Security Leftovers
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CII Project Advances Linux Kernel Security as Firm Ends Free Patches
There has been some public discussion in the last week regarding the decision by Open Source Security Inc. and the creators of the Grsecurity® patches for the Linux kernel to cease making these patches freely available to users who are not paid subscribers to their service. While we at the Core Infrastructure Initiative (CII) would have preferred them to keep these patches freely available, the decision is absolutely theirs to make.
From the point of view of the CII, we would much rather have security capabilities such as those offered by Grsecurity® in the main upstream kernel rather than available as a patch that needs to be applied by the user. That said, we fully understand that there is a lot of work involved in upstreaming extensive patches such as these and we will not criticise the Grsecurity® team for not doing so. Instead we will continue to support work to make the kernel as secure as possible.
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Google Was Warned About This Week’s Mass Phishing Email Attack Six Years Ago
For almost six years, Google knew about the exact technique that someone used to trick around one million people into giving away access to their Google accounts to hackers on Wednesday. Even more worrisome: other hackers might have known about this technique as well.
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Mobile phone security's been busted for years, and now 2-factor auth is busted too [iophk: "now we are reminded that a phone never was a second authentication factor"]
SS7 is now confirmed to be exploited in the wild, with crooks taking big scores through it.
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We Were Warned About Flaws in the Mobile Data Backbone for Years. Now 2FA Is Screwed.
But on Wednesday, German newspaper The Süddeutsche Zeitung reported that financially-motivated hackers {sic} had used those flaws to help drain bank accounts.
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Mac malware: Coming soon to a computer near you
In fact, the number of malware attacks on Apple’s operating system skyrocketed by 744 percent in 2016. Despite this, most people still believe that Macs don’t get viruses. Add to this the fact that, despite the seeming ubiquity of Apple’s products, the company’s user base is still growing. There are nearly 100 million Apple users worldwide, myself included.
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IT meltdown forces Barts Health NHS Trust to cancel hundreds of appointments
Earlier thsi year, Barts Health admitted that it has fallen victim to a "ransomware virus attack," likely because it's PCs are still running Microsoft's now-defunct Windows [...]
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