{"id":13981,"date":"2018-12-03T10:10:08","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T18:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2018\/12\/03\/news-7748\/"},"modified":"2018-12-03T10:10:08","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T18:10:08","slug":"news-7748","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2018\/12\/03\/news-7748\/","title":{"rendered":"A week in security (November 26 \u2013 December 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2018 17:06:04 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we took a look at our <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/cybercrime\/2018\/11\/malwarebytes-2019-security-predictions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cybersecurity predictions for 2019<\/a>, we explained <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/malwarebytes-news\/2018\/11\/malwarebytes-decided-participate-av-testing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">why Malwarebytes participated in AV testing<\/a>\u00a0and how we took part in an joint\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/malwarebytes-news\/2018\/11\/teamwork-takes-massive-ad-fraud-botnets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">take down of massive ad fraud botnets<\/a>, warned that <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/cybercrime\/2018\/11\/esta-registration-sites-ads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESTA registration websites still lurk in paid ads on Google<\/a>, discussed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/security-world\/2018\/11\/25th-anniversary-of-webcam-what-did-it-bring-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">what 25 years of webcams have brought us<\/a>, and reported about the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/101\/2018\/11\/marriott-breach-impacts-500-million-customers-heres-what-to-do-about-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marriott breach that impacted 500 million customers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Other cybersecurity news:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2018\/11\/24\/linkedin-ireland-data-protection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a> violated data protection by using 18 million email addresses of non-members to buy targeted ads on Facebook. (Source: TechCrunch)<\/li>\n<li>Researchers created fake &#8220;master&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/motherboard.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/bjenyd\/researchers-created-fake-master-fingerprints-to-unlock-smartphones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fingerprints<\/a> to unlock smartphones. (Source: Motherboard)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.infosecurity-magazine.com\/news\/uber-slapped-with-385k-ico-fine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Uber<\/a> slapped with \u00a3385K ICO fine for major breach. (Source: InfoSecurty Magazine)<\/li>\n<li>Rogue developer infects widely-used <a href=\"https:\/\/thehackernews.com\/2018\/11\/nodejs-event-stream-module.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NodeJS<\/a> module to steal Bitcoins. (Source: The Hacker News)<\/li>\n<li>When the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.grahamcluley.com\/when-the-fbi-rather-than-the-fraudsters-make-the-fake-fedex-website\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"caps\">FBI<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(and not the fraudsters) make a fake FedEx website. (Source: Graham Cluley)<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft warns about two apps that installed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/microsoft-warns-about-two-apps-that-installed-root-certificates-then-leaked-the-private-keys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">root certificates<\/a> then leaked the private keys. (Source: ZDNet)<\/li>\n<li>Social media scraping app <a href=\"https:\/\/nakedsecurity.sophos.com\/2018\/11\/28\/social-media-scraping-app-predictim-banned-by-facebook-and-twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Predictim<\/a> banned by Facebook and Twitter. (Source: NakedSecurity)<\/li>\n<li>Tech support scam: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techspot.com\/news\/77629-indian-police-work-microsoft-shut-down-scam-call.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Call centers<\/a> shut down by Indian police in collaboration with Microsoft. (Source: TechSpot)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amp.dw.com\/en\/germany-detects-new-cyberattack-targeting-politicians-military\/a-46515590\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Germany<\/a> detects new cyberattack targeting politicians, military, and embassies. (Source: DW)<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s time to change your password again as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitaltrends.com\/computing\/dell-tells-customers-to-change-passwords-after-hack-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dell<\/a> reveals attempted hack. (Source: Digital Trends)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stay safe, everyone!<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/security-world\/2018\/12\/a-week-in-security-november-26-december-2\/\">A week in security (November 26 \u2013 December 2)<\/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\/12\/a-week-in-security-november-26-december-2\/\" target=\"bwo\" >https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/feed\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2018 17:06:04 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<table cellpadding='10'>\n<tr>\n<td valign='top' align='center'><a href='https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/security-world\/2018\/12\/a-week-in-security-november-26-december-2\/' title='A week in security (November 26 \u2013 December 2)'><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 last week&#8217;s security news from November 26 until December 2, including the Marriott breach, AV testing, 2019 security predictions, and an ad fraud botnet takedown.<\/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\/2019-predictions\/\" rel=\"tag\">2019 predictions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/av-testing\/\" rel=\"tag\">av testing<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/dell\/\" rel=\"tag\">Dell<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/esta\/\" rel=\"tag\">ESTA<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/fbi\/\" rel=\"tag\">fbi<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/fingerprints\/\" rel=\"tag\">fingerprints<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/fraud-botnets\/\" rel=\"tag\">fraud botnets<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/linkedin\/\" rel=\"tag\">LinkedIn<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/marriot\/\" rel=\"tag\">marriot<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/nodejs\/\" rel=\"tag\">NodeJS<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/nodjs\/\" rel=\"tag\">nodjs<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/predicitim\/\" rel=\"tag\">predicitim<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/root-certificates\/\" rel=\"tag\">root certificates<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/uber\/\" rel=\"tag\">Uber<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/webcams\/\" rel=\"tag\">webcams<\/a><\/p>\n<table width='100%'>\n<tr>\n<td align=right>\n<p><b>(<a href='https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/security-world\/2018\/12\/a-week-in-security-november-26-december-2\/' title='A week in security (November 26 \u2013 December 2)'>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\/12\/a-week-in-security-november-26-december-2\/\">A week in security (November 26 \u2013 December 2)<\/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":[20325,20326,10582,20271,6627,11468,20327,11448,20328,20329,20330,20331,16672,10497,3011,11837,10498],"class_list":["post-13981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-malwarebytes","category-security","tag-2019-predictions","tag-av-testing","tag-dell","tag-esta","tag-fbi","tag-fingerprints","tag-fraud-botnets","tag-linkedin","tag-marriot","tag-nodejs","tag-nodjs","tag-predicitim","tag-root-certificates","tag-security-world","tag-uber","tag-webcams","tag-week-in-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13981","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=13981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13981\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}