{"id":11290,"date":"2018-01-29T12:10:07","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T20:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2018\/01\/29\/news-5061\/"},"modified":"2018-01-29T12:10:07","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T20:10:07","slug":"news-5061","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2018\/01\/29\/news-5061\/","title":{"rendered":"A week in security (January 22 \u2013 January 28)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 19:00:00 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last week on Labs, we analyzed a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/cybercrime\/2018\/01\/who-visits-your-twitter-profile-spam-app-brings-week-of-chaos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rogue app outbreak on Twitter<\/a>, took a look at how Singapore&#8217;s government is faring with <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/security-world\/2018\/01\/singapore-government-gets-network-defense-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">network defense<\/a>, and rolled out our <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/malwarebytes-news\/2018\/01\/presenting-malwarebytes-labs-2017-state-of-malware-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2017 State of Malware report.<\/a>\u00a0We also\u00a0became\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ee;\"><u>visionaries<\/u><\/span>\u00a0in Gartner&#8217;s Magic Quadrant report and explored a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/cybercrime\/2018\/01\/insecure-vr-app-exposes-customer-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VR data mishap<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Other news<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-sdny\/pr\/individual-who-compromised-over-1000-email-accounts-new-york-city-university-sentenced\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">jailed for mass email compromise<\/a>. (source: Justice.gov)<\/li>\n<li>You have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2018\/01\/25\/after_notpetya_maersk_replaced_everything\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10 days to save your company<\/a>. The clock is ticking. (source: The Register)<\/li>\n<li>Ransomware that rewards payments with&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/fake-cryptocurrency-scam-delivers-ransomware-and-more-malware-when-you-pay-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more malware<\/a>. (source: ZDNet)<\/li>\n<li>Human trafficking victims forced to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.helpnetsecurity.com\/2018\/01\/23\/defraud-chinese-computer-users\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">take part in web scams.<\/a> (Help Net Security)<\/li>\n<li>Mobile point of sale gets a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcisecuritystandards.org\/pdfs\/SPOC_Press_Release_24_Jan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PCI security standard<\/a>\u00a0[PDF]. (source: pcisecuritystandards(dot)org)<\/li>\n<li>Coinhive mining in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2018\/01\/27\/cryptojackers_slip_coinhive_mining_code_into_doubleclick_ads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Youtube adverts<\/a>. (source: The Register)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmagazineuk.com\/spyware-replaced-ransomware-as-hackers-weapon-of-choice-in-2017\/article\/739395\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spyware is up<\/a> and ransomware is down (courtesy of Labs&#8217; State of Malware report). (source: SC Magazine)<\/li>\n<li>New research released on Bitcoins and <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/1801.07501.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anonymity.<\/a> [PDF] (source: arxiv(dot)org)<\/li>\n<li>Two factor authentication on Reddit? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/announcements\/comments\/7spq3s\/protect_your_account_with_twofactor_authentication\/?st=jctr5yme&amp;sh=177148a5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yes please<\/a>. (source: Reddit)<\/li>\n<li>Travel and hospitality industries <a href=\"https:\/\/www.helpnetsecurity.com\/2018\/01\/25\/cybercrime-travel-industry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">under fire from hackers<\/a>. (source: Help Net Security)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Finally, a tip of the hat and a shout out to the very awesome <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/author\/hasherezade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hasherezade<\/a>, who&#8217;s been included on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/parmyolson\/2018\/01\/21\/meet-europes-30-under-30-in-technology-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forbes Europe list of 30 under 30<\/a>\u2014a fantastic achievement!<\/p>\n<p>Stay safe, everyone!<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/security-world\/week-in-security\/2018\/01\/week-security-january-22-january-28\/\">A week in security (January 22 \u2013 January 28)<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\">Malwarebytes Labs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/security-world\/week-in-security\/2018\/01\/week-security-january-22-january-28\/\" target=\"bwo\" >https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/feed\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 19:00:00 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<table cellpadding='10'>\n<tr>\n<td valign='top' align='center'><a href='https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/security-world\/week-in-security\/2018\/01\/week-security-january-22-january-28\/' title='A week in security (January 22 \u2013 January 28)'><img src='https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/shutterstock_610335074.jpg' border='0'  width='300px'  \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign='top' align='left'>A compilation of notable security news from January 22 to January 28, featuring multiple bitcoin and ransomware scams, the rise of spyware, human trafficking as a twisted malware service, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Categories: <\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-categories\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/category\/security-world\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Security world<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/category\/security-world\/week-in-security\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Week in security<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/bitcoin\/\" rel=\"tag\">bitcoin<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/bitcoin-scam\/\" rel=\"tag\">BitCoin Scam<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/gartner-magic-quadrant\/\" rel=\"tag\">Gartner Magic Quadrant<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/network-defense\/\" rel=\"tag\">network defense<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/ransomware-scam\/\" rel=\"tag\">ransomware scam<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/vr-app\/\" rel=\"tag\">vr app<\/a><\/p>\n<table width='100%'>\n<tr>\n<td align=right>\n<p><b>(<a href='https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/security-world\/week-in-security\/2018\/01\/week-security-january-22-january-28\/' title='A week in security (January 22 \u2013 January 28)'>Read more&#8230;<\/a>)<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/security-world\/week-in-security\/2018\/01\/week-security-january-22-january-28\/\">A week in security (January 22 \u2013 January 28)<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\">Malwarebytes Labs<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[10488,10378],"tags":[10490,16947,11199,17343,17344,10497,17312,10498],"class_list":["post-11290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-malwarebytes","category-security","tag-bitcoin","tag-bitcoin-scam","tag-gartner-magic-quadrant","tag-network-defense","tag-ransomware-scam","tag-security-world","tag-vr-app","tag-week-in-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11290\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}