Insurance Companies Citing “War Exclusion” to Deny Payment of Claims for NotPetya Attacks. After snack food company Mondelez International was hit by the NotPetya attack in 2017, costs of cleaning up the infection, replacing computer equipment and losses from unfilled… Read More ›
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Google Wants to Block Risky File Downloads in Chrome(April 10, 2019) Google is considering blocking some risky file downloads in future versions of its Chrome browser. Specifically, Google wants to block certain executable and archive downloads that are delivered over an… Read More ›
CyberNews: NSA released Ghidra (Reverse engineering tool) to the public
The National Security Agency released the source code of Ghidra, its reverse engineering tool, April 4. This source code repository includes instructions to build on all supported platforms (macOS, Linux, and Windows). With this release, developers will be able to collaborate… Read More ›
Australia Proposed Law: Social media execs may get Jail for violent crime streaming
Abstract The proposed laws would cover “the playing or streaming of terrorism, murder, attempted murder, torture, rape and kidnapping on social media”, the government announced over the weekend. Social media platforms would also be required to notify the Australian Federal… Read More ›
CyberNews: Top of The News (29th March 2019)
Law Firm Sues Insurance Company Over Refusal to Pay NotPetya Claim Multi-national law firm DLA Piper has been denied payment of a claim over the NotPetya malware infection. Its insurance company, Hiscox, maintains that it does not need to pay… Read More ›
Facebook Stored Hundreds of Millions of User Passwords in Plain Text for Years
Abstract The Facebook source said the investigation so far indicates between 200 million and 600 million Facebook users may have had their account passwords stored in plain text and searchable by more than 20,000 Facebook employees. The source said Facebook… Read More ›
GoDaddy, Apple, and Google misissue >1 million certificates
Abstract A major operational error by GoDaddy, Apple, and Google has resulted in the issuance of at least 1 million browser-trusted digital certificates that don’t comply with binding industry mandates. The number of non-compliant certificates may be double that number,… Read More ›
