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First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

What Anomalies Trigger The LinkedIn Sign-In Verification Challenge?

LinkedIn prompts users to take additional steps when it determines that the logon attempt is unusual. What activities does LinkedIn consider suspicious? This isn’t well documented, but here are a few possibilities. According to LinkedIn , the service ... [Published Lenny Zeltser on Information Security - May 23 2013]

Entities: LinkedIn Corp, Authentication, CAPTCHA

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Cyberattack Activities of a Group in India

There is much we can learn about coordinated online activities of skilled attackers with nation-state affiliations. The following two write-ups provide a wealth of information about one such attack group, which has been targeting organization in South ... [Published Lenny Zeltser on Information Security - May 22 2013]

Entities: Cyber Attack, India, Spear Phishing, ESET, Malware

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Several Posts on Malware Analysis Tools

In the past weeks I published several posts describing malware analysis tools and approaches at other blogs: Installing the REMnux Virtual Appliance for Malware Analysis : Starting with version 4, the REMnux virtual appliance is available as the ... [Published Lenny Zeltser on Information Security - May 18 2013]

Entities: Malware, Virtualization, Automation, VirtualBox

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Anticipating Cyber Threats Beyond APT

Some organizations have encountered Advanced Persistent Threat over 5 years ago—earlier than most of us. Because of the types of data they process, these initial APT victims were exposed to carefully-orchestrated, espionage-motivated attacks before ... [Published Lenny Zeltser on Information Security - May 15 2013]

Entities: APT Advanced Persistent Threat, Cyber Threat, Malware, Threat

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Speeding Up The Clock For Malware Analysis...

Speeding Up The Clock For Malware Analysis With Accelerify Sometimes malware doesn’t perform “interesting” actions until some time has passed, stretching out its activities over hours or days. This approach tricks some automated analysis tools and ... [Published Lenny Zeltser on Information Security - May 02 2013]

Entities: Malware

First reported Mar 22 2013 - Updated Mar 22 2013 - 1 reports

Apple Inc

Two-Step Verification For Apple ID Consistent With Authentication Trends

Apple’s introduction of two-step verification for Apple IDs is consistent with the trend in the industry to strengthen user authentication practices. Facebook has been experimenting with one-time passwords and social CAPTCHA authentication ; Google ... [Published Lenny Zeltser on Information Security - Mar 22 2013]

Entities: Apple Inc, Authentication, Apple ID, Google Inc

First reported Mar 07 2013 - Updated Mar 07 2013 - 1 reports

Indicators of Compromise in The Enterprise Entering Mainstream?

The need to define custom, incident-specific signatures is slowly gaining traction the mainstream enterprise. A few years ago this concept, often called Indicators of Compromise (IOCs), was mostly discussed by government organizations and defense ... [Published Lenny Zeltser on Information Security - Mar 07 2013]

Entities: Malware, Enterprise, IOC International Olympic Committee, APT Advanced Persistent Threat

First reported Feb 21 2013 - Updated Feb 21 2013 - 1 reports

Proxify and BadAssProxy in Action GNUCITIZEN released a...

Proxify and BadAssProxy in Action GNUCITIZEN released a lightweight proxy called Proxify , designed to conveniently integrate with other tools. Proxify can handle both HTTP and HTTPS, displaying or saving the interactions between the client and the ... [Published Lenny Zeltser on Information Security - Feb 21 2013]

Entities: Action, HyperText Transfer Protocol, Mac OS X

First reported Feb 20 2013 - Updated Feb 20 2013 - 1 reports

Name That Malware!

Think you know malware? I created a new fun quiz to see whether you can recognize the 10 malware specimens you should probably know by name. Test your knowledge and learn something along the way. Take the 10-question Name That Malware! quiz. ... [Published Lenny Zeltser on Information Security - Feb 20 2013]

Entities: Malware

First reported Feb 18 2013 - Updated Feb 18 2013 - 1 reports

Tips on Malware Analysis from Jake Williams

I had the pleasure of speaking with Jake Williams, my colleague at SANS Institute, about his perspective on various malware analysis and reverse-engineering topics. You can read the interview in three parts: Part 1 : Getting into digital forensics, ... [Published Lenny Zeltser on Information Security - Feb 18 2013]

Entities: Malware, SANS Institute, Digital Forensics

First reported Jan 23 2013 - Updated Jan 23 2013 - 1 reports

Beyond Logins: Continuous and Seamless User Authentication

User authentication is usually discussed in the context of the person’s initial interactions with the system—a safeguard often implemented by a classic login screen. However, one-time validation of the user’s identity is becoming insufficient for ... [Published Lenny Zeltser on Information Security - Jan 23 2013]

Entities: Authentication, Interaction, Genetic Algorithm, Cellphone

First reported Jan 14 2013 - Updated Jan 14 2013 - 1 reports

Creative Options for Better Authentication of Mobile Phone Users

If you think your mobile phone is already deeply embedded in your life, consider the critical role it will have in just a few years. As the importance and sensitivity of the data handled by mobile phones increase, so do the repercussions of the devices ... [Published Lenny Zeltser on Information Security - Jan 14 2013]

Entities: Authentication, Cellphone, Authenticate, Biometrics

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What Anomalies Trigger The LinkedIn Sign-In Ver... [Published Lenny Zeltser on Information Security - May 23 2013]
Cyberattack Activities of a Group in India [Published Lenny Zeltser on Information Security - May 22 2013]
Several Posts on Malware Analysis Tools [Published Lenny Zeltser on Information Security - May 18 2013]
Anticipating Cyber Threats Beyond APT [Published Lenny Zeltser on Information Security - May 15 2013]
Speeding Up The Clock For Malware Analysis... [Published Lenny Zeltser on Information Security - May 02 2013]
Two-Step Verification For Apple ID Consistent W... [Published Lenny Zeltser on Information Security - Mar 22 2013]
Indicators of Compromise in The Enterprise Ente... [Published Lenny Zeltser on Information Security - Mar 07 2013]
Proxify and BadAssProxy in Action GNUCITIZEN re... [Published Lenny Zeltser on Information Security - Feb 21 2013]
Name That Malware! [Published Lenny Zeltser on Information Security - Feb 20 2013]
Tips on Malware Analysis from Jake Williams [Published Lenny Zeltser on Information Security - Feb 18 2013]
Beyond Logins: Continuous and Seamless User Aut... [Published Lenny Zeltser on Information Security - Jan 23 2013]
Creative Options for Better Authentication of M... [Published Lenny Zeltser on Information Security - Jan 14 2013]

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What Anomalies Trigger The LinkedIn Sign-In Ver... [Published Lenny Zeltser on Information Security - May 23 2013] LinkedIn prompts users to take additional steps when it determines that the logon attempt is unusual. What activities does LinkedIn consider suspicious? This isn’t well documented, but here are a few possibilities. According to LinkedIn , the service ...
Cyberattack Activities of a Group in India [Published Lenny Zeltser on Information Security - May 22 2013] There is much we can learn about coordinated online activities of skilled attackers with nation-state affiliations. The following two write-ups provide a wealth of information about one such attack group, which has been targeting organization in South ...
Several Posts on Malware Analysis Tools [Published Lenny Zeltser on Information Security - May 18 2013] In the past weeks I published several posts describing malware analysis tools and approaches at other blogs: Installing the REMnux Virtual Appliance for Malware Analysis : Starting with version 4, the REMnux virtual appliance is available as the ...
Anticipating Cyber Threats Beyond APT [Published Lenny Zeltser on Information Security - May 15 2013] Some organizations have encountered Advanced Persistent Threat over 5 years ago—earlier than most of us. Because of the types of data they process, these initial APT victims were exposed to carefully-orchestrated, espionage-motivated attacks before ...
Speeding Up The Clock For Malware Analysis... [Published Lenny Zeltser on Information Security - May 02 2013] Speeding Up The Clock For Malware Analysis With Accelerify Sometimes malware doesn’t perform “interesting” actions until some time has passed, stretching out its activities over hours or days. This approach tricks some automated analysis tools and ...