The Daniel's Hosting Hack and Dark Web Security
by Reflare Research Team on Nov 23, 2018 3:41:00 PM
The hack of Daniel’s Hosting has put the anonymous nature of the DarkNet and Tor into question by revealing that there are no official backups of the sites hosted on it, which has raised a lot of questions for the internet community. First Published 23rd November 2018 Deutschland and …
MiSafe Child Tracking Watches and the Paradox of Buying Security
by Reflare Research Team on Nov 16, 2018 3:38:00 PM
Child care and security is big business. With a global market value of $23bn, the child monitoring systems industry is going nowhere but up. However, software vulnerabilities that could be exploited bring the whole proposition into question. First Published 16th November 2018 There is …
The HSBC Breach and Data Classes
by Reflare Research Team on Nov 9, 2018 3:37:00 PM
Personal data such as customers' names, addresses, social security numbers, date of birth, and account numbers along with other non-financial information is believed to have been accessed during the breach period. First Published 9th November 2018 The world's local bank make news head …
An Update on the British Airways Breach and the Difficulty of Estimating Breach Numbers
by Reflare Research Team on Nov 2, 2018 3:35:00 PM
“How many people were affected by the British Airways data breach?” That has been the million-dollar question for some time, but providing decent estimates in moments of crisis is hard. First Published 2nd November 2018 BA addresses the fallout. 4 min read | Reflare Research Team A st …
Cathay Pacific and Reading Between the Lines of Breach Reports
by Reflare Research Team on Oct 26, 2018 3:33:00 PM
Cathay Pacific Airways, a Hong Kong-based airline revealed that it was recently the victim of a cyber-attack that exposed the personal data of its users. "What are the details" you ask? Well, that's an interesting question. First Published 26th October 2018 Airlines are clearly a popu …
Updates on Supply Chain Level Backdoors and Magecart
by Reflare Research Team on Oct 12, 2018 3:29:00 PM
It appears that the supply chain level backdoor has been thought of as a viable business model for quite some time. And now people (and governments) are asking the pointy questions. First Published 12th October 2018 For a nostalgic feel, Supermicro's latest quantum prototype comes in …
The Risk of Hardware Backdoors
by Reflare Research Team on Oct 8, 2018 3:28:00 PM
If the Bloomberg report is true, this means that American companies aren’t the only victims of hardware tampering. This is a real threat that’s been growing for years, and multinational companies are at risk. First Published 8th October 2018 These aren't the droids you're looking for. …
Facebook's 'View As' Breach
by Reflare Research Team on Oct 1, 2018 3:26:00 PM
In extreme cases, an attacker could use this access to take over the accounts of the people they are spying on - read their private messages, post things on their behalf, and play havoc with their digital lives. First Published 1st October 2018 Access tokens - kinda important to get r …
Formalised Offensive Cyber Strategies
by Reflare Research Team on Sep 21, 2018 3:24:00 PM
The US Department of Defense Cyber Strategy serves as DoD's next step toward re-engineering cyber operations to protect and defend its networks and systems. This is the first time the DoD has had a clear direction on how it will address its cyber needs. So tell me, where's your plan? …
Old Attackers, New Targets - The British Airways Breach
by Reflare Research Team on Sep 14, 2018 3:22:00 PM
The site was extremely well designed and did not feel at all ‘spammy’ to use – indeed, on the surface it felt reassuringly professional, with a slick revolving banner of destinations. It just clearly wasn't British Airways. First Published 14th September 2018 The world's favourite air …