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Infosec bits for week 31/18

- Roderick Mooi

  1. KnowBe4 Releases Q2 2018 Top-Clicked Phishing Report
    - Security Awareness Update -Watch out for these Common Scams [IRMSAinsight]
    - These are the five ways to avoid phishing scams [South African]
  2. SIEM – A Beginner’s Guide to Security Information and Event Management Tools
    - Critical Capabilities for Security Information and Event Management [Gartner]
  3. Google: Security Keys Neutralized Employee Phishing [KrebsOnSecurity]
  4. NetSpectre – New Remote Spectre Attack Steals Data Over the Network [The Hacker News]
  5. Decade-old Bluetooth flaw lets hackers steal data passing between devices [arsTECHNICA]
    - research paper here: Breaking the Bluetooth Pairing: Fixed Coordinate Invalid Curve Attack
    - see also: www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/304725
    - wccftech.com/bluetooth-bug-attackers-snoop/
  6. Presidency silent about website hack [MYBROADBAND]
  7. Attack inception: Compromised supply chain within a supply chain poses new risks [Microsoft]
  8. South African developer finds Pizza Hut security flaw which affected hundreds of websites [MYBROADBAND]
  9. Hackers in Singapore stole the personal information of 1.5 million citizens via the country’s government health database [BBC]
  10. Mobile Device Security for International Travelers – Part 1: How to prepare your phone and tablet for privacy and peace of mind while abroad [April Wright]