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Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 15:47:21 +0000

A roundup of security news from April 15–21, including an explanation of like-farming, Ellen DeGeneres scam, flaws in VPN services, funky malware formats found in Ocean Lotus, and more.

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Kaspersky Security

April 22, 2019 admin

Extremely real: Why live video streaming is dangerous for children

Credit to Author: Sanjeev Nair| Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2019 10:19:30 +0000

Video streaming is gaining momentum among children, and here’s what might be wrong about it.

Security Wired

April 21, 2019 admin

Hackers Can Tell What Netflix ‘Bandersnatch’ Choices You Make

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 11:00:00 +0000

Researchers have shown that even though Netflix encrypts its traffic, hackers can figure out your interactive movie choices.

Security Wired

April 20, 2019 admin

Facebook Fails, Russian Hacks, and More Security News This Week

Credit to Author: WIRED Staff| Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2019 13:00:00 +0000

The Mueller report, Facebook goofs, and more of the week’s top security news.

Independent Krebs

April 19, 2019 admin

Marcus “MalwareTech” Hutchins Pleads Guilty to Writing, Selling Banking Malware

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 21:58:08 +0000

Marcus Hutchins, a 24-year-old blogger and malware researcher arrested in 2017 for allegedly authoring and selling malware designed to steal online banking credentials, has pleaded guilty to criminal charges of conspiracy and to making, selling or advertising illegal wiretapping devices.

MalwareBytes Security

April 19, 2019 admin

“Funky malware format” found in Ocean Lotus sample

Credit to Author: hasherezade| Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 23:00:52 +0000

Recently, one of our researchers presented at the SAS conference on “Funky malware formats”—atypical executable formats used by malware that are only loaded by proprietary loaders. In this post, we analyze one of those formats in a sample called Ocean Lotus from the APT 32 threat group in Vietnam.

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