{"id":15406,"date":"2019-05-27T00:10:03","date_gmt":"2019-05-27T08:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2019\/05\/27\/news-9155\/"},"modified":"2019-05-27T00:10:03","modified_gmt":"2019-05-27T08:10:03","slug":"news-9155","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2019\/05\/27\/news-9155\/","title":{"rendered":"A week in security (May 20 &#8211; 26)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 27 May 2019 07:03:21 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we took a look at a skimmer pretending to be a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/cybercrime\/2019\/05\/skimmer-acts-as-payment-service-provider-via-rogue-iframe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">payment service provider<\/a>, gave an overview of <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/101\/2019\/05\/knowing-when-its-worth-the-risk-riskware-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">what riskware is<\/a>, took a deep dive into concerns about <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/threat-analysis\/2019\/05\/medical-industry-struggles-with-pacs-data-leaks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PACS leaks<\/a>, and dug around in the land of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/cybercrime\/2019\/05\/governments-increasingly-eye-social-media-meltdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">These Governments said fix it\u2026hurry up<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"mce_22\" class=\"editor-rich-text__tinymce mce-content-body\" role=\"textbox\" aria-label=\"Write heading\u2026\" data-is-placeholder-visible=\"false\">Other cybersecurity news<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Changes inbound for Microsoft network admins: If you\u2019re managing Windows 10 updates, you\u2019ll <a href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/t5\/Windows-IT-Pro-Blog\/Updating-Windows-10-version-1903-using-Configuration-Manager-or\/ba-p\/639100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">need to make some tweaks<\/a> to System Center Configuration Manager (Source: Microsoft)<\/li>\n<li>AI animates static images: First we had Deepfakes, now we have the Mona Lisa\u2019s eyes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2019\/05\/23\/ai_software_mona_lisa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">following you around the room<\/a> in a more literal way than you may be accustomed to (Source: The Register)<\/li>\n<li>Baltimore Ransomware woes: An update on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/05\/22\/us\/baltimore-ransomware.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">how Baltimore is coping<\/a> two weeks after a devastating Ransomware attack (Source: New York Times)<\/li>\n<li>Huge title insurance leak: First American Financial Corp. find themselves in the middle of a story involving <a href=\"https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2019\/05\/first-american-financial-corp-leaked-hundreds-of-millions-of-title-insurance-records\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">unsecured documents<\/a> dating back to 2003 (Source: Krebs on Security)<\/li>\n<li>Trouble for T-Mobile: The telecommunications giant run into an issue which allowed people in the know to potentially <a href=\"https:\/\/daleys.space\/tmob_info_disclosure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">view customer names \/ account numbers<\/a> freely (Source: Daley Bee)<\/li>\n<li>Security pros on the way out: Large amounts of pros have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.helpnetsecurity.com\/2019\/05\/24\/security-pros-quitting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">considered quitting the field<\/a> due to a lack of resources (source: Help Net Security)<\/li>\n<li>Party political security: Security Scorecard take a look at how robust political parties are in terms of their <a href=\"https:\/\/securityscorecard.com\/press-releases\/securityscorecard-reveals-u-s-and-european-political-party-cybersecurity-ranks-ahead-of-influential-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">security prior to major elections<\/a> (Source: Security Scorecard)<\/li>\n<li>Canada, popular with phishers: Why is Canada a favourite for people launching <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techrepublic.com\/article\/oh-canada-why-half-of-phishing-attacks-target-the-great-white-north\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fake mail campaigns<\/a>? (source: Tech Republic)<\/li>\n<li>But is it art: Is this laptop containing some of the most notorious pieces of Malware around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-48364204\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">worth one million dollars<\/a>? (source: BBC)<\/li>\n<li>School\u2019s out: TrickBot gives the kids an early recess as a school\u2019s IT infrastructure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/ohio-school-sends-students-home-because-of-trickbot-malware-infection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">can\u2019t cope with the attack<\/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\/2019\/05\/a-week-in-security-may-20-26\/\">A week in security (May 20 &#8211; 26)<\/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\/2019\/05\/a-week-in-security-may-20-26\/\" target=\"bwo\" >https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/feed\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 27 May 2019 07:03:21 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<table cellpadding='10'>\n<tr>\n<td valign='top' align='center'><a href='https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/security-world\/2019\/05\/a-week-in-security-may-20-26\/' title='A week in security (May 20 - 26)'><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 last week&#8217;s security news, including admin changes, phishing in Canada, smart AI images 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\/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\/2019\/05\/a-week-in-security-may-20-26\/' title='A week in security (May 20 - 26)'>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\/2019\/05\/a-week-in-security-may-20-26\/\">A week in security (May 20 &#8211; 26)<\/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":[13053,10497,10498],"class_list":["post-15406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-malwarebytes","category-security","tag-roundup","tag-security-world","tag-week-in-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15406","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=15406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}