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CVE-2019-9019 affects British Airways Entertainment System on Boeing 777-36N(ER)

Security Affairs

The British Airways Entertainment System, as installed on Boeing 777-36N(ER) and possibly other aircraft, is affected by a privilege escalation issue tracked as CVE-2019-9019. Experts discovered a critical vulnerability in the British Airways Entertainment System. The flaw is a privilege escalation issue that resides in the component USB Handler, an attacker could exploit it using an unknown input to escalate privileges.

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What Should Training Cover?

Adam Shostack

Chris Eng said “ Someone should set up a GoFundMe to send whoever wrote the hit piece on password managers to a threat modeling class. ” And while it’s pretty amusing, you know, I teach threat modeling classes. I spend a lot of time crafting explicit learning goals, considering and refining instructional methods, and so when a smart fellow like Chris says this, my question is why?

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Fbot malware targets HiSilicon DVR/NVR Soc devices

Security Affairs

Experts at 360Netlab observed the Fbot bot infecting a large number of HiSilicon DVR/NVR Soc devices. Since February 16, 2019, security experts at 360Netlab observed a large number of HiSilicon DVR/NVR Soc devices were infected with an updated version of the Fbot bot. The Fbot malware was first discovered by 360Netlab researchers, according to the experts, the root problem might be a specific OEM application running on top of the HiSilicon devices.

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Understanding Blockchain and its Impact on Legal Technology

eDiscovery Daily

Editor’s Note: Tom O’Connor is a nationally known consultant, speaker, and writer in the field of computerized litigation support systems. He has also been a great addition to our webinar program, participating with me on several recent webinars. Tom has also written several terrific informational overview series for CloudNine, including his most recent one, Will Lawyers Ever Embrace Technology?

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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Duo Labs presents CRXcavator Service that analyzes Chrome Extensions

Security Affairs

Researchers at Duo Labs has launched a new service called CRXcavator that allows users to analyze Chrome extensions and deliver security reports on them. Researchers at Duo Labs, a division of Duo Security, has launched a new service called CRXcavator that allows users to analyze Chrome extensions and deliver security reports on them. The experts released a beta version of the CRXcavator allows to analyze the permissions associated with Chrome extensions, along with many other features, and thei

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70000 Pakistani banks’ cards with PINs go on sale on the dark web.

Security Affairs

Group-IB experts discovered new databases with a total of 69,189 Pakistani banks’ cards that have shown up for sale on the dark web. Group-IB , an international company that specializes in preventing cyberattacks, has discovered new databases with a total of 69,189 Pakistani banks’ cards that have shown up for sale on the dark web. The total market value of the databases is estimated at nearly 3.5 million USD.

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ICANN warns of large-scale attacks on Internet infrastructure

Security Affairs

Large-scale attacks are threatening the global Internet infrastructure, the alarm was launched by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). After an emergency meeting, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) confirmed that the global Internet infrastructure is facing large-scale attacks. ICANN warns of “an ongoing and significant risk” to key components of the Internet infrastructure. “The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names an

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 202 – News of the week

Security Affairs

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal. 20% discount. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy. Once again thank you! Facebook login phishing campaign can deceive tech-savvy users. Facebook paid $25,000 for CSRF exploit that leads to Account Takeover.