{"id":13707,"date":"2018-10-29T10:10:03","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T18:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2018\/10\/29\/news-7474\/"},"modified":"2018-10-29T10:10:03","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T18:10:03","slug":"news-7474","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2018\/10\/29\/news-7474\/","title":{"rendered":"A week in security (October 22 \u2013 28)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 17:00:00 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we took a look at some <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/threat-analysis\/2018\/10\/mac-malware-intercepts-encrypted-web-traffic-for-ad-injection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new Mac malware<\/a>,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>gave you a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/threat-analysis\/2018\/10\/exploit-kits-fall-2018-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">roundup<\/a> of 2018 exploit kits, and dispensed some advice on <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/101\/2018\/10\/sextortion-emails-theyre-probably-not-watching\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sextortion scams<\/a>. We also looked at the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/cybercrime\/2018\/10\/huge-breach-affects-9-million-cathay-pacific-customers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cathay Pacific breach<\/a>, groaned at the revival of an <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/threat-analysis\/2018\/10\/scammers-use-old-browser-trick-to-create-fake-virus-download\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">old browser trick<\/a>, and explained how voting machines and elections are <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/cybercrime\/2018\/10\/compromising-vital-infrastructure-voting-machines-elections-vulnerable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vulnerable to attack<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Other cybersecurity news<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>More <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iairgroup.com\/phoenix.zhtml?c=240949&amp;p=irol-newsArticle_Print&amp;ID=2373504\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">problems for British Airways<\/a> (Source: IAG)<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/10\/23\/us\/politics\/russian-hacking-usa-cyber-command.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Please stop doing that<\/a>\u201d (Source: New York Times)<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft Office online video feature <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.cymulate.com\/abusing-microsoft-office-online-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">causes headaches<\/a> (Source: Cymulate)<\/li>\n<li>North Korea and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.recordedfuture.com\/north-korea-internet-usage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crypto scams<\/a> (Source: Recorded Future)<\/li>\n<li>Webex meetings:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2018\/10\/25\/white_hats_pop_webex\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">desktop app flaw<\/a> (Source: The Register)<\/li>\n<li>Leaving your data cache <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mT7q3Qqzlos\" data-rel=\"lightbox-video-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exposed<\/a> (Source: YouTube video)<\/li>\n<li>Uninterruptible power supply <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bishopfox.com\/news\/2018\/10\/eaton-ups-9px-8000-sp-multiple-vulnerabilities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vulnerability<\/a> (Source: Bishop Fox)<\/li>\n<li>Dark web <a href=\"https:\/\/www.helpnetsecurity.com\/2018\/10\/26\/dark-web-activity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">causes problems<\/a>\u00a0for merchants and consumers (Source: Help Net Security)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/fyi\/bing-is-pushing-malware-when-you-search-for-chrome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bad ads<\/a> in Bing searches for Chrome (Source: How to Geek)<\/li>\n<li>Email: still an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/phishing-attacks-why-is-email-still-such-an-easy-target-for-hackers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">easy target<\/a> (Source: ZDNet)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stay safe, everyone!<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/security-world\/week-in-security\/2018\/10\/week-security-october-22-28\/\">A week in security (October 22 \u2013 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\/10\/week-security-october-22-28\/\" target=\"bwo\" >https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/feed\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 17:00:00 +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\/10\/week-security-october-22-28\/' title='A week in security (October 22 \u2013 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 roundup of security news from October 22 to October 28, including more headaches for airlines, how to avoid being a victim of a sextortion scam, and problems with search engines, browsers, and email.<\/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\/airline\/\" rel=\"tag\">airline<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/bad-ads\/\" rel=\"tag\">bad ads<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/british-airways\/\" rel=\"tag\">British Airways<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/cathartic-pacific-breach\/\" rel=\"tag\">cathartic pacific breach<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/crypto-scams\/\" rel=\"tag\">Crypto scams<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/extortion\/\" rel=\"tag\">extortion<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/mac-malware\/\" rel=\"tag\">mac malware<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/malware\/\" rel=\"tag\">malware<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/north-korea\/\" rel=\"tag\">North Korea<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/phishing\/\" rel=\"tag\">phishing<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/vulnerability\/\" rel=\"tag\">vulnerability<\/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\/10\/week-security-october-22-28\/' title='A week in security (October 22 \u2013 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\/10\/week-security-october-22-28\/\">A week in security (October 22 \u2013 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":[4892,19973,5872,19974,19975,87,11976,3764,1553,3924,10497,10467,10498],"class_list":["post-13707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-malwarebytes","category-security","tag-airline","tag-bad-ads","tag-british-airways","tag-cathartic-pacific-breach","tag-crypto-scams","tag-extortion","tag-mac-malware","tag-malware","tag-north-korea","tag-phishing","tag-security-world","tag-vulnerability","tag-week-in-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13707","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=13707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13707\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}