We had quite a bit of news today so we decided to compile it all into this post.
Mozilla Firefox has disabled the Flash Firefox Plugin
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/07/14/firefox-rings-the-death-knell-for-flash/
A third Flash zero day has been discovered.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/07/third-hacking-team-flash-zero-day-found/
United Airlines pays hacker 1 million air miles in bug bounty reward
http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/29527471/florida-hacker-wins-1000000-airline-miles
USC is accusing UC San Diego of hacking its computers
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/jul/13/usc-ucsd-data/
In wake of the Hacking Team Breach, the head of security for Cyprus is stepping down
http://www.businessinsider.com/cyprus-intelligence-service-head-andreas-pentaras-steps-down-after-hacking-team-revelations-2015-7
Hacking team malware utilizes a UEFI rootkit to survive Operating System reinstalls
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2948092/security/hacking-teams-malware-uses-uefi-rootkit-to-survive-os-reinstalls.html
Voat user claims that he is responsible for the DDoS attacks
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/voat-user-claims-responsibility-ddos-attack-says-site-just-bad-reddit-1510792
London teen hacker sentenced in Spamhaus DDoS attacks
http://www.scmagazineuk.com/london-teen-hacker-sentenced-in-spamhaus-ddos-attacks/article/426136/
Australians report $136k Lost to malware in June, $45m to all scammers this year.
http://www.cso.com.au/article/579566/australians-report-136k-lost-malware-june-45m-all-scammers-year-accc/
Regards,
Todays Big Security Stories.
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Userlevel 7
Good articles James well done
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Thank you sir!
I was amazed by the amount of material today.
I was amazed by the amount of material today.
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