Tuesday, February 27
TOP STORY
Crowdstrike’s 2018 Global Threat Report, Tim Starks opines that it’s all bad news. CyberWire says: Among the findings are the rise of supply chain compromise and cryptocurrency related fraud as significantly expanded attack vectors. Another interesting finding is the speed with which successful attackers are able to pivot laterally from an initial compromise: just under two hours.
HACKTIVITY
RCE using bash command injection on /system/images (toimitilat.lahitapiola.fi) [48 upvotes] - $6,300 bounty for this report to Local Tapiola by @yonm13.
POODLE SSLv3 bug on multiple twitter smtp servers [22 upvotes] - $280 bounty for this report to Twitter by @omespino.
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OTHER ARTICLES WE’RE READING
FTC’s VPN basics blog: Shopping for a VPN? Read this
Cellebrite claims ability to unlock pretty much every iPhone on the market
Global Engagement Center: counter propaganda and disinformation from foreign nations.
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