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  • Popular WordPress Plugin Comes with a Backdoor, Steals Site Admin Credentials

    03/06/2016 8:51:29 PM PST · by Utilizer · 1 replies
    SOFTPEDIA ^ | Mar 5, 2016 00:46 GMT | Catalin Cimpanu
    that was installing a backdoor through which it was altering core WordPress files so it could log and steal user credentials from infected sites. First signs of something being wrong were spotted by the Sucuri team, a company that provides website security. Sucuri's researchers were alerted by one of their clients to the presence of a weirdly named file (auto-update.php) that didn't exist until a recent plugin update. The plugin in question was Custom Content Type Manager (CCTM), a popular WordPress plugin for creating custom post types that, in the three years since it was uploaded on the WordPress plugin...
  • Mozilla Bans Firefox Add-on That Tampered with Security Settings

    03/04/2016 8:32:54 PM PST · by Utilizer · 16 replies
    SOFTPEDIA ^ | Mar 3, 2016 20:03 GMT | Catalin Cimpanu
    Mozilla developers have taken steps to ban the popular YouTube Unblocker add-on after it was caught altering browser security settings and even installing a second add-on without the user's consent. YouTube Unblocker is a Firefox add-on that allows users to view YouTube videos blocked in their country. It does so by using a collection of proxy servers to reroute YouTube content through countries in which the videos are whitelisted. This past weekend, a user complained about the add-on exhibiting sneaky behavior, saying that his Avast antivirus blocked a download coming from a third-party website as soon as he installed the...
  • Cisco patches switches to remove hardcoded credentials

    03/04/2016 6:59:10 PM PST · by Utilizer · 8 replies
    iTnews (AUS) ^ | Mar 4 2016 7:53AM (AUS) | Juha Saarinen
    Cisco has issued a patch for its Nexus 3000 series and Nexus 3500 platform switches to remove a hardcoded password for a user account which would allow attackers full remote access. In a security advisory, Cisco said the account "could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log in to the device with the privileges of the root user with bash [command] shell access." Remote access is possible via Telnet, or by Secure Shell on a specific release of the NX operating system. Serial console access locally is also possible. Cisco said the account is created during installation on the devices...
  • DONALD J. TRUMP ANNOUNCES SENATOR SESSIONS AS CHAIRMAN OF NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

    03/03/2016 5:09:33 PM PST · by bigtoona · 192 replies
    Trump Facebook ^ | 3/3/16 | Trump
    DONALD J. TRUMP ANNOUNCES SENATOR SESSIONS AS CHAIRMAN OF NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE Senator Sessions to Provide Strategic Counsel to Mr. Trump on Foreign Policy and Homeland Security (New York, NY) March 3rd, 2016 – Today Donald J. Trump announced Senator Jeff Sessions, who has advised the GOP frontrunner on issues such as trade and immigration and endorsed Mr. Trump on Sunday in Alabama, will serve as Chairman of Mr. Trump’s National Security Advisory Committee. S... See More
  • Army veteran fired from CVS after trying to stop robbery

    03/03/2016 3:58:49 PM PST · by huldah1776 · 49 replies
    FoxNews ^ | March 3, 2016 | N/A
    When two suspects tried robbing a Maryland CVS on Friday, Army veteran Joe Morici sprang into action. And it cost him his job. Morici, who served seven years in the Army, including a stint in Afghanistan, was fired from his management job at a Beltsville CVS because he intervened and tried to catch the men, FOX5 reported. But Morici said his reactions were purely based on instinct when two men tried robbing the CVS pharmacy during his shift. He quickly told cashiers to call 911 and helped an elderly man out of the store before locking the doors, preventing the...
  • GOP National Security Leaders Pen Foreboding Letter To Trump

    03/03/2016 2:46:36 PM PST · by maine-iac7 · 58 replies
    Task & Purpose ^ | 3 March 2016 | Sarah Sicard
    Key members of the national security community warn a Trump presidency would be dangerous for America and the world. More than 75 members of the Republican national security community banded together to pen an open letter to Donald Trump, the Republican front runner in the 2016 presidential race.
  • Congress showed it's willing to fight the FBI on encryption. Finally

    03/02/2016 7:16:33 AM PST · by Eric Pode of Croydon · 26 replies
    The Guardian ^ | 1 March 2016 | Trevor Timm
    Members of Congress did something almost unheard of at Tuesday’s hearing on the brewing battle over encryption between Apple and the FBI: their job. Both Democrats and Republicans grilled FBI director Jim Comey about his agency’s unprecedented demand that Apple weaken the iPhone’s security protections to facilitate surveillance. This would have dire implications for smartphone users around the globe.
  • These American Heroes are Endorsing Trump. Here's Why.

    02/29/2016 9:47:59 AM PST · by AuntB · 5 replies
    OAN ^ | Feb. 29, 2016 | Michelle Fields
    Mark “Oz” Geist and John “TIG” Tiegen, two members of the security team that helped rescue dozens of Americans during the Benghazi terror attacks, have endorsed Donald Trump for president. According to a statement released Sunday: Mr. Trump stated, “I am truly honored to have the support of these American heroes, the best of their generation. The American people can know with certainty, I will always place their interest above all else. I am the most militaristic person and it is so important to me to strengthen our military and protect American families and freedoms.” Mark “Oz” Geist said, “We,...
  • Temple Mount cameras won't include mosques

    02/28/2016 10:24:23 PM PST · by Eleutheria5 · 6 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 29/2/16 | Shimon Cohen
    A Jordanian team arrived in Israel on Sunday, with the goal of installing surveillance cameras on the Temple Mount in the coming days, Jordanian Waqf Minister Hail Daoud told Jordanian media. The Jordanian Minister said that technical teams have already arrived..... An agreement between Israel and Jordan to place the security cameras was brokered in October by Secretary of State John Kerry, and stipulates that 24-hour security cameras covering the entire site would be installed in the compound, which is sacred to both Jews and Muslims. ..... Meanwhile, Jewish Temple Mount groups that have been following the reports from Jordan...
  • Forcing Apple to Hack That iPhone Sets a Dangerous Precedent (Link Only due to copyright)

    02/27/2016 1:32:08 PM PST · by Swordmaker · 61 replies
    Wired.com (link only) | February 27, 2016 | Congressman Darrell Issa
    Congressman Darrell Issa weighs in on Apple's side in the Apple v. FBI Terrorism iPhone data All Writs Act Court Order, saying it would set a dangerous precedent if it goes is allowed to stand. Link only due to copyright requirements of Wired Magazine: Forcing Apple to Hack That iPhone Sets a Dangerous Precedent (Link Only due to copyright)
  • FTC Forces Asus to Comply to 20 Years of Security Audits

    02/25/2016 9:41:54 PM PST · by Utilizer · 14 replies
    SOFTPEDIA ^ | Feb 25, 2016 22:07 GMT | Catalin Cimpanu
    A few months back, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint against Taiwan-based hardware maker Asus accusing it of misrepresenting its products' security features and failure to address security vulnerabilities. The two parties have agreed to a settlement, one that forces Asus to subject its procedures and products to independent security audits for the next 20 years. According to the FTC's complaint, Asus has failed numerous times in addressing severe security issues and has made false claims about its products to its customers. Asus had flaws in its AiDisk and AiCloud router features The FTC pointed to numerous...
  • Palo Alto Networks patches serious vulnerabilities

    02/25/2016 7:07:26 PM PST · by Utilizer · 2 replies
    iTnews (AUS) ^ | Feb 26 2016 5:56AM (AUS) | Juha Saarinen
    Security vendor Palo Alto Networks has issued a security advisory covering four vulnerabilities affecting its PAN-OS operating system and is advising users to patch immediately. Two vulnerabilities in particular appear to be particularly dangerous, according to Johannes Ullrich of security vendor SANS Institute. Rated as "critical" by Palo Alto Networks, a buffer overflow in the PAN-OS GlobalProtect SSL VPN web interface could be abused to bypass restrictions to limit traffic to trusted IP addresses only. "An attacker with network access to the vulnerable GlobalProtect portal may be able to perform a denial-of-service (DoS) attack on the device, and may be...
  • The Apple-FBI Fight Isn’t About Privacy vs. Security. Don’t Be Misled (LINK ONLY Copyright)

    02/24/2016 8:01:29 PM PST · by Swordmaker · 30 replies
    Wired Magazine, LINK ONLY DUE TO COPYRIGHT RESTRICTION | February 24, 2016 | By BRIAN BARRETT
    Wired article LINK ONLY due to copyright restriction argues that the issue is not just about privacy versus safety and security. It makes the point that unlike what the FBI and DOJ are demanding, and the compromise their supporters are seeking, a back door into devices, that for the computer and mobile device security side to really work, it has to be absolute or it isn't security at all. The Apple-FBI Fight Isn't About Privacy vs. Security. Don't Be Misled (LINK ONLY Due to Copyright limitations)
  • Apple is openly defying US security orders, but in China it takes a very different approach

    02/24/2016 7:49:31 AM PST · by Carismar · 31 replies
    Apple’s response to US and UK government demands for backdoors to user data has been direct, bordering on defiant. Yesterday (Feb. 16), Apple CEO Tim Cook published a letter explaining the company’s refusal to comply with a US federal court order to help the FBI access data on a phone recovered from one of the attackers in the San Bernardino, California shootings. Apple appears to take a different tack in dealing with data security demands from China, a key growth market for the company. In January 2015, the state-run newspaper People’s Daily claimed, in a tweet, that Apple had agreed...
  • Justice Department Seeks to Force Apple to Extract Data From About 12 Other

    02/23/2016 11:34:59 AM PST · by Swordmaker · 258 replies
    NASDAQ ^ | February 22, 2016, 11:48:00 PM EDT
    The Justice Department is pursuing court orders to force Apple Inc. to help investigators extract data from iPhones in about a dozen undisclosed cases around the country, in disputes similar to the current battle over a terrorist's locked phone, according to people familiar with the matter. The other phones are at issue in cases where prosecutors have sought, as in the San Bernardino, Calif. terror case, to use an 18th-century law called the All Writs Act to compel the company to help them bypass the passcode security feature of phones that may hold evidence, these people said. Privacy advocates are...
  • Government versus Freedom

    02/22/2016 2:04:17 PM PST · by Tracker47 · 23 replies
    2/22/2016 | Tracker47
    I have been keeping tabs on this whole “Feds order Apple to compromise their security features” thing. I don’t think it’s a security problem, a crime problem, or a privacy problem. It’s Government problem. They say that it’s fighting “terrorism”, an entirely different class of crime. It seems to me that it has little or nothing to do with terrorism, just setting precedent allowing the Government (yours and mine) to force people to do things. In this case it’s about making Apple write new software that can assist them in breaking into a darn near perfectly secure device. The claim...
  • Trump asks voters to boycott Apple: 'I think that's a great idea'

    02/19/2016 12:56:20 PM PST · by big'ol_freeper · 238 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | 19 Feb 16 | GABBY MORRONGIELLO
    Donald Trump on Friday urged a roomful of voters to boycott the tech giant Apple so long as its chief executive, Tim Cook, refuses to comply with a court order to assist the FBI with hacking into the cell phone of San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook. "First of all Apple better give the security for that phone," the Republican presidential hopeful said during a campaign rally in Pawleys Island, S.C. "What I think you ought to do is boycott Apple until such time they give that security number. How do you like that?" "I just thought of it," Trump noted,...
  • San Bernardino Shooter's iCloud Password Changed While iPhone was in Government Possession

    02/19/2016 7:32:40 PM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 58 replies
    ABC News ^ | February 19, 2016 | Jack Date
    The password for the San Bernardino shooter's iCloud account associated with his iPhone was reset hours after authorities took possession of the device. The Justice Department acknowledged in its court filing that the password of Syed Farook's iCloud account had been reset. The filing states, "the owner [San Bernardino County Department of Public Health], in an attempt to gain access to some information in the hours after the attack, was able to reset the password remotely, but that had the effect of eliminating the possibility of an auto-backup." Apple could have recovered information from the iPhone had the iCloud password...
  • Apple implies FBI screwup: iPhone Apple ID password changed in govt possession

    02/19/2016 6:21:59 PM PST · by Swordmaker · 92 replies
    9 to 5 Mac ^ | February 19, 2016 | by Jordan Kahn
    Apple has now responded to a Department of Justice filing that we reported earlier today was attempting to force the company to comply with an FBI request for access to a locked iPhone belonging to a suspect in the San Bernardino attacks. In one statement to Reuters, an Apple spokesperson said the DOJ is "disregarding civil liberties in iPhone unlocking case," while in another it attempts to explain more of the back story regarding past events with the iPhone in question. CNBC reports an Apple exec called the motion "a way to argue the case twice before Apple can respond," a response...
  • San Bernardino Shooter's Apple ID Passcode Changed While in Government Possession, Apple Says

    02/19/2016 5:07:38 PM PST · by rpierce · 375 replies
    ABC News ^ | 2/19/2016 | Jack Date
    The Apple ID passcode for the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone was changed less than 24 hours after authorities took possession of the device, a senior Apple executive said today. And Apple could have recovered information from the phone had the Apple ID passcode not been changed, Apple said. If the phone was taken to a location where it recognized the Wi-Fi network, such as the San Bernardino shooters' home, it could have been backed up to the cloud, Apple suggested. ... The auto reset was executed by a county information technology employee, according to a federal official. Federal investigators only...