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Infosec bits for week 44/19

- Roderick Mooi

  1. City of Joburg shuts down all systems after cyber attack demanding bitcoin ransom [Riaan Grobler, News24]
    - see also: City of Johannesburg held for ransom by hacker gang
  2. Liquid Telecom fights off massive DDoS attack — over 100Gbps [Jan Vermeulen, MyBroadband]
    - see also: South African banks hit by massive DDoS attack
  3. EDUCAUSE 2019: In OmniSOC, Colleges Build a Stronger Defense, Together [Amy Burroughs, EdTech Magazine]
  4. German Automation Giant Still Down After Ransomware Attack [Phil Muncaster, Infosecurity Magazine]
    - see also: Italians Rocked by Ransomware
  5. DNS Security: Threat Modeling DNSSEC, DoT, and DoH [JSchauma, Netmeister]
  6. Samsung: Anyone’s thumbprint can unlock Galaxy S10 phone [BBC News]
    - see also: Samsung will begin patching fingerprint scanner security flaw within 24 hours
  7. “BriansClub” Hack Rescues 26M Stolen Cards [Brian Krebs, Krebs on Security]
  8. Cyber War Between Iran and United States Could Have Far-Reaching Implications [Nicole Lindsey, CPO Magazine]
  9. Microsoft Aims to Block Firmware Attacks with New Secured-Core PCs [Kelly Sheridan, Dark Reading]
  10. Your Supply Chain Doesn’t End At Receiving: How Do You Decommission Network Equipment? [Johannes B. Ullrich, SANS ISC]
  11. The US nuclear forces’ Dr. Strangelove-era messaging system finally got rid of its floppy disks [Valerie Insinna, C4ISRNET]