[Year 12 IT Apps] Here comes another one... more exciting new malware fears.

[ken price]

And to add to the fear uncertainty and doubt -
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/10/02/jpmorgan-discovers-further-cyber-security-issues/

"A cyberattack this summer on JPMorgan Chase
<http://dealbook.on.nytimes.com/public/overview?symbol=JPM&inline=nyt-org>
compromised the accounts of 76 million households and seven million small
businesses, a tally that dwarfs previous estimates by the bank and puts the
intrusion among the largest ever"
...
"Hackers drilled deep into the bank’s vast computer systems, reaching more
than 90 servers, the people with knowledge of the investigation said. As
they analyze the contours of the breach, investigators in law enforcement
remain puzzled, partly because there is no evidence that the attackers
looted any money from customer accounts."

*76 million *households - that has to be a fairly big slice of ALL the
households that JP Morgan/Chase service.

Ken Price

On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 10:18 AM, Mark <mark at vceit.com> wrote:

> "It’s been just two months since researcher Karsten Nohl demonstrated an
> attack he called BadUSB to a standing-room-only crowd at the Black Hat
> security conference in Las Vegas, showing that it’s possible to corrupt any
> USB device with insidious, undetectable malware. Given the severity of that
> security problem—and the lack of any easy patch—Nohl has held back on
> releasing the code he used to pull off the attack. But at least two of
> Nohl’s fellow researchers aren’t waiting any longer."
>
> www.wired.com/2014/10/code-published-for-unfixable-usb-attack/
>
> --
>
> Mark Kelly
> mark AT vceit DOT com
> http://vceit.com
>
> *I love the sound of people's voices after they stop talking.*
>
>
>
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