USB
VictoryGate Monero-Mining Botnet Spread via Infected USB Devices
A previously undocumented botnet called “VictoryGate” propagated via infected USB devices in order to perform Monero-mining functionality. Slovakian security firm ESET revealed that it had sinkholed several command-and-control (C&C) domains so that ...
USB Flash Drive Malware: How It Works & How to Protect Against It
From the University of Illinois to Iran (and everywhere in-between), USB flash drive malware is a serious risk Back in 2016, researchers from the University of Illinois left nearly 300... The post ...
Don’t Forget to Pack a USB Condom When Traveling
The only way to prevent juice jacking is to use a USB condom, which is not as crazy as it might sound. Hackers are looking for new ways to compromise people’s computers, ...
Man fried over 50 college computers with weaponized USB stick
Vishwanath Akuthota's USB stick contained an unusually destructive payload. The post Man fried over 50 college computers with weaponized USB stick appeared first on The State of Security ...
Trump Secret Service USB OpSec FAIL: ‘Spy’ Story Gets Weirder
That story about the Chinese woman accused of unauthorized entry to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago? It gained a weird new twist this week. The Feds protecting the President supposedly found a USB stick and ...
Newspaper Ransomware Attack, How Facebook Tracks You on Android, USB-Type-C Authentication – WB50
Watch this episode on our YouTube Channel! This is the 50th episode of the Shared Security Weekly Blaze for January 7th 2019 with your host, Tom Eston. In this week’s episode: Newspaper ...
Banks Attacked through Malicious Hardware Connected to the Local Network
Kaspersky is reporting on a series of bank hacks -- called DarkVishnya -- perpetrated through malicious hardware being surreptitiously installed into the target network: In 2017-2018, Kaspersky Lab specialists were invited to ...
USB Threats to Cybersecurity of Industrial Facilities
Industrial facilities cybersecurity is very critical for the national security of every state and comes once more into focus following the recent Honeywell’s Industrial USB Threat Report. With increasing pressure to limit ...
Many UK SMBs still lax in data protection, new study unveils
Strict new regulations set in place by the European Union this year are being treated rather superficially by some small and medium businesses (SMBs) in the UK, even though noncompliance can attract ...
The Shared Security Weekly Blaze – Ultrasonic Hard Drive Attacks, Dangerous USB Devices, Email Fraudsters Arrested
This is the Shared Security Weekly Blaze for June 18, 2018 sponsored by Security Perspectives – Your Source for Tailored Security Awareness Training and Assessment Solutions, Silent Pocket and CISOBox. This episode ...
