of this week’s sponsor, WhiteSource Software, joins us in the Security Ledger studios to talk about how a white knuckle audit of his company’s open source dependencies eight years ago prompted him to start WhiteSource, which makes a tool for managing the open source software supply chains.
