"Cisco Router Malware in the Wild More Widespread than First Believed"
September 18, 2015 | Sharon Shea, TechTarget
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A router malware issue first exposed by FireEye Inc. earlier this week may be more prevalent than initially thought, additional research has shown.
"Scan of IPv4 Space for ‘Implanted’ Cisco Routers Finds Fewer Than 100"
September 16, 2015 | Dennis Fisher, Threatpost
A day after researchers detailed a technique that attackers are using to upload malicious firmware images to Cisco routers, academic researchers say they have scanned the entire IPv4 address space and discovered a total of 79 likely compromised routers.
"In Contempt of Bulk Surveillance: It’s Too Easy"
September 16, 2015 | Nicholas Weaver, Lawfare Blog
The Intelligence Community has a concept, NOBUS, or “Nobody but Us”, to describe unique capabilities they possess which our adversaries can’t employ against us. I may defend the effectiveness of bulk surveillance and attack, but these tools are anything but NOBUS.
"In Defense of Bulk Surveillance: It Works"
September 9, 2015 | Lawfare Blog
I personally believe the NSA's systems for bulk surveillance represent a direct attack on the Internet and everyone who uses it. The mere presence of these systems is a threat to democracy, only mitigated by the intense level of professionalism demonstrated by the NSA (a subject for a future essay).
"Lizard Squad Hits UK Crime Agency Site with DDoS After Arrests"
September 2, 2015 | Liam Tung, CSO Online
Hacking group Lizard Squad has claimed responsibility for taking the UK National Crime Agency’s website offline on Tuesday morning in what appears to be revenge for the arrest six customers who paid for its botnet.
"A Tale of Three Backdoors"
August 27, 2015 | Nicholas Weaver, Lawfare
Benjamin Wittes recently asked "Is It Really Technically Impossible?" to build backdoors into security systems. The tale of three backdoors: TSA locks, the CALEA interface, and the Dual_EC PRNG, all amply illustrate the dangers posed by backdoors in systems.
"The Google Search That Made the CIA Spy on the US Senate"
August 12, 2015 | Vice Magazine, Jason Leopold
John Brennan was about to say he was sorry. On July 28, 2014, the CIA director wrote a letter to senators Dianne Feinstein and Saxby Chambliss — the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee (SSCI) and the panel's ranking Republican, respectively.
"Eddie Kohler approved for promotion to tenured full professor"
July 29, 2015 | Adam Zewe, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Harvard President Drew Faust has approved Eddie Kohler for promotion to the role of full professor with tenure at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS).
"Fiat Chrysler U.S. to Recall Vehicles to Prevent Hacking"
July 24, 2015 | Bernie Woodall and Joseph Menn, Reuters
Fiat Chrysler will recall 1.4 million vehicles in the United States to install software to prevent hackers from gaining remote control of the engine, steering and other systems in what federal officials said was the first such action of its kind.
"RC4 NOMORE Crypto Exploit Used to Decrypt User Cookies in Mere Hours"
July 20, 2015 | Charlie Osborne, Zero Day
A fresh warning concerning the use of RC4 to support secure communication channels online has been issued after researchers were able to exploit the protocol to decrypt user data in mere hours.