Month: September 2017

Hackers set their sights on companies like Google, Microsoft and Samsung, infecting potentially hundreds of computers with malicious software.

https://www.cnet.com/news/ccleaner-microsoft-google-samsung-intel-sony/#ftag=CAD590a51e

As more companies unplug their data centers and rent out cloud-computing services from providers such as Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp. , some are discovering an unexpected problem: They’re accidentally leaving their corporate data exposed for all the world to see.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-unexpected-security-problem-in-the-cloud-1505700061?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f

The popular software, CCleaner, owned by antivirus provider Avast, was hacked, and the hackers inserted a malware that could install ransomware or keyloggers and infect computers.

https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/18/piriform-ccleaner-hacked-malware-downloads/

This is a very interesting article on the issues behind the Equifax breach. Unpatched servers are a symptom of a bigger problem. Identification and authentication methods and motivation of business to fix issues are the real problem.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-real-problem-with-equifax?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Talking-Points Memo+%28Talking+Points+Memo%3A+by+Joshua+Micah+Marshall%29

Brian Krebs is reporting:

“Visa and MasterCard are sending confidential alerts to financial institutions across the United States this week, warning them about more than 200,000 credit cards that were stolen in the epic data breach announced last week at big-three credit bureau Equifax. At first glance, the private notices obtained by KrebsOnSecurity appear to suggest that hackers initially breached Equifax starting in November 2016. But Equifax says the accounts were all stolen at the same time — when hackers accessed the company’s systems in mid-May 2017.”