Remember Conficker? It's still around

Computerworld Security: August 04, 2015
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Remember Conficker? It's still around

The Conficker Working Group was tasked with stopping the botnet and finding its
creators. It's still at work -- and so is Conficker.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. DHS warns about privacy implications of cybersecurity bill
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2. Macs can be remotely infected with firmware malware that remains after reformatting
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3. Yahoo tackles big 'malvertising' campaign in its ad network
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4. Newest RIG exploit kit driven by malicious ads
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Using Active Breach Detection Against Advanced Attackers

Attackers can launch unlimited intrusion attempts, consequence-free, until they
find a successful technique to circumvent a target company's prevention systems.
This paper shows how to flip the odds on attackers and stop them after they have
managed to access your network.

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DHS warns about privacy implications of cybersecurity bill

The bill under consideration of the Senate has been criticized by privacy
groups.
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Macs can be remotely infected with firmware malware that remains after reformatting

Researchers created Thunderstrike 2 firmware malware that could remotely infect
Apple computers and remain even if a user were to wipe the hard drive and
reinstall the OS. At Black Hat and Def Con, they will demo their firmware
malware that is so tough to detect and to get rid of that they suggested it
presents a toss your Mac in the trash situation.
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how they are on-boarded with Apprenda, using production customer examples.

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Yahoo tackles big 'malvertising' campaign in its ad network

Yahoo said Monday it had removed malware from its advertising network, after
malicious code there had gone undetected for at least six days.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9245604/1592880030/749865/33/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF9zZWN1cml0eQ%3d%3d&03f17c32=MDBlNmE3YzFiODA1Zjc4YjczNjk3MThjMDhhZjM2NTE%3d&x=1564dd7f

Newest RIG exploit kit driven by malicious ads

Earlier this year, a disgruntled reseller leaked the source code for version 2.0
of the RIG exploit kit. Since then, the RIG's author has released a new version,
which was recently discovered by researchers from Trustwave. The latest version
uses malvertising in order to deliver a majority of its traffic, infecting some
1.25 million systems to date.
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