Frank Crast

Intel Spectre and Meltdown vulnerability guidance

Intel released new details of availability for microcode updates that address the Meltdown and Spectre design flaws in Intel processors. According to the company, Intel has stopped working on microcode updates for certain Intel processors as noted in the release.

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Under Armour MyFitnessPal user data breach

Under Armour has notified users of its MyFitnessPal, a food and nutrition application and website, about a data breach of customer personal data. Affected information includes usernames, email addresses, and hashed passwords. The company said the majority of hashed passwords were protected using the bcrypt hashing algorithm.

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GoScanSSH malware targets default and weak passwords

Talos security researchers have spotted a new family of malware dubbed “GoScanSSH” that compromises internet-facing SSH servers. The malware targets default and weak passwords via a brute force attack on SSH systems that allow password-based SSH authentication.

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City of Atlanta victim of ransomware attack

The city of Atlanta was hit in a massive ransomware attack. Many systems and services were still down nearly four days after the attack first hit last Thursday. The ransomware attack has impacted several of its departments and took down government websites that process payments and relay court information, according to Threatpost.  The city’s public services department

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