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FYI... Forecast for January 2018 Patch Tuesday - https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2018/01/05/january-patch-tuesday-expectations/ Jan 5, 2018 - "... A few things are noteworthy about the two CPU vulnerabilities: 'Meltdown' and 'Spectre'. Just applying the OS updates is not enough as that will...

FYI... Intel processor design flaw > https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/02/intel_cpu_design_flaw/ 2 Jan 2018 - "A fundamental design flaw in Intel's processor chips has forced a significant redesign of the Linux and Windows -kernels- to defang the chip-level security bug. Programmers are...

FYI... Intel Firmware Vuln > https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2017/11/21/Intel-Firmware-Vulnerability Nov 21, 2017 - "Intel has released recommendations to address vulnerabilities in the firmware of the following Intel products: Management Engine, Server Platform Services, and...

FYI... Dyn.com DDoS Attack - https://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=21623 2016-10-21 - "Dyn.com, a popular dynmic DNS provider and provider of commercial managed DNS services is currently experiencing a massive DDoS attack. As a result, many sites that are using Dyn.com's services are...

FYI... 500 million Yahoo users - data breach - https://bgr.com/2016/09/22/yahoo-hack-data-breach-passwords-stolen/ Sep 22, 2016 - "Yahoo has confirmed* that a data breach from 2014 hit 500 million users, allowing hackers access to sensitive information, including poorly encrypted passwords...

FYI... OS Market Share - March, 2016 > https://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=10&qpcustomd=0 Browser Market Share - March, 2016 > https://www.netmarketshare.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qprid=0&qpcustomd=0 :spider:

FYI... Bank Fraud Ringleader gets 15-Year Sentence 10 Co-Conspirators Also Sentenced in ID Thefts at Healthcare Facilities, Other Sites - http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/fraud-ringleader-gets-15-year-sentence-a-8554 Sep 28, 2015 - "The leader of a $24 million identity theft and federal income...

FYI... Ransomware rescue kit released ... - http://www.zdnet.com/article/ransomware-rescue-kit-released-to-combat-criminal-enterprise/ May 21, 2015 - "A ransomware removal and rescue kit has been released to give businesses an alternative to paying a fee to unlock encrypted files... security...

FYI... MalwareBytes AntiExploit v1.06.1.1018 update released - https://blog.malwarebytes.org/news/2015/04/new-malwarebytes-anti-exploit-version-is-out/ April 1, 2015 Download update: http://downloads.malwarebytes.org/file/mbae > 4.1.2015 :2thumb: Freeware

FYI... NCCU/Europol shuts down RAMNIT Botnet - http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2477392,00.asp Feb 25, 2015 - "... In partnership with Europol and local law enforcement units in The Netherlands, Italy, and Germany, the National Cyber Crime Unit (NCUU) shut down command and control servers...

FYI... Anthem ... - http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/07/business/data-breach-at-anthem-may-lead-to-others.html Feb 6, 2015 - "After an online attack on Anthem, by far the largest breach in the industry, security experts warned on Friday that more attacks on health care organizations were likely...

FYI... SpybotS&D def updates - http://www.safer-networking.org/about/updates/ 2015-02-04 Adware + Ad.BlockAndSurf ++ Ad.GetNowUpdater + BetterSurf + weDownloadMgr Malware + OneInstaller PUPS + Conduit.SearchProtect ++ DownLite + OutBrowse ++ SuperOptimizer + UpToDown Total: 2603459...

FYI... Flash 0-Day Exploit used by Angler Exploit Kit - https://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=19213 2015-01-21 - "The "Angler" exploit kit is a tool frequently used in drive-by download attacks to probe the browser for different vulnerabilities, and then exploit them to install malware. The...

FYI... Gmail is down for some ... - http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2353526/gmail-is-down-for-some-in-the-uk Jul 03 2014 - http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2353727/google-goes-down-as-search-throws-up-server-error Jul 04 2014 - "... The outage has seen Google's search engine...

FYI... Sony VAIO Fit 11A - battery fire hazard - http://www.sony.co.uk/support/en/content/cnt-hn/prd-comp/hotnews-vaio-fit11a 11 April 2014 - "Sony has identified that the non-removable battery packs provided by a third party supplier, included in (and limited to) VAIO Fit 11A released in...

- http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/06/us-china-ibm-strike-idUSBREA250ZB20140306 Mar 6, 2014 - "More than 1,000 workers at an IBM factory in southern China have gone on strike against the terms of their transfer to Chinese PC maker Lenovo Group Ltd caused by the U.S. company's $2.3 billion...

FYI... ZeroAccess takedown and TDSS aftermath - http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/zeroaccess-takedown-and-the-tdss-aftermath/ Jan 8, 2014 - "Early December last year, Microsoft – in cooperation with certain law enforcement agencies – announced their takedown of the...

FYI... Snapchat leak - 4.6 million users ... - http://bgr.com/2014/01/01/snapchat-leak-phone-numbers-usernames/ Jan 1, 2014 - "Snapchat users beware: someone has posted the phone numbers and usernames of more than 4.6 million accounts on the site SnapchatDB*, freely available as an SQL dump or...

FYI... The H is closing down - http://h-online.com/-1920027 19 July 2013 - "Although The H has produced many widely read stories, it has not been possible to effectively monetise that traffic to produce a working business model. Because of this, after four and a half years as The H and six...

FYI... Spyware used by governments poses as Firefox... Mozilla sends cease and desist letter to maker of FinFisher software. - http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/05/spyware-used-by-governments-poses-as-firefox-and-mozilla-is-angry/ May 1, 2013 - "Mozilla has sent a...