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Facebook to allow parents to monitor their kids’ chat messages – Sussex Express

February 5, 2020 | Author: admin

Facebook has announced plans to add new parental tools to its Messenger app for users under the age of 13.

This will allow concerned parents to finally monitor their children's chats online, months after concerns were raised around the app's safety.

"Messenger Kids" was launched back in 2017 and allowed children who are too young to have a full Facebook account to still benefit from Facebook chat features.

'One stop grooming shop for predators'

In August, Facebook fixed a flaw within the app that accidentally allowed thousands of children to join group chats in which not all children participating in the chats were approved by parents.

End-to-end encryption hides whoever is receiving and sending messages from a third party.

Facebook has also been moving to encrypt its messaging services, which include Facebook Messenger and Instagram.

Facebook has said that the new features on Messenger Kids will include access for parents to see their childrens chat history.

WhatsApp, also owned by Facebook, is already encrypted and child protection agencies worry that overwhelming encryption may make detecting online predators more difficult.

The child protection agency NSPCC said in August that Facebook risked becoming a "one stop grooming shop" for children if they continued to enforced end-to-end-encryption.

Encryption can make it difficult to source predators online (Photo: Shutter)

Predators can hide behind encryption

Data obtained by the NSPCC via freedom of information requests to the police between April 2018 and 2019 showed that, out of 9,259 instances of children being groomed on a known platform, 4,000 were identified as being on Facebook platforms including Instagram and Whatsapp.

However, only 299 instances were identified as being from WhatsApp, which the NSPCC says highlights how difficult it becomes to detect crimes on an end-to-end encrypted platform.

The charity believes criminals will be able to carry out more serious child abuse on Facebook's apps undetected without needing to lure them off to encrypted platforms, if it goes ahead with changes.

Facebook has not confirmed whether Messenger Kids will be encrypted or not. The company said it will inform Messenger Kids users on the types of information others can see about them.

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New ransomware with ‘.SaveTheQueen’ extension discovered by Varonis – Information Age

February 5, 2020 | Author: admin

Varonis has uncovered a new strand of ransomware that encrypts files and adds the extension '.SaveTheQueen' to it

The ransomware infiltrated a standard component of the user's system, making it harder to detect.

The findings regarding this next-generation ransomware were put forward via a blog post by Varonis.

The progress of the newly uncovered malware was found to be tracked using the system volume (SYSVOL) folder found on active directory (AD) domain controllers.

The initially infected user, who contacted Varonis to report the ransomware, named a file hourly and saved it in the SYSVOL folder. This would be accessed by various IP addresses.

The ransomware was found to be concealed by ConfuserEX, an open source .NET protector.

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However, while the way the malware infiltrated the system and the way it was made up was new, the payload was not.

The final payload is very plain ransomware. No persistence, no C2 connection just good old asymmetric encryption to make the victims files unreadable, the blog post from Varonis explained.

Its functions parameters allowed it to:

After looking for files within local and mapped drives to encrypt, attempts were made to close any process using those files.

Files were then renamed .SaveTheQueenING with the aid of the MoveFile function, before encryption.

Once the files were encrypted, their names were changed again to .SaveTheQueen.

Then, the ransom note was added to the directory.

This ransomware, according to Varonis, does not encrypt EXE, DLL, MSI, ISO, SYS or CAB file types, nor does it encrypt files in the following folders:

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Log files were created in the same folder by the person behind the attacks, each of which were named after a device within the affected domain.

We concluded that the log files were used to monitor the infection process on new devices, and that the hourly file was a scheduled task that ran malware on the new devices using a PowerShell script, samples v3 and v4, said the blog post.

The attacker had likely obtained and used domain admin privileges to write files to SYSVOL. The attacker ran PowerShell code on the infected hosts that created scheduled task to open, decode and run the malware.

Before trying and failing to decode the malware once they found it, Varonis staff opted to utilise the Magic method from GCHQs CyberChef app.

Using this, they found that the file responsible was Gzip under base64, after which the file was decompressed to reveal that the injector of the ransomware was an unprotected .NET file.

After reading the source code using DNSpy, we understood its sole purpose was to inject shellcode into the winlogon.exe process, said Varoniss blog post.

Injecting shellcode into winlogon.exe, a standard component of Windows operations, made it even harder than usual to detect.

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We used Hexacorns shellcode2exe utility to compile the shellcode into an executable to debug and analyse. We then realised that the shellcode worked on both 32-bit and 64-bit machines, the post continued.

Writing even simple shellcode in native assembly can be difficult; writing full shellcode ransomware that works on 32-bit and 64-bit systems requires a high set of skills, so we started to wonder about the sophistication of the attacker.

After further digging, Varonis found that the shellcode was written with the aid of generic software for this task, and that it could be written in exactly the same way using a tool called Donut.

To confirm our theory, we compiled our own code using Donut and compare it with the sample it was a match, explained the blog post.

From there, the team unpacked the code using Elektrokill Unpacker.

This news comes following the recent discovery of the Ekans, or Snake, attack, which targets Windows systems used within industrial control infrastructures.

Designed to stop 64 different processes, something that makes the attack unique, its capable of attacking oil refineries, power grids and other high-value industrial systems.

Regarding how to stop new ransomware attacks such as these, Nick Palmer, technical director at Attivo Networks, said: No matter how good your cyber defences are, it is always a good idea to prepare for a ransomware attack by having a playbook that documents how to respond, to avoid a situation where employees are learning what to do as an attack is happening.

Companies can give themselves extra time to respond effectively with tools like deception technology that slow the ransomware down, and, where possible, divert it to non-critical systems.

In the event of a successful ransomware attack, determine ahead of time under what conditions, if any, you would pay. Discuss the pros and cons and the risks you are prepared to accept if you are unable to regain access to your files.

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Security Strategy: Moving Away From Tried and True – Security Boulevard

February 5, 2020 | Author: admin

Many security professionals in developing their strategy still fall back on the old punch list approach to security configurations. They believe that if they check the box on tried and true methods such as password managers, creating strong device passcodes, using two-factor authentication, encrypting devices and using VPNs, their companies will be secure against cyberattacks.

But by simply going through the suggested methods to safeguard your organization, security professionals arent considering the actual risks or impact on workflows. Every organization requires a tailored approach to cybersecurity, which simply cant be achieved by checking off boxes on a standard list.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been pushing for the abandonment of security checklists for yearsever since the dawn of the Cybersecurity Framework and integration of the Risk Management Framework into the security life cycle.

The problem with security baselines and the hundreds of registry keys, file and folder permissions and Windows Group Policy settings is that they limit the idea of what achieving sound security is. Sound security is a constant cycle of changes and the balance of risk, cost and liability while maintaining confidentiality, integrity and availability of cyber resources.

Checklists are also never complete and never current. In the bring your own device (BYOD) and IoT world, the variety of operating systems, versions and capabilities make it impossible to have a hard-coded punch list. These static lists also provide a road map for hackers to know what not to try, thus making detection harder.

Another issue is that checklists create a false sense of security. Organizations are vulnerable when their security leaders have the viewpoint that if we do X, Y, Z, then were good. That couldnt be further from the truth. Security is not absolute and is different for everyone. The specific needs of one industry vary greatly from the needs of another. In developing your security strategy, once you identify whats required for your industry and organization, you will be able to better limit the potential of a cyberattack and mitigate the damages.

So, how do you successfully get rid of the checklist approach? What is an alternative way to develop a security strategy that maximizes your defenses?

Start by taking the structures provided in the NIST Core Controls or Center for Internet Security 20 and apply the areas of concern from each group/family to every class of tech in your network. This includes PCs, servers, switches, firewalls, IP phones, peripherals (printers, cameras, UPS, video boards), mobility (smartphones, tablets, IoT), software and any other outliers.

Once you have everything categorized, take a long look at the risks and figure out how you can best mitigate and manage them.

Now that risk is understood and the methods to mitigate them are in place, its time to write them down. There are multiple parts to this:

Your security plan and procedures are in place. Everything has been implemented and maintenance is fully automated. Youre secure, right? Wrong. Theres an old idiom I like to keep in mind: Trust but verify. Look at the procedures and plans and ask, How do I test this? Having the procedures available to test enables you to develop plans about when to test. Do you audit everything or just a sample? How is the sample selected? Are there event-based triggers?

In college, my English professor embedded the mantra, Writing is a recursive process, into my brain. Ive learned that this also applies to security plans, policies and procedures. Annual reviews of these materials are critical to ensure completeness and to make necessary updates to any changes over the previous year.

If you encounter a cyberattack, its important to have post-event reviews based on forensic details to reformulate your strategy. Ask yourself, How and why did this happen? What can be done to prevent or mitigate?

There are certain significant changes that should always trigger a risk assessment and documentation, plan, policy and procedure update. These changes include migration to cloud SSO platforms, OS major revision upgrades, change of security solution vendor, etc.

As Ive mentioned, security is not absolute. A checklist thats not frequently revised and updated will not provide proper value and protection. As new threats emerge, and as every organization has different requirements for cyber protection, its crucial to introduce a security strategy and cybersecurity framework that will keep up with constant changes, limit the occurrence of cyberattacks and mitigate the damages if an attack does occur.

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Internet Security Software Market investigated in the latest research – WhaTech Technology and Markets News

February 5, 2020 | Author: admin

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Europe will hold a vital contribution too with impressive CAGR till 2025.

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The Internet Security Software market report provides a detailed analysis of global market size, regional and country-level market size, segmentation market growth, market share, competitive Landscape, sales analysis, impact of domestic and global market players, value chain optimization, trade regulations, recent developments, opportunities analysis, strategic market growth analysis, product launches, area marketplace expanding, and technological innovations.

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The major players covered in Internet Security Software are:SymantecFortinetAVGMcAfeeBitdefenderTrend MicroG DATA SoftwareESETAvast SoftwareF-SecureQuick HealRisingAviraAhnLabComodoPanda SecurityQihoo 360Cheetah MobileMicrosoftKaspersky

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This report studies the Internet Security Software Marketstatus and outlook of Global and major regions, from angles of players, countries, product types and end industries; this report analyzes the top players in global market, and splits the Internet Security Software Marketby product type and applications/end industries. These details further contain a basic summary of the company, merchant profile, and the product range of the company in question.

The report analyzes data regarding the proceeds accrued, product sales, gross margins, price patterns, and news updates relating to the company.

Thus, this report can be a guideline for the industry stakeholders, who wished to analyze the Internet Security Software Market and understand its forecast of till 2025. This report helps to know the estimated market size, market status, future prospects, growth opportunity, and main challenges of Internet Security Software Market by analyzing the segmentations.

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What Is Log Management, and Why Is It Important? – Security Boulevard

February 5, 2020 | Author: admin

I think we all know what log management is. As discussed in a 2017 article for The State of Security, log management is about systematically orchestrating the system and network logs collected by the organization.

That being said, theres still some confusion surrounding why an enterprise would want to collect log data in the first place. There are two primary drivers for an enterprise to collect log data. These are security and compliance.

Per the Center for Internet Security (CIS), the collection, storage and analysis of logs is a Critical Security Control. The CIS explains the relevance of log management for security quite succinctly in its description of CIS Control 6: Maintenance, Monitoring and Analysis of Audit Logs. As quoted on its website:

Deficiencies in security logging and analysis allow attackers to hide their location, malicious software, and activities on victim machines. Even if the victims know that their systems have been compromised, without protected and complete logging records they are blind to the details of the attack and to subsequent actions taken by the attackers. Without solid audit logs, an attack may go unnoticed indefinitely and the particular damages done may be irreversible.

Very simply, if youre not collecting, storing and analyzing log data for every asset in your organization, you have significant gaps in your security visibility of your network.

Log management, therefore, plays a key role in your digital security strategy. Having complete visibility into what events have occurred and are occurring on your network is a must. You need this information to focus on network events of interest. With this type of visibility, you can then take timely and appropriate measures to address potential threats before you balloon into full-fledged security incidents. The visibility granted by log management thereby enhances (Read more...)

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Latest Released 2020 Version Of Internet Security Market With Market Data Tables, Graphs, Figures and Pie Chat – TheLoop21

February 5, 2020 | Author: admin

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Booter Boss Busted By Bacon Pizza Buy – Krebs on Security

February 5, 2020 | Author: admin

A Pennsylvania man who operated one of the Internets longest-running online attack-for-hire or booter services was sentenced to five years probation today. While the young mans punishment was heavily tempered by his current poor health, the defendants dietary choices may have contributed to both his capture and the lenient sentencing: Investigators say the onetime booter bosss identity became clear after he ordered a bacon and chicken pizza delivered to his home using the same email address he originally used to register his criminal attack service.

David Bukoski, 24, of Hanover Township, Pa., pleaded guilty to running Quantum Stresser, an attack-for-hire business also known as a booter or stresser service that helped paying customers launch tens of thousands of digital sieges capable of knocking Web sites and entire network providers offline.

The landing page for the Quantum Stresser attack-for-hire service.

Investigators say Bukoskis booter service was among the longest running services targeted by the FBI, operating since at least 2012. The government says Quantum Stresser had more than 80,000 customer subscriptions, and that during 2018 the service was used to conduct approximately 50,000 actual or attempted attacks targeting people and networks worldwide.

The Quantum Stresser Web site quantumstress[.]net was among 15 booter services that were seized by U.S. and international authorities in December 2018 as part of a coordinated takedown targeting attack-for-hire services.

Federal prosecutors in Alaska said search warrants served on the email accounts Bukoski used in conjunction with Quantum Stresser revealed that he was banned from several companies he used to advertise and accept payments for the booter service.

The governments sentencing memorandum says Bukoskis replies demanding to know the reasons for the suspensions were instrumental in discovering his real name. FBI agents were able to zero in on Bukoskis real-life location after a review of his email account showed a receipt from May 2018 in which hed gone online and ordered a handmade pan pizza to be delivered to his home address.

When an online pizza delivery order brings FBI agents to raid your home.

While getting busted on account of ordering a pizza online might sound like a bone-headed or rookie mistake for a cybercriminal, it is hardly unprecedented. In 2012 KrebsOnSecurity wrote about the plight of Yuriy Jtk Konovalenko, a then 30-year-old Ukrainian man who was rounded up as part of an international crackdown on an organized crime gang that used the ZeuS malware to steal tens of millions of dollars from companies and consumers. In that case, Konovalenko ultimately unmasked himself because he used his Internet connection to order the delivery of a Veggie Roma pizza to his apartment in the United Kingdom.

Interestingly, the feds say their examination of Bukoskis Internet browsing records showed he knew full well that running a booter service was punishable under federal law (despite disclaimers published on Quantum Stresser stating that the sites owners werent responsible for how clients used the service).

The defendants web browsing history was significant to investigators for a number of reasons, including the fact that it shows that the defendant browsed an article written by a prominent security researcher referencing both the defendants enterprise along with a competing service, including a link provided by the researcher in the article to an advisory posted by the FBI warning that the operation of booter services was potentially punishable under federal law, reads the sentencing memo from Assistant U.S. Attorney Adam Alexander.

Thats interesting because the article in question was actually a 2017 KrebsOnSecurity story about a mobile app tied to a competing booter service that happened to share some of the same content as Quantum Stresser.

That 2017 story referenced an FBI advisory that had just been issued warning the use of booter services is punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and may result in arrest and criminal prosecution.

Bukoski was sentenced to five years of probation and six months of community confinement. The government suggested a lenient sentence considering the defendants ongoing health complications, which include liver failure.

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Yet another Windows 10 fail as new update breaks the internet – heres how to fix it – TechRadar India

February 5, 2020 | Author: admin

Windows 10s string of broken updates has now gone well beyond a joke - as it seems that the latest update to be released by Microsoft has been causing network and sound issues for some users.

Microsoft has recently released Windows 10 KB4532695, an update for Windows 10 that was supposed to fix problems with Windows 10s search function, and after only a few days it emerged that rather than fixing problems, it had caused some serious issues, including boot failures.

Its now become apparent that the Windows 10 KB4532695 update has also introduced other serious problems, with Windows Latest reporting that users are complaining that as soon as theyve installed the update, the sound stops working on their PC.

According to Windows Latest, one user on Microsofts community forum complained that I installed the update Saturday afternoon and immediately the sound stopped working, with Windows 10 now not recognising their speakers.

Not only is that incredibly annoying, but, rather worryingly, it seems the problem didnt go away once the user uninstalled the update - and it even persisted after they performed a full reinstall of Windows 10.

Another incredibly frustrating problem with the latest Windows 10 Update has also emerged, with users complaining that their network connectivity has been impacted - meaning they cannot connect to the internet.

The issue seems to be impacting bother wired Ethernet connections, as well as Wi-Fi connections, and is affecting network adapters from a range of manufacturers.

While some people arent able to connect to the internet at all, others are reporting that they can still connect to the web, but their internet speeds are severely limited.

Using Windows 10s built-in network troubleshooter doesnt fix the issue - the only option is to uninstall the updated.

If youve encountered network problems after installing the latest WIndows 10 update, then this is how to fix those network issues.

Open up the Settings app (click the Start menu and then the cog icon), then click Update & Security.

From the window that appears, click View update history, then Uninstall updates and select KB4532695.

Hopefully this will sort the issue for you until Microsoft releases yet another update to fix the problems its last update introduced. Microsoft seriously needs to make sure that the next update solves these problems without adding new ones otherwise it might find its reputation suffers even more.

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‘Formjacking’ Is the New Internet Scam We Need to Watch Out For – q985online.com

February 5, 2020 | Author: admin

In the highly technical age with are living in, scams and cyberattacks are sadly the norm.. We have a good idea of what we should be suspect of online, we know what emails or links we shouldn't be clicking on, but this new "formjacking" attack has me all kinds of worried.

Dennis Horton of the Better Business Bureau recently wrote an article for the Rockford Register Star detailing what "Formjacking" is, and what we can do to avoid falling victim to it:

Crooks are now hijacking online forms. The hackers are injecting code into forms on legitimate websites that allows scammers to gather important personal and financial information entered on the forms.

This is another form of cyberattack. Even though formjacking has been around for at least a couple of years, there has been a dramatic increase in activity. Recent reports show more than 4,800 websites are attacked each month.

The crime is used mainly to steal credit card information; the hackers then sell the stolen data on the dark web. There, web traders post it for resale to anyone who wants it.

Theft of card info is not all that the scammers are after formjacking also has been discovered in online job application forms.

So what do we do? How can we possibly know which online forms have been "injected" with these phishing codes and which ones are safe to enter our info into?!?

Dennis Horton suggests to always pay close attention to your credit card statements and to frequently check your credit report for starters. He also recommends to "freeze your credit records with the big three agencies. This will stop anyone who has your details from opening new lines of credit in your name",and to always keep your internet security up to date.

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Kiwis think benefits of the internet outweigh the negatives – SecurityBrief New Zealand

February 5, 2020 | Author: admin

New research from InternetNZ shows that New Zealanders believe the many benefits the internet provides outweigh the negatives, despite ongoing security concerns.

However, Kiwis are not doing enough to protect themselves online, InternetNZ says.

The new researchshows that 93% of New Zealanders are concerned about the security of their personal data. However, despite the concern, InternetNZ says it is notseeing enough action being taken by New Zealanders to improve their online security.

InternetNZ is a non-profit organisation, and the home and guardian of .nz. It uses funding from the sale of .nz domain names to support the development of New Zealand's internet through policy, community grants, research and events.

InternetNZs research shows one in five New Zealanders do not protect their devices with a password or PIN. Furthermore, the research shows only 35% of Kiwis regularly back up their content.

And while the number of people using two-factor or multi-factor authentication has increased by 7% in the last year, it is still only sitting at 35%, according to the research.

InternetNZengagement director Andrew Cushen says it is important InternetNZ and others continue work to educate New Zealanders on the importance of online security best practice.

"Turning on two-factor authentication protects your accounts by adding a second step to log in," he says.

"It is easy for you to use, but makes it hard for anyone else to use your identity or get your data," Cushen explains.

Despite security concerns, the research reveals nine out of ten New Zealanders believe the benefits of the internet outweigh the negatives. This is consistent with the research findings from previous years, InternetNZ says.

"Were pleased to see New Zealanders recognise and value the benefits the internet offers," adds Cushen.

According to the research, access to information and ease of communication topped the list of key benefits of the internet again. Cushen says these results show it is more important than ever that we work to increase digital inclusion.

"Every New Zealander deserves access to the key benefits the internet offers. Supporting New Zealanders access to resources and initiatives to build their skill and confidence, and helping the government to prioritise meaningful investment in digital inclusion, are key goals for InternetNZ this year," he explains.

Cushen says InternetNZ will continue to commission this research each year to demonstrate what people think today, and how their thinking changes over time.

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