iOS Charger Hack, Mac Virus, and NetTraveler
After a week hiatus due to WatchGuard’s Worldwide Partner conference, I’m back with another video summary of this week’s biggest security news.
Join me this episode, where I highlight an upcoming Blackhat talk about an iOS charger vulnerability, warn of a proof-of-concept (PoC) OS X virus, and share news about a new APT threat that seems to be stealing important intellectual property. I even throw in the latest software updates as a bonus. For the latest InfoSec news, click the play button below.
(Episode Runtime: 10:28)
Direct YouTube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpesEWzRuyA
Episode References:
- Blackhat speakers to disclose serious iOS charger vulnerability – The Register
- Researcher reverses 32-bit OS X virus – Reverse.put.as blog
- Chrome 27 fixes a dozen vulnerabilities – Google Chrome Blog
- Bind update fixes critical DoS flaw – ISC
- Zero day injection vulnerability in Plesk 9.5 and below – Full Disclosure list
- June’s Microsoft Patch Day coming soon – WGSC
- Kaspersky’s research paper on NetTraveler APT malware and attack [PDF] – Securelist
Extras:
- Authorities take down malicious carding cyber forum – Yahoo News
- PRISM: NSA gathering customer data from many social networks, ISPs, and web email vendors – The Guardian
- Schnieder Electric finally patches old SCADA vulns – Threat Post
- DDoS attacks causing hosting outages – CSO Online
- New Android trojan sophisticated and hard to remove – Mashable
— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)
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