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Cyptojacking Attacks Target Enterprises With NSA-Linked Exploits

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Apr

2019

Dubbed Beapy, the campaign aims to drop a file-based coinminer onto compromised machines, to hijack their computing power for the attackers’ benefit. First observed in January 2019, the activity has been increasing since March, the security firm says. Written in Python, the coinminer uses email as an initial infection vector, but also leverages the EternalBlue […]

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What is "reasonable security"? And how to meet the requirement

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Apr

2019

“Reasonable security” has been a requirement set by regulations such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California’s AB 1950. Failure to meet the requirement could be the basis of a common tort legal cause of action called “negligence.” A “cause of action” is a reason you can sue someone, and a tort is […]

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New Settings Help Hackers Test Facebook Mobile Apps

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Mar

2019

The social media giant’s mobile applications use certificate pinning and other security mechanisms to protect communications between the application running on a user’s device and Facebook’s servers. While these measures significantly improve security, they also make it harder for researchers to find server-side vulnerabilities in the company’s apps. That is why — based on feedback […]

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