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Scareware Minecraft Apps Downloaded by Millions of Android Users

A security firm has revealed that upwards of 2.8 million users have downloaded scareware masquerading as legitimate Minecraft apps off of Google Play Store. According to a blog post written by Lukas Stefanko, a Malware Researcher for ESET, 30 malicious applications pretending to be cheats for the popular computer game wereuploaded to Google Play...
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Microsoft and the Software Lifecycle

For some reason, Europe’s ‘The Final Countdown’ was playing in my head as I sat and pondered this write-up. I suppose that’s fitting given that we are about to cross the 60-day mark until Windows Server 2003 goes End-of-Life. The concept of product EOL can be confusing, especially given the frequent cross-contamination that exists within Microsoft...
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Data Breach Affects Thousands of Bergen County Patients

Thousands of patients have been alerted that their medical records were potentially stolen in a data breach that affected at least three hospitals located in Bergen County, New Jersey. According to officials, an employee of Medical Management LLC, a healthcare billing company located in North Carolina, allegedly stole the names, Social Security...
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LogJam: Who is the Man-in-the-Middle?

While we're all collectively struggling with how to internalize Logjam, a high-profile vulnerability that doesn't have a catchy logo, I'd like to take those who are interested aside for a moment to consider how we might talk about the threat this vulnerability poses. I'll start with some basics, but if you want more technical details, the Tripwire...
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Vote Now for Europe's Most Popular Security Blogs!

We at Tripwire would like to encourage everyone to vote for their favorite security blogs in the third annual EU Security Blogger Awards 2015! Tripwire is especially proud to have been named a finalist for five categories in this year's awards among numerous other respected publications and professionals. The State of Security is in the running for...
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Microsoft Patching: Don't Forget to Read the Fine Print

During my career, I have built and managed hundreds of production-level client and server systems, and nothing can be more worrisome than when it comes time to apply patches and upgrades to software. Why? Because things can, and often times, do go wrong during patch and upgrade cycles. According to a few reports, it is possible that system...
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Data Breach Hits Telstra's Pacnet, Exposes Customer Data

Telstra's Pacnet has begun contacting its customers following the discovery of a data breach that compromised its corporate IT servers on which customer data is stored. Several high-profile Pacnet customers, including the Australian Federal Police and other government agencies, were exposed by the breach. It is unclear at this time whether the...
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LogJam: Researchers Identify Another Web Encryption Vulnerability

A new potentially high-impact vulnerability called LogJam has been revealed by researchers, which has similarities to the FREAK (CVE-2015-0204) vulnerability disclosed a few months ago, whereby a man-in-the-middle attack can be implemented to weaken the encryption between client and server. Like FREAK, the LogJam vulnerability takes advantage of...
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More Top Conferences in Information Security – Readers' Choice Edition

Last week, we published a list of the top 10 conferences in information security. In our article, we strove to include some of the biggest events in the industry. But realizing that we likely missed a few, we invited you – our readers – to write in and let us know of the conferences you feel should have made the list. Thank you to those who provided...
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New Malware Threat Discovered Every 4 Seconds, Report Says

According to a recent report, analysts discovered a record-breaking 4.1 million new malware threats in the second half of 2014. Researchers at German antivirus firm G DATA revealed that the 77 percent spike from 2013 resulted in nearly six million new malware strains identified last year alone. ...
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Vulnerability in Safari Allows Attackers to Spoof Websites

A security firm has discovered a vulnerability in Apple’s Safari Browser that allows attackers to spoof legitimate websites and phish for user credentials. Security firm Deusen reveals that the flaw works by using a short script to force Safari into loading one page while still displaying the URL of another page. This script is provided below: &lt...
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Researcher Appears to have Exploited Vulnerability During Flight

On Friday May 15th, a Canadian news outlet published a copy of the application for a search warrant filed by the FBI after Chris Roberts was removed from a United flight for tweeting about hacking a plane. If you’ve never read a search warrant for electronic devices, it’s an educational read. The purpose of the warrant was to allow the FBI to search...
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Computer Criminals Brought to Justice – Randall Charles Tucker

Last week, we explored the story of Valérie Gignac, a Canadian woman who is believed to have hacked users’ webcams and subsequently harassed them. We now report on the story of Randall Charles Tucker, a serial distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacker who targeted the websites of government authorities whom he felt were guilty of unjust behavior...
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GTA V Mods ‘Angry Planes’ and ‘Noclip’ Found to Contain Malware

Some mods of the popular computer game Grand Theft Auto V have been found to contain malware. In the game’s online forums, users have identified malicious code in the ‘Angry Planes’ and ‘Noclip’ mods. The former spawns planes that attack players, and the latter allows players to walk through walls and other objects. One GTAForums user aboutseven...
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5 Gems in the World of Information Security Conferences

Last week, Tripwire compiled a list of the top 10 information security conferences. We made a special effort to ensure that our article included the biggest, most industrialized conferences in the industry, and we feel that we succeeded in capturing the major brands across the infosec conference landscape. Even so, we recognize that information...