Infosecurity Magazine (blog) |
RIG EK Dropping TrickBot Trojan & Madness/Quant Loader DoS Bot
Infosecurity Magazine (blog) In 2016 it saw an emergence with code reuse and rebranding as Quantloader thanks in part to the distribution capabilities of multiple Exploit Kits, now including RIG. Using Recorded Future to help us track the recent discussions it has also seen our … |
Good samaritans and skinflints beware!
Plugging in that USB stick you found lying around on the street outside your office could lead to a security breach.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
Business Insider |
The US military is dropping 'cyber bombs' on ISIS for the first time
Business Insider BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (Reuters) – The U.S. military is dropping "cyber bombs" on Islamic State for the first time as part of a stepped-up coordinated effort that has put increasing pressure on the militant group, Deputy Defense Secretary Robert … |
Binary browser plugins using the 1990s-era NPAPI (“Netscape Plugin API”, the very name betraying its age) will soon be almost completely squeezed off the Web. Microsoft dropped NPAPI support in Internet Explorer 5.5, and its Edge browser in Windows 10 also drops support for ActiveX plugins. Google’s Chrome started phasing out NPAPI support in April this year and dropped it entirely in September.
Now it’s Firefox’s turn. Netscape’s open source descendent will be removing NPAPI plugin support by the end of 2016. Some variants of the browser, such as 64-bit Firefox for Windows, already lack this plugin support.
Mozilla’s plans resemble Microsoft’s and Google’s in more than one way. There’s one plugin that traditionally used NPAPI that’s special: Flash. Chrome and Edge both embed and update their own versions of the Flash plugin, and even after 2016, Firefox will continue to support Flash. Though the scope and capabilities of HTML5 have continued to grow, Flash remains a significant part of the Web, especially for interactive content such as games. Many of these uses are declining, but support for Adobe’s technology will still be a practical necessity in a general purpose browser at the end of 2016.