{"id":14979,"date":"2019-04-01T01:10:05","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T09:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2019\/04\/01\/news-8728\/"},"modified":"2019-04-01T01:10:05","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T09:10:05","slug":"news-8728","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2019\/04\/01\/news-8728\/","title":{"rendered":"A week in security (March 25 &#8211; 31)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 08:24:19 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last week, we looked at <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/threat-analysis\/2019\/03\/plugin-vulnerabilities-exploited-traffic-monetization-schemes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plugin vulnerabilities<\/a>, location tracking app <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/cybercrime\/2019\/03\/location-data-leaks-from-family-tracking-app-database\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">problems<\/a>, and talked about <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/security-world\/2019\/03\/facebooks-plain-text-misstep-and-other-password-sins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plain text password woes<\/a>. We also looked at <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/security-world\/privacy-security-world\/2019\/03\/what-congress-means-when-it-talks-about-data-privacy-legislation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">federal data privacy regulation<\/a> and took a deep dive into<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/cybercrime\/2019\/03\/awaking-the-beast-adware-batmobi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BatMobi Adware<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Other cybersecurity news<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Poisoned software update <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2019\/03\/25\/asus_software_update_utility_backdoor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">headache for ASUS<\/a> (Source: The Register)<\/li>\n<li>Britain\u2019s Huawei oversight board <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/huawei-cyber-security-evaluation-centre-oversight-board-annual-report-2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">releases its findings<\/a> (Source: UK.GOV)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bluehexagon.ai\/blog\/weaponized-version-of-new-zealand-terror-suspects-manifesto-discovered-in-the-wild\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trojanised terror suspect manifesto<\/a> in circulation (Source: Blue Hexagon)<\/li>\n<li>Lessons learned from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.helpnetsecurity.com\/2019\/03\/29\/crypto-hacks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crypto hacks<\/a> (Source: Help Net Security)<\/li>\n<li>Office Depot and Support.com to pay $35 million to settle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2019\/03\/28\/office-depot-supportcom-pay-million-settle-charges-tech-support-scam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">charges of tech support scam<\/a> (Source: Washington Post)<\/li>\n<li>Hypnospace Outlaw harks back to the <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2019\/gaming\/columns\/how-hypnospace-outlaws-fake-internet-reveals-the-flaws-in-our-own-1203176036\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wild West age of the internet<\/a> (Source: Variety)<\/li>\n<li>Phish attack claims over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/03\/27\/phishing-email-scam-stole-100-million-from-facebook-and-google.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$100 million from Google and Facebook<\/a> (Source: CNBC)<\/li>\n<li>YouTube runs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ethnews.com\/youtube-accidently-runs-crypto-ad-containing-malware\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crypto-ad leading to malware<\/a> (Source: ETHNews)<\/li>\n<li>Google Play store apps contain <a href=\"https:\/\/motherboard.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/43z93g\/hackers-hid-android-malware-in-google-play-store-exodus-esurv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">government malware<\/a> (Source: Motherboard)<\/li>\n<li>Phisher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/3\/29\/18287242\/apple-account-hacker-famous-athletes-rappers-phishing-scheme-guilty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gains access to Apple accounts<\/a> of professional athletes (Source: The Verge)<\/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\/2019\/04\/week-security-march-25-31\/\">A week in security (March 25 &#8211; 31)<\/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\/2019\/04\/week-security-march-25-31\/\" target=\"bwo\" >https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/feed\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 08:24:19 +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\/2019\/04\/week-security-march-25-31\/' title='A week in security (March 25 - 31)'><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 news stories from March 25 &#8211; 31, including phishing, hacking, Government studies, mobile dangers on official stores 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\/adware\/\" rel=\"tag\">adware<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/hacking\/\" rel=\"tag\">hacking<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/malware\/\" rel=\"tag\">malware<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/mobile\/\" rel=\"tag\">Mobile<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/phishing\/\" rel=\"tag\">phishing<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/roundup\/\" rel=\"tag\">roundup<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/week-in-security\/\" rel=\"tag\">week in security<\/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\/2019\/04\/week-security-march-25-31\/' title='A week in security (March 25 - 31)'>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\/2019\/04\/week-security-march-25-31\/\">A week in security (March 25 &#8211; 31)<\/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":[10468,3919,3764,10554,3924,13053,10497,10498],"class_list":["post-14979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-malwarebytes","category-security","tag-adware","tag-hacking","tag-malware","tag-mobile","tag-phishing","tag-roundup","tag-security-world","tag-week-in-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14979","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=14979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14979\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}