Endpoint - Security Boulevard https://securityboulevard.com/category/blogs/endpoint/ The Home of the Security Bloggers Network Mon, 02 Sep 2024 04:00:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://securityboulevard.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/android-chrome-256x256-1-32x32.png Endpoint - Security Boulevard https://securityboulevard.com/category/blogs/endpoint/ 32 32 133346385 Telegram is NOT an Encrypted Messaging App, Must-See Documentaries https://securityboulevard.com/2024/09/telegram-is-not-an-encrypted-messaging-app-must-see-documentaries/ https://securityboulevard.com/2024/09/telegram-is-not-an-encrypted-messaging-app-must-see-documentaries/#respond Mon, 02 Sep 2024 04:00:06 +0000 https://sharedsecurity.net/?p=101906 In this episode, we explore the recent arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov in France and discuss the app’s encryption claims. Is Telegram truly an encrypted messaging app? Joining the conversation is co-host Kevin Johnson, bringing his trademark opinions. We also talk about some intriguing documentaries, including ‘LulaRich’ about the LuLaRoe leggings company and ‘Class […]

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‘Terrorgram’ Telegram Terrorists Trash Transformers — Grid in Peril https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/telegram-terrorgram-grid-richixbw/ Tue, 27 Aug 2024 17:19:11 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2028965 Sign reads, “Danger: High Voltage!”

Should’ve listened to Edison: After the arrest of Pavel Durov—the Telegram CEO—comes news of domestic extremists using the chat app to organize.

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Event Logging Key to Detecting LOTL Attacks, Security Agencies Say https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/event-logging-key-to-detecting-lotl-attacks-security-agencies-say/ Mon, 26 Aug 2024 03:37:12 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2028835 event logging, CISA, living off the land

A report by CISA, the FBI, the NSA, and international agencies lay out the argument that event logging tools help enterprises better detect attacks that rely on LOTL techniques used by threat groups to evade security protections during an attack.

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Audit: FBI is Losing Track of Storage Devices Holding Sensitive Data https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/audit-fbi-is-losing-track-of-storage-devices-holding-sensitive-data/ Fri, 23 Aug 2024 19:58:52 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2028784 FBI data storage devices

DOJ inspectors have found the FBI is not labeling hard drives and other storage devices holding sensitive that are slated for destruction, making them hard to track, and that boxes of them can sit in a poorly secured facility for months.

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Pig Butchering at Heart of Bank Failure — CEO Gets 24 Years in Jail https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/shan-hanes-htsb-ceo-pig-butchering-richixbw/ Fri, 23 Aug 2024 16:54:40 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2028729 A pig in a muddy farm field

Oink, oink, FAIL—you’re in jail: Kansas bank chief exec Shan Hanes stole money from investors, a church and others to buy cryptocurrency to feed a scam.

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Backdoor in RFID Cards for Offices, Hotels Can Lead to Instant Cloning https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/backdoor-in-rfid-cards-for-offices-hotels-can-lead-to-instant-cloning/ Wed, 21 Aug 2024 18:47:52 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2028500 backdoor RFID contactless card

A backdoor found in millions of Chinese-made RFID cards that are used by hotels and other businesses around the world can let bad actors instantly clone the cards to gain unauthorized access into rooms or run supply chain attacks, say researchers with Paris-based Quarkslab.

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Patch Tuesday not Done ’til LINUX Won’t Run? https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/microsoft-linux-duel-boot-fail-richixbw/ Wed, 21 Aug 2024 14:34:47 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2028427 A pair of work boots

Redmond reboot redux: “Something has gone seriously wrong.” You can say that again, Microsoft.

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ReliaQuest: Watch Out for Info-Stealers and RATs https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/reliaquest-watch-out-for-info-stealers-and-rats/ Thu, 15 Aug 2024 17:53:41 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2027880 infostealer RATs Reliaquest

ReliaQuest ranked LummaC2 and SocGholish among the top malware seen in Q2 and rounded out the top five list with AsyncRat, Oyster, and the growing numbers of info-stealers that were built using the Rust programming language.

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Don’t Mess With Texas Privacy: AG Sues GM for $18 BILLION https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/texas-sues-gm-privacy-richixbw/ Thu, 15 Aug 2024 15:41:35 +0000 https://securityboulevard.com/?p=2027824 DonkeyHotey (cc:by-sa)

KP♡TX PII: “General Motors has engaged in egregious business practices that violated Texans’ pri­vacy … in unthinkable ways,” rants state attorney general Ken Paxton (pictured).

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NIST Releases First Post-Quantum Encryption Algorithms https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/nist-releases-first-post-quantum-encryption-algorithms/ https://securityboulevard.com/2024/08/nist-releases-first-post-quantum-encryption-algorithms/#respond Thu, 15 Aug 2024 15:37:42 +0000 https://www.schneier.com/?p=69264 From the Federal Register:

After three rounds of evaluation and analysis, NIST selected four algorithms it will standardize as a result of the PQC Standardization Process. The public-key encapsulation mechanism selected was CRYSTALS-KYBER, along with three digital signature schemes: CRYSTALS-Dilithium, FALCON, and SPHINCS+.

These algorithms are part of three NIST standards that have been finalized:

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