Researchers have ported the EternalBlue exploit to Windows 10, meaning that any unpatched version of Windows can be affected by the NSA attack.
53 Percent of Enterprise Flash Installs are Outdated
More than half of enterprises are exposing themselves to unnecessary risk by running out-of-date versions of Flash.
Congressman Proposes Organizations Should Be Allowed To 'Hack Back'
Engadget reports: Representative Tom Graves, R-Ga., thinks that when anyone gets hacked — individuals or companies — they should be able to “fight back” and go “hunt for hackers outside of their own networks.” The Active Cyber Defense Certainty (“ACDC”)…
FCC Seeks To Increase ISP Competition In Apartment Buildings
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Exclusive deals between broadband providers and landlords have long been a problem for Internet users, despite rules that are supposed to prevent or at least limit such arrangements. The Federal Communications…
WikiLeaks Dumps CIA Patient Zero Windows Implant
Pandemic is a Windows implant built by the CIA that turns file servers into Patient Zero on a local network, infecting machines requesting files with Trojanized replacements.
Threatpost News Wrap, June 2, 2017
Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including the ShadowBrokers crowdfunding attempt, errors in WannaCry, a new Wikileaks dump, last week’s Samba vulnerability, and the OneLogin breach.
Crowdfunding Effort to Buy ShadowBrokers Exploits Shuts Down
A crowdfunding effort to buy a subscription to the ShadowBrokers’ Monthly Dump Service of stolen exploits and data was shut down citing legal and ethical concerns.
US Senators Propose Bug Bounties For Hacking Homeland Security
An anonymous reader quotes CNN: U.S. senators want people to hack the Department of Homeland Security. On Thursday, Senators Maggie Hassan, a Democrat and Republican Rob Portman introduced the Hack DHS Act to establish a federal bug bounty program in…
Revised Active Defense Bill Allows Victims to Recover or Destroy Stolen Data
Rep. Tom Graves has revised a draft of the Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act with new provisions that include mandatory notification and permission to recovery or destroy stolen data on the attacker’s computer.
Password Breaches Fueling Booming Credential Stuffing Business
The market for automated credential stuffing tools is growing fast, because of a record number of breaches.