Security: SEC Breach, DNSSEC, FinFisher, CCleaner and CIA
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SEC discloses hackers [sic] penetrated EDGAR, profited in trading
Hackers [sic] made their way into the Security and Exchange Commission's EDGAR electronic filing system last year, retrieving private data that appear to have resulted in "an illicit gain through trading," the agency reported Wednesday.
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US Securities and Exchange Commission confesses to hacker [sic] access
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Zone Walking (Zone Enumeration via DNSSEC NSEC Records)
An important capability of DNSSEC is the ability to authoritatively assert that a given domain name does NOT exist, as per Authenticated Denial of Existence in the DNS.
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New FinFisher surveillance campaigns: Internet providers involved?
New surveillance campaigns utilizing FinFisher, infamous spyware known also as FinSpy and sold to governments and their agencies worldwide, are in the wild. Besides featuring technical improvements, some of these variants have been using a cunning, previously-unseen infection vector with strong indicators of major internet service provider (ISP) involvement.
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FinFisher spyware variant returns with a vengeance
A variant of the FinFisher spyware is being spread in seven countries through legitimate applications like WhatsApp, Skype, Avast, WinRAR and VLC Player, the security company ESET says.
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The CCleaner Malware Fiasco Targeted at Least 18 Specific Tech Firms
Earlier this week, security firms Morphisec and Cisco revealed that CCleaner, a piece of security software distributed by Czech company Avast, had been hijacked by hackers and loaded with a backdoor that evaded the company's security checks. It wound up installed on more than 700,000 computers. On Wednesday, researchers at Cisco's Talos security division revealed that they've now analyzed the hackers' "command-and-control" server to which those malicious versions of CCleaner connected.
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CCleaner hacked [sic] with malware: What you need to know
It seems that CCleaner, one of PCWorld’s recommendations for the best free software for new PCs, might not have been keeping your PC so clean after all. In an in-depth probe of the popular optimization and scrubbing software, Cisco Talos has discovered a malicious bit of code injected by hackers that could have affected more than 2 million users who downloaded the most recent update.
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Reminder: the CIA has been able to hack your WiFi router for years
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