Keys to Chimera ransomware leaked
https://blog.malwarebytes.com/cybercrime/2016/07/keys-to-chimera-ransomware-leaked/

OPNsense 16.7 released
https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=3428.0

Error: SEC_ERROR_OCSP_SERVER_ERROR
Am I alone? Can’t connect…

No problem here connecting.

Sorry, it was a temporary glitch from my side.

Keeping Positive – Obtaining Arbitrary Wildcard SSL Certificates from Comodo via Dangling Markup Injection
https://thehackerblog.com/keeping-positive-obtaining-arbitrary-wildcard-ssl-certificates-from-comodo-via-dangling-markup-injection/index.html

WhatsApp Forensic Artifacts: Chats Aren’t Being Deleted
http://www.zdziarski.com/blog/?p=6143

Driver Signing changes in Windows 10, version 1607
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/windows_hardware_certification/2016/07/26/driver-signing-changes-in-windows-10-version-1607/

This is what Apple should tell you when you lose your iPhone
https://hackernoon.com/this-is-what-apple-should-tell-you-when-you-lose-your-iphone-8f07cf73cf82

Very interesting and devious.

Pwnie Awards 2016
http://pwnies.com/winners/

What are malicious USB keys and how to create a realistic one?
https://www.elie.net/blog/security/what-are-malicious-usb-keys-and-how-to-create-a-realistic-one

ProjectSauron: top level cyber-espionage platform covertly extracts encrypted government comms
https://securelist.com/analysis/publications/75533/faq-the-projectsauron-apt/

Secure Golden Key Boot: (MS16-094 / CVE-2016-3287, and MS16-100 / CVE-2016-3320)
https://rol.im/securegoldenkeyboot/

Study Highlights Serious Security Threat to Many Internet Users
https://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/39030
http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~zhiyunq/pub/sec16_TCP_pure_offpath.pdf

This pretty much destroys the belief that using Linux keeps you safe.

Fine new technology, USB firewall: https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity16/technical-sessions/presentation/tian

Innovation and thinking outside the trodden path is the way forward for us all.
Great developers do it.
Knowledge means power, but unique talent is more powerful yet!

polonus

RC4 is now disabled in Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11
https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2016/08/09/rc4-now-deprecated/

PokemonGo Ransomware installs Backdoor Account and Spreads to other Drives
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/pokemongo-ransomware-installs-backdoor-accounts-and-spreads-to-other-drives/

Further simplifying servicing models for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/windowsitpro/2016/08/15/further-simplifying-servicing-model-for-windows-7-and-windows-8-1/