{"id":15028,"date":"2019-04-08T09:10:19","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T17:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2019\/04\/08\/news-8777\/"},"modified":"2019-04-08T09:10:19","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T17:10:19","slug":"news-8777","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2019\/04\/08\/news-8777\/","title":{"rendered":"A week in security (April 1 \u2013 7)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2019 15:52:47 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last week, Malwarebytes Labs took readers on a brief <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/security-world\/privacy-security-world\/2019\/04\/globetrotting-businesses-beware-data-privacy-abroad-question-risk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tour of some of the world&#8217;s most notable data privacy laws<\/a>, explored how <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/101\/2019\/04\/how-gamers-can-protect-against-increasing-cyberthreats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gamers can protect themselves against cyberthreats<\/a>, and offered thoughts about the reports that a 23-year-old Chinese woman <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/cybercrime\/2019\/04\/really-attempt-chinese\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gained access to President Donald Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago<\/a> resort while carrying four cellphones, a hard drive, a laptop, and a thumb drive that was \u201cinfected\u201d with malware.<\/p>\n<p>We also provided an in-depth look into the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/security-world\/business-security-world\/2019\/04\/compromising-vital-infrastructure-water-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">importance of cybersecurity in critical public infrastructure<\/a>, like water management plants and power plants.<\/p>\n<h3>Other cybersecurity news<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Electronic Frontier Foundation cybersecurity director Eva Galperin teamed up with Kaspersky Labs to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/eva-galperin-stalkerware-kaspersky-antivirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stop the spread of \u201cspouseware\u201d and \u201cstalkerware.\u201d<\/a> (Soure: Wired)<\/li>\n<li>Less than two weeks after reportedly leaving hundreds of millions of user passwords accessible to employees, Facebook was caught <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/beyond-sketchy-facebook-demanding-some-new-users-email-passwords\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asking for users\u2019 email account passwords<\/a>. (Source: The Daily Beast)<\/li>\n<li>Less than one day after Facebook was caught asking for users&#8217; email account passwords, it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2019\/04\/03\/facebook-stops-asking-new-users-for-email-passwords\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ended the practice<\/a>. (Source: Engadget)<\/li>\n<li>Turning up the heat on social media companies everywhere, Australia passed a law that would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/04\/03\/world\/australia\/social-media-law.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">punish companies for failing to quickly remove \u201cabhorrent violent material\u201d<\/a> from their platforms. (Source: The New York Times)<\/li>\n<li>Cybersecurity researchers discovered that the antivirus software pre-installed on Xiaomi smartphones <a href=\"https:\/\/thehackernews.com\/2019\/04\/xiaomi-antivirus-app.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">could actually be exploited to compromise the devices<\/a>. (Source: The Hacker News)<\/li>\n<li>Israeli researchers revealed vulnerabilities in medical scanning equipment by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2019\/04\/03\/hospital-viruses-fake-cancerous-nodes-ct-scans-created-by-malware-trick-radiologists\/?utm_term=.bd5423b4f640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">successfully adding fraudulent tumors<\/a> to CT or MRI scans. (Source: The Washington Post)<\/li>\n<li>Pharmaceutical giant Bayer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-bayer-cyber\/bayer-contains-cyber-attack-it-says-bore-chinese-hallmarks-idUSKCN1RG0NN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contained a cyberattack<\/a> that it said resembled other attacks carried out by the Chinese group \u201cWicked Panda.\u201d (Source: Reuters)<\/li>\n<li>The fingerprint scanner on Samsung\u2019s latest flagship phone <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bleepingcomputer.com\/news\/security\/samsung-galaxy-s10-fingerprint-scanner-tricked-with-3d-print\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was tricked by a 3D-printed fingerprint<\/a>. (Source: Bleeping Computer)<\/li>\n<li>Net Neutrality activist and Fight for the Future deputy director Evan Greer <a href=\"https:\/\/motherboard.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/8xyzz5\/one-of-americas-most-prominent-net-neutrality-activists-just-released-a-folk-punk-album\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released her punk folk album<\/a> \u201cShe\/her\/they\/them.\u201d (Source: Motherboard)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stay safe, everyone!<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/malwarebytes-news\/2019\/04\/week-security-april-1-7\/\">A week in security (April 1 \u2013 7)<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\">Malwarebytes Labs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/malwarebytes-news\/2019\/04\/week-security-april-1-7\/\" target=\"bwo\" >https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/feed\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2019 15:52:47 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<table cellpadding='10'>\n<tr>\n<td valign='top' align='center'><a href='https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/malwarebytes-news\/2019\/04\/week-security-april-1-7\/' title='A week in security (April 1 \u2013 7)'><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 cybersecurity news from April 1\u20137, including global data privacy laws, water plant cybersecurity, and the mysterious story of a 23-year-old woman&#8217;s visit to the Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Categories: <\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-categories\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/category\/malwarebytes-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Malwarebytes news<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/bayer\/\" rel=\"tag\">bayer<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/chinese-cyberattacks\/\" rel=\"tag\">chinese cyberattacks<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/chinese-cyberthreats\/\" rel=\"tag\">chinese cyberthreats<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/critical-infrastructure\/\" rel=\"tag\">critical infrastructure<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/facebook\/\" rel=\"tag\">facebook<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/mar-a-lago\/\" rel=\"tag\">mar-a-lago<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/passwords\/\" rel=\"tag\">passwords<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/social-media\/\" rel=\"tag\">social media<\/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\/malwarebytes-news\/2019\/04\/week-security-april-1-7\/' title='A week in security (April 1 \u2013 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