Category: News

Auditors: Feds’ Cybersecurity Gets the Dunce Cap

Out of eight agencies, four were given D grades in a report for the Senate, while the Feds overall got a C-. 

MacOS Flaw in Telegram Retrieves Deleted Messages

Telegram declined to fix a scenario in which the flaw can be exploited, spurring a Trustwave researcher to decline a bug bounty and to disclose his findings instead.

Black Hat: Microsoft’s Patch for Windows Hello Bypass Bug is Faulty, Researchers Say

Researchers show how to circumvent Microsoft’s Windows Hello biometric authentication using a spoofed USB camera.

Black Hat: Charming Kitten Leaves More Paw Prints

IBM X-Force detailed the custom-made “LittleLooter” data stealer and 4+ hours of ITG18 operator training videos revealed by an opsec goof.

‘I’m Calling About Your Car Warranty’, aka PII Hijinx

Black Hat: Researchers created 300 fake identities, signed them up on 185 legit sites, then tracked how much the sites used signup PII to pester the accounts.

Black Hat: Security Bugs Allow Takeover of Capsule Hotel Rooms

A researcher was able to remotely control the lights, bed and ventilation in “smart” hotel rooms via Nasnos vulnerabilities.

Black Hat: Let’s All Help Cyber-Immunize Each Other

We’re selfish if we’re only mitigating our own stuff, said Black Hat USA 2021 keynoter Jeff Moss. Let’s be like doctors battling COVID and work for herd immunity.

Phishing Campaign Dangles SharePoint File-Shares

Attackers spoof sender addresses to appear legitimate in a crafty campaign that can slip past numerous detections, Microsoft researchers have discovered.

We COVID-Clicked on Garbage, Report Finds: Podcast

Were we work-from-home clicking zombies? Steganography attacks snagged three out of eight recipients. Nasty CAPTCHAs suckered 50 times more clicks during 2020.

Iranian APT Lures Defense Contractor in Catfishing-Malware Scam

Fake aerobics-instructor profile delivers malware in a supply-chain attack attempt from TA456.