{"id":13642,"date":"2018-10-22T09:10:07","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T17:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2018\/10\/22\/news-7409\/"},"modified":"2018-10-22T09:10:07","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T17:10:07","slug":"news-7409","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2018\/10\/22\/news-7409\/","title":{"rendered":"A week in security (October 15 \u2013 21)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 16:23:14 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we went over how to <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/security-world\/2018\/10\/how-to-build-your-own-motion-activated-security-camera\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">build your own motion-activated security camera<\/a>, wondered whether\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/security-world\/2018\/10\/fido-future-instrument-prove-identity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FIDO<\/a> is the future instrument to replace passwords and usernames, informed you about <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/cybercrime\/2018\/10\/information-operations-twitter-new-data-released\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">information operations on Twitter<\/a>, and released our <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/malwarebytes-news\/2018\/10\/labs-cybercrime-tactics-and-techniques-report-ctnt-shows-shift-to-business-targets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Q3 Malwarebytes Labs Cybercrime Tactics and Techniques Report<\/a> (CTNT).<\/p>\n<h3>Other cybersecurity news:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com\/blog\/pentagon-data-breach-puts-personal-details-of-30000-staff-at-risk-20459.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pentagon<\/a> data breach puts personal details of 30,000 staff at risk. (Source: Hot for Security)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/facebook-tentatively-concludes-recent-hack-was-perpetrated-by-spammers-1539821869\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> finds hack was done by spammers, not foreign state. (Source: The Wall Street Journal)<\/li>\n<li>A water company in the US state of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/AMP\/2018\/10\/16\/ransomware_water_carolina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Carolina<\/a> already dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Florence will now have to juggle a complete database rebuild, thanks to a nasty ransomware infection. (Source: The Register)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.helpnetsecurity.com\/2018\/10\/18\/operation-oceansalt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Operation Oceansalt<\/a> research reveals cyberattacks targeting South Korea, the US, and Canada. (Source: HelpNetSecurity)<\/li>\n<li>Big browsers to pull support plug for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/article\/3313589\/web-browsers\/big-browsers-to-pull-support-plug-for-tls-10-and-11-encryption-protocols-in-early-20.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TLS 1.0 and 1.1 encryption protocols<\/a> in early 2020. (Source: ComputerWorld)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bleepingcomputer.com\/news\/security\/gandcrab-devs-release-decryption-keys-for-syrian-victims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GandCrab<\/a> developers release decryption keys for Syrian victims. (Source: BleepingComputer)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2018\/10\/voice-phishing-scams-are-getting-more-clever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Voice phishing scams<\/a> are getting more clever. (Source: Krebs on Security)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/securing-middle-america-small-towns-more-at-risk-of-ransomware-phishing-and-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Securing Middle America<\/a>: small towns are more at risk of ransomware, phishing attacks, and more. (Source: SC Magazine)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.welivesecurity.com\/2018\/10\/17\/greyenergy-updated-arsenal-dangerous-threat-actors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GreyEnergy<\/a>: Updated arsenal of one of the most dangerous threat actors. (Source: WeLiveSecurity)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-edva\/pr\/russian-national-charged-interfering-us-political-system\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russian<\/a> national charged with interfering in US political system. (Source: US Department of Justice)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stay safe, everyone!<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/security-world\/2018\/10\/a-week-in-security-october-15-21\/\">A week in security (October 15 \u2013 21)<\/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\/2018\/10\/a-week-in-security-october-15-21\/\" target=\"bwo\" >https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/feed\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 16:23:14 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<table cellpadding='10'>\n<tr>\n<td valign='top' align='center'><a href='https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/security-world\/2018\/10\/a-week-in-security-october-15-21\/' title='A week in security (October 15 \u2013 21)'><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 roundup of the security news from October 15\u201321, including how to build your own security camera, the FIDO standard, Twitter information operations, and our Q3 CTNT report.<\/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\/a-week-in-security\/\" rel=\"tag\">a week in security<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/ctnt-report\/\" rel=\"tag\">CTNT report<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/facebook\/\" rel=\"tag\">facebook<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/fido\/\" rel=\"tag\">fido<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/grandcrab\/\" rel=\"tag\">grandcrab<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/greyenergy\/\" rel=\"tag\">greyenergy<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/oceansalt\/\" rel=\"tag\">oceansalt<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/pentagon\/\" rel=\"tag\">pentagon<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/security-cameras\/\" rel=\"tag\">security cameras<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/twitter\/\" rel=\"tag\">twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<table width='100%'>\n<tr>\n<td align=right>\n<p><b>(<a href='https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/security-world\/2018\/10\/a-week-in-security-october-15-21\/' title='A week in security (October 15 \u2013 21)'>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\/2018\/10\/a-week-in-security-october-15-21\/\">A week in security (October 15 \u2013 21)<\/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":[12969,18050,3589,19899,19911,19912,19913,1227,19453,10497,454,10498],"class_list":["post-13642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-malwarebytes","category-security","tag-a-week-in-security","tag-ctnt-report","tag-facebook","tag-fido","tag-grandcrab","tag-greyenergy","tag-oceansalt","tag-pentagon","tag-security-cameras","tag-security-world","tag-twitter","tag-week-in-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13642","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=13642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13642\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}