I ended part 2 with the promise that we will discuss about : 2) Intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDS/IPS or IDPS) From Wikipedia: Intrusion prevention systems (IPS), also known as intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDPS), are network security appliances that monitor network and/or system activities for malicious activity. The main functions of intrusion […]
I wrote in the first part of this article about Detection, Protection, Remediation and I stopped at the part where we analyze what kind of security products do you need in the car of tomorrow. 1)The classical antivirus We know it to be used mostly for files. But it can much more than that. a) Files There are […]
Source: http://www.securityweek.com/32-million-twitter-credentials-emerge-dark-web Author: Ionut Arghire, Security Week The cybercriminal behind the claimed Twitter leak is the same hacker who was previously attempting to sell stolen data from Myspace, Tumblr and VK user accounts, namely Tessa88@exploit.im. The Twitter credentials have already made it online on paid search engine for hacked data LeakedSource, which says it […]
Note: This is going to be a somehow longer article which I will finish in a couple of related posts. A security product is a program that Prevents that malware enters the system Detects if previously unknown malware is running on the system Remediates the actions of detected malware on the system Note that it […]
Source: Responsibility for Vehicle Security and Driver Privacy in the Age of the Connected Car Sponsored by: Veracode, Created by IDC Author: Duncan Brown IDC conducted in-depth interviews with leading vehicle manufacturers and automotive industry representatives, as well as 1072 drivers across the UK and Germany. These are the questions that the survey had: […]
Gmail to Warn Users of Unencrypted Email Author: Richard Adhikari Quotes: The warning “will help in cases where hackers try to perform DNS poisoning while trying to infect or phish users visiting well-established websites,” security consultant Sorin Mustaca said. Going with TLS is not necessarily the answer because “many emails would not reach […]
As I mentioned already, anything that runs software has to abide to secure coding principles. Cars run more software than many other devices around us. And they run special software… which needs to be taken care of by other special software. And when that software is vulnerable, then you’re in trouble! Now some researchers discovered that […]
I stumbled upon this nice article with the title: Why Self-Driving Cars Must Be Programmed to Kill Not many ask this question now, but it has to be asked. How should the car be programmed to act in the event of an unavoidable accident? Should it minimize the loss of life, even if it means sacrificing […]
We recall last year’s article in WSJ quoted executives from antivirus pioneer Symantec declaring antivirus software “dead” and stating that the company is focusing on developing technologies that attack online threats from a different angle. I also wrote about it here: http://www.sorinmustaca.com/2014/05/08/is-antivirus-really-dead-it-depends-what-you-call-antivirus/ Now the new concept has a name: Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR). Kelly Jackson Higgins, […]
From time to time there is a WTF Moment when you ask yourself: Is he kidding?, Is he stupid?, or Does he really think that everyone else is stupid? T-Mobile CEO on Experian’s Data Breach The investigation is ongoing, but what we know right now is that the hacker acquired the records of approximately […]
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