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Porn Problem: Adult Ads Persist on US Gov't, Military Sites
Information Security NewsU.S. military and government website subdomains have a sticky problem: They’re “quite vulnerable” to blackhat SEO tactics that result in persistent redirects to spammy Viagra ads and porn videos. An example is one that showed up on a dot.mil subdomain on the Minnesota National Guard site (you can have your own fun searching on terms […]
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Ditch the Alert Cannon: Modernizing IDS is a Security Must-Do
Information Security NewsAfter more than 20 years of underwhelming results, security leaders have accepted their intrusion detection system (IDS) programs as no more than a compliance checkoff. It’s no secret that IDS’s reliance on bi-modal signatures is brittle, easily evaded and often referred to as an “alert cannon.” Time has not been kind to IDS and has […]
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AT&T Phone-Unlocking Malware Ring Costs Carrier $200M
Information Security NewsThe ringleader of a seven-year phone-unlocking and malware scheme will head to the clink for 12 years, according to the Department of Justice, after effectively compromising AT&T’s internal networks to install credential-thieving malware. The perp, one Muhammad Fahd of Pakistan and Grenada, was convicted of grooming AT&T employees at a Bothell, Wash. call center to […]
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Microsoft MSHTML Flaw Exploited by Ryuk Ransomware Gang
Information Security NewsCriminals behind the Ryuk ransomware were early exploiters of the Windows MSHTML flaw, actively leveraging the bug in campaigns ahead of a patch released by Microsoft this week. Collaborative research by Microsoft and RiskIQ revealed campaigns by Ryuk threat actors early on that exploited the flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-40444. The bug is a remote code […]
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Trial Ends in Guilty Verdict for DDoS-for-Hire Boss
Information Security NewsA jury in California today reached a guilty verdict in the trial of Matthew Gatrel, a St. Charles, Ill. man charged in 2018 with operating two online services that allowed paying customers to launch powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against Internet users and websites. Gatrel's conviction comes roughly two weeks after his co-conspirator pleaded guilty […]
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