Gwinnett Medical Center investigating possible data breach
After being contacted by Salted Hash about a possible data breach, Gwinnett Medical Center, a not-for-profit network of healthcare providers in Gwinnett County, Georgia, has confirmed they're investigating what the healthcare provider...
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Facebook: 30 million accounts impacted by security flaw (updated)
On Friday, Facebook’s VP of product management Guy Rosen, coordinating with a Facebook post by founder Mark Zuckerberg, said the company discovered someone had abused access tokens for 50 million users on Tuesday afternoon.
Scammers pose as CNN's Wolf Blitzer, target security professionals
Here's an interesting, if not outright comical, story for those of you just coming back to work after a long Labor Day weekend. Scammers are pretending to be a well-known CNN anchor and offering serious cash to anyone looking to be a...
Congress pushes MITRE to fix CVE program, suggests regular reviews and stable funding
On Monday, the Energy and Commerce Committee sent letters to MITRE Corporation and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), recommending reforms be made to the troubled CVE program. In fact, the letters state, if the "deep-seated...
Mirai leveraging Aboriginal Linux to target multiple platforms
The Mirai botnet hasn't gone away, you don't hear about it much, but the code has been constantly updated and maintained. Recently, Symantec's Dinesh Venkatesan discovered a command and control (C&C) server hosting various types of...
Talking phishing campaigns with @PhishingAI's Jeremy Richards | Salted Hash, Ep. 42
All this week, while we’re on location in Las Vegas, Salted Hash has been discussing phishing and the impact it has had on the public. Today, we’re getting an insider view on how @PhishingAI operates, and learning about a recent...
Inside Dropbox and Microsoft Office phishing attacks | Salted Hash, Ep. SC03
Today on Salted Hash, we're going to look at a phishing attack that targeted me directly. It's got a few interesting elements, including a weak attempt to spoof an HTTPS connection, and a sort of hybrid lure, which starts as Dropbox...
Introducing Kit Hunter, a phishing kit detection script | Salted Hash, Ep. 40
Kit Hunter is a basic Python script that will run on Linux or Windows. When you run Kit Hunter it searches web directories for phishing kits based on common kit elements located in the tag file. If there is a match, it logs the...
Reddit discloses hack, says SMS intercept allowed attackers to skirt 2FA protections
Reddit, one of the largest websites on the internet, announced on Wednesday that someone was able to compromise staff accounts at their cloud and source code hosting providers, leaving backups, source code, and various logs exposed.
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Samsam infected thousands of LabCorp systems via brute force RDP
LabCorp, one of the largest clinical labs in the U.S., said the Samsam ransomware attack that forced their systems offline was contained quickly and didn't result in a data breach. However, in the brief time between detection and...
Salted Hash Ep 34: Red Team vs. Vulnerability Assessments
This week on Salted Hash, Phil Grimes, Professional Services Lead at RedLegg, discusses why words matter, the concept of scoping for Red Teams, and shares more stories from his days in the field as we discuss tailgating and dumpster...
No data breach at Patreon, but proactive notice caused some concern
Patreon, the membership platform that helps creators get paid for their work, sent users a letter on Monday warning them about a data breach at Typeform. But the proactive letter caused some panic, as more than a few people took it to...
92 million MyHeritage email addresses found on private server
On Monday, MyHeritage, an online genealogy platform, announced that more than 90 million of their users had email addresses and hashed passwords compromised, after a researcher discovered a file being hosted on a private server.
Salted Hash – SC 02: What a TSB phishing attack looks like
In April, TSB (a retail and commercial bank in the UK) announced they would shutdown some systems for an IT upgrade. However, the upgrade was a disaster, and over a month later customers are still having problems. As a result,...
Salted Hash Ep 26: Deception technologies that camouflage the network
Sometimes, the best defense is awareness. At their core, deception technologies can assist in this process, but what's the difference between a deception vendor and a honeypot?
Salted Hash - SC 01: What an Apple phishing attack looks like
Today on Salted Hash, we’re going to look at a phishing attack from two sides. The first side will be what the victim sees. After that, we're going to see what the criminal sees. We'll also discuss some steps administrators can take...
Salted Hash Ep 25: A quick tour of the Dark Web
The Dark Web has an interesting persona, and much of it is fueled by hype. This week on Salted Hash we speak to Alon Arvatz, co-founder at IntSights, who gives us a basic overview of some of the things people do in this somewhat...
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Researchers warn PGP and S/MIME users of serious vulnerabilities
A professor at Münster University issued a warning on Sunday about serious vulnerabilities in PGP and S/MIME – two widely-used methods for encrypting email – which, if exploited, could reveal plain text communications. The issue also...
Salted Hash Ep 28: GDPR deadline fast approaches
The deadline for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is almost here. During our trip to the RSA Conference last month, Salted Hash spoke to an expert on the subject, and learned some interesting things when it comes to...
North Korean anti-virus uses old Trend Micro components
Researchers at Checkpoint have published a report showing that North Korea's SiliVaccine, the country's anti-virus product, uses functional elements taken from a ten-year-old copy of Trend Micro's anti-virus.
