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Startup Outlier grabs endpoint forensic data without agent software

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Outlier, a startup with a sound pedigree in network security, is launching an endpoint threat-detection system that sets itself apart from competitors by working without the need for an agent on every machine.

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Greg Hoglund

Rather than installing software on every endpoint to gather forensics, the system uses data gathered by Windows Network Services and Windows Management Instrumentation to glean information about what endpoints are up to, says co-founder Greg Hoglund.

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The Russian-made tool that grabs nude selfies from iCloud accounts

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There’s a seedy trade in compromising photos stored in Apple iCloud accounts, and it is in part aided by a software program that cleanly collects the data.

Some of the nude celebrity photos are believed to have first been circulated on Anon-IB, a definitely not safe-for-work forum. As reported by Wired, the forum is full of offers for iCloud “ripping,” or downloading the entire contents of an account.

The software tool they’re using is Moscow-based Elcomsoft’s Phone Password Breaker, or EPPB, one of many forensic tools the company develops for law enforcement and other clients.

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Mojave Networks grabs $5M for network-level mobile security – VentureBeat

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Mojave Networks grabs $ 5M for network-level mobile security
VentureBeat
That's the message we heard this morning during our discussion with Garrett Larsson, the cofounder and CEO of Mojave Networks (formerly Clutch Mobile), which just raised a $ 5 million funding round. “MDM is often called mobile security, but at the end …
Startup Firm Attacks Mobile Security Problem With Network-Based OfferingDark Reading
Mojave Networks Announces New Funding to Launch Enterprise-Class Mobile …4-traders (press release)
Mojave Networks Unveils Enterprise-Grade Cloud Security Offering to Protect …PR Newswire (press release)

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Anatomy of a “feature” – what happens if a website grabs all your disk space?

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HTML5 allows websites to save data on your hard disk for the next time you visit. Your browser is supposed to restrict how much disk space each website can use. But for most browsers, the restrictions simply don’t work…
Naked Security – Sophos