Today Microsoft released their monthly Patch Tuesday posting, with a total of 14 security bulletins that include 5 bulletins that were listed as Critical. This batch of patches addresses vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Exchange, and Internet Explorer. Fixes for FREAK One of the more notable bugs covered by this posting include the…
Read MoreRecent reports have implicated a sophisticated piece of malware known as Regin in targeted attacks in various countries. Regin was described as being highly sophisticated and designed to carry out long-term stealthy surveillance on would-be victims at the behest of its creators, who have been suggested to be nation-states. Telecommunication companies are believed to have…
Read MoreOne of the bulletins that was part of the October 2014 Patch Tuesday cycle was MS14-063 which fixed a vulnerability in the FAT32 disk partition driver that could allow for an attacker to gain administrator rights on affected systems, with only a USB disk with a specially modified file system. This vulnerability as also designated…
Read MoreThe concern on ICS/SCADA security gained prominence due to high-profile attacks targeting these devices, most notably Flame and Stuxnet. However, we noted recent findings, which prove that the interest in ICS/SCADA devices as attack platforms is far from waning. We’ve all read about how insecure ICS/SCADA devices are and how certain threat actors are targeting…
Read MoreRecently, I spoke at the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) in Bangkok, Thailand on threat intelligence and incident response. The mantra throughout FIRST was “sharing to win”, the concept of which echoes throughout security got me to thinking about information sharing in the ICS/SCADA security arena. This idea of sharing thoughts and…
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