Software Vendor Who Hid 'Supply Chain' Breach Outed (krebsonsecurity.com) 52
tsu doh nimh writes: Researchers at RSA released a startling report last week that detailed a so-called "supply chain" malware campaign that piggybacked on a popular piece of software used by system administrators at some of the nation's largest companies. This intrusion would probably not be that notable if the software vendor didn't have a long list of Fortune 500 customers, and if the attackers hadn't also compromised the company's update servers -- essentially guaranteeing that customers who downloaded the software prior to the breach were infected as well. Incredibly, the report did not name the affected software, and the vendor in question has apparently chosen to bury its breach disclosure as a page inside of its site -- not linking to it anywhere. Brian Krebs went and dug it up. Spoiler: the product/vendor in question is EVlog by Altair Technologies Ltd.
Product and Vendor (Score:5, Informative)
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"Incredibly, the summary did not name the affected software"
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Oh noes, you foild slashdots evil plan to have us read throug their ad-ticles without telling us which fucking Vendor and every unholy future spawn of it we should avoid!!
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Properly posted in the disused lavatory (Score:1)
Got the HHGTTG reference out of the way.
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Required Douglas Adams quote (Score:3, Funny)
“But the plans were on display”
“On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.”
“That’s the display department.”
“With a flashlight.”
“Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.”
“So had the stairs.”
“But look, you found the notice, didn’t you?”
“Yes,” said Arthur, “yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.”
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"Yes," said Arthur, "yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying âBeware of the Leopard."
That would explain why managers at my government IT job hide surplus computer equipment in the women restrooms.
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There should be plenty of space for surplus computer equipment in that storeroom which you personally cleared and which nobody had seen the floor of for years and which you're always telling us about.
That was when I did a PC refresh project for a local hospital in 2013.
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That was when I did a PC refresh project for a local hospital in 2013.
My bad. Local hospital was in 2012. I was at Cisco in 2013. I've been at my current government IT job since 2014.
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You seem confused so HR will now conduct an audit of your employment history with all your references.
Check with the Chinese. They have my background investigative case file for my security clearance.
Re: Required Douglas Adams quote (Score:1)
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You obviously work for Republican men.
Uh, no. Except for 4,000 positions appointed by POTUS, government workers are mostly apolitical. We don't talk about politics. We do talk about Saturday Night Live. ;)
Re:Required Douglas Adams quote (Score:5, Funny)
That makes perfect sense.
It's an I pee address.
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And yet the lengthy joke fails to mention how he opened a locked filing cabinet.
The leopard had the key.
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Crowbar of course. Sorry, jimmy bar as this is England.
Brian Krebs is awesome, I'm a big fan. (Score:5, Interesting)
He's part simple-terms reporter for laypeople, part techie, part detective, part regular guy on the internet. Cheers to Brian for another successful dig!
I'm really glad he didn't just fold up and go away after the DDOS campaign against him.
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No, APK doesn't do a hosts file program. APK did a hosts file program. There's a difference. And, while I haven't polled everybody here, I haven't yet had a conversation with anybody who likes and uses APK's program. I, for one, have never even tried it, due to the sheer amount of obnoxious, irrelevant spewage that shows up every time someone posts that APK is a <fill in insult of choice, here>.
Now, the fact that you're an AC, and supporting APK, leads me to strongly believe that you are in fact A
Re: Brian Krebs is awesome, I'm a big fan. (Score:1)
I wonder when Malware Bytes sues APK to prevent false claims they endorse APK, rather than an employee working on his personal time.