Researchers say Necurs malware has been updated with a module that adds SOCKS/HTTP proxy and DDOS capabilities to this malware.
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Researchers Uncover New Leads Behind Shamoon2
Researchers from Arbor Networks’ Security Engineering and Response Team (ASERT) say they have unearthed fresh leads on the tools and techniques used in the most recent wave of Shamoon attacks.
Policy Experts Push To Make Vulnerability Equities Process Law
By making the Vulnerability Equities Process law, advocates of the idea argue there would be more reliability, transparency and accountability in the process of government vulnerability disclosure.
Publicly Disclosed Windows Vulnerabilities Await Patches
Microsoft’s delayed release of its February security bulletins leaves users exposed to a pair of already publicly disclosed vulnerabilities.
Google Upspin Secure File-Sharing Released to Open Source
New file-sharing protocols and interfaces called Upspin have been released to open source. Built by Google, Upspin returns access control and data security to the user.
Intermediate CA Caching Could Be Used to Fingerprint Firefox Users
The way Firefox caches intermediate CA certificates could allow for the fingerprinting of users and the leakage of browsing details, a researcher warns.
OpenSSL Update Fixes High-Severity DoS Vulnerability
US-CERT issues alert to server admins warning of a dangerous OpenSSL vulnerability and urges 1.1.0 users update to version 1.1.0e.
SMTP Strict Transport Security Coming Soon to Gmail, Other Webmail Providers
SMTP Strict Transport Security is coming to major webmail providers this year, a Google engineer said at RSA Conference
Turning Tables on Nigerian Business Email Scammers
Researchers from Dell SecureWorks infiltrated a Nigerian business email spoofing and business email compromise operation, shutting down a number of money mule accounts in the process.
No Firewalls, No Problem for Google
Google secures its perimeter with explicit trust in what it knows about users and the devices connecting to its corporate services.