The /r/netsec Monthly Discussion Thread - August 2019 Security News & Discussion

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• The /r/netsec Monthly Discussion Thread - August 2019
• REPORT: 82% of People Say They Connect to Any Free WiFi That’s Available in a Public Place
• North Carolina County Lost $1.7 Million in BEC Scam
• Phantom Tap (PhanTap) - an ‘invisible’ network tap aimed at red teams
• How Kazakhstan is attempting to intercept HTTPS web traffic of its citizens
• 1.2GB of PowerShell malware
• Lessons in auditing cryptocurrency wallets, systems, and infrastructures
• Exploiting H2 Database with native libraries and JNI
• Exploiting a No-Name FreeBSD Kernel Vulnerability
• Project Zero - Linux 4.10 < 5.1.17 LPE PTRACE_TRACEME (2019-13272) (PoC)
• GitHub - limbenjamin/TCPHound: Win32 utility for auditing TCP connections

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REPORT: 82% of People Say They Connect to Any Free WiFi That’s Available in a Public Place Posted: 01 Aug 2019 08:45 AM PDT submitted by /u/Reinhart [link] [comments]

North Carolina County Lost $1.7 Million in BEC Scam Posted: 01 Aug 2019 07:11 AM PDT submitted by /u/iHeartMalware [link] [comments]

Phantom Tap (PhanTap) - an ‘invisible’ network tap aimed at red teams Posted: 31 Jul 2019 11:58 PM PDT submitted by /u/digicat [link] [comments]

How Kazakhstan is attempting to intercept HTTPS web traffic of its citizens Posted: 01 Aug 2019 11:19 AM PDT submitted by /u/davidwarburton [link] [comments]

1.2GB of PowerShell malware Posted: 01 Aug 2019 11:14 AM PDT submitted by /u/digicat [link] [comments]

Lessons in auditing cryptocurrency wallets, systems, and infrastructures Posted: 01 Aug 2019 01:26 PM PDT submitted by /u/nibblesec [link] [comments]

Exploiting H2 Database with native libraries and JNI Posted: 01 Aug 2019 07:53 AM PDT submitted by /u/nibblesec [link] [comments]

Exploiting a No-Name FreeBSD Kernel Vulnerability Posted: 01 Aug 2019 09:07 AM PDT submitted by /u/_cacao [link] [comments]

Project Zero - Linux 4.10 < 5.1.17 LPE PTRACE_TRACEME (2019-13272) (PoC) Posted: 01 Aug 2019 02:15 AM PDT submitted by /u/0v3rl04d [link] [comments]

GitHub - limbenjamin/TCPHound: Win32 utility for auditing TCP connections Posted: 29 Jul 2019 05:40 AM PDT submitted by /u/limbenjamincom [link] [comments]

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