{"id":16374,"date":"2019-09-23T12:17:10","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T20:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2019\/09\/23\/news-10115\/"},"modified":"2019-09-23T12:17:10","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T20:17:10","slug":"news-10115","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2019\/09\/23\/news-10115\/","title":{"rendered":"A week in security (September 16 -22)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 15:55:30 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last week on Labs, we sounded the alarm about <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"the relaunch of Emotet with a new spam campaign (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/botnets\/2019\/09\/emotet-is-back-botnet-springs-back-to-life-with-new-spam-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\">the relaunch of Emotet, one of the year&#8217;s most dangerous forms of malware, with a new spam campaign.<\/a> We also reported on how <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"international students in UK are targeted by visa scammers (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/scams\/2019\/09\/international-students-in-uk-targeted-by-visa-scammers\/\" target=\"_blank\">international students in UK are targeted by visa scammers<\/a>, what <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"CEOs offer their own view of a US data privacy law (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/privacy-2\/2019\/09\/ceos-offer-their-own-view-of-a-us-data-privacy-law\/\" target=\"_blank\">CEOs think about a potential US data privacy law<\/a>, and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"introduced Malwarebytes Browser Guard (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/malwarebytes-news\/2019\/09\/browser-guard-combats-privacy-abuse-tracking-clickbait-and-scammers\/\" target=\"_blank\">introduced Malwarebytes Browser Guard<\/a>. Finally, we looked at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"the role of data destruction play in cybersecurity (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/business-2\/2019\/09\/what-role-does-data-destruction-play-in-cybersecurity\/\" target=\"_blank\">the role of data destruction in cybersecurity<\/a>. <\/p>\n<h3>Other cybersecurity news<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A streak of hacked celebrity <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Instagram (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bleepingcomputer.com\/news\/security\/celebrity-instagram-accounts-being-hacked-to-push-scams\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> accounts continues as a group of cybercriminals target them to promote scam sites to their huge number of followers. (Source: BleepingComputer)<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"YouTube (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techspot.com\/news\/81998-youtube-ceo-issues-public-apology-verification-changes.html\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube&#8217;s<\/a> new verification system attempted to ensure that large channels were safe from impersonation but had the unintended consequence of removing other popular channels. (Source: TechSpot)<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Ecuador (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/09\/17\/world\/americas\/ecuador-data-leak.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ecuador<\/a> has begun an investigation into a sprawling data breach in which the personal data of up to 20 million people was made available online. (Source: The New York Times) <\/li>\n<li>Google has released an urgent software update for its <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Chrome (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/thehackernews.com\/2019\/09\/google-chrome-update.html\" target=\"_blank\">Chrome<\/a> web browser and is urging Windows, Mac, and Linux users to upgrade the application to the latest available version immediately.  (Source: The Hacker News)<\/li>\n<li> Researchers have uncovered two variants of information-stealing Mac malware that impersonate a legitimate stock and cryptocurrency <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"trading application (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/security-news\/cybercrime\/tricks-of-the-trade-mac-malware-impersonates-trading-app\/\" target=\"_blank\">trading application<\/a>. (Source: SCMagazine)<\/li>\n<li>A <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Bulgarian (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2019\/09\/20\/bulgarian_svetoslav_donchev_jailed_9_years_phishing_fraud\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bulgarian<\/a> phishing criminal who created fake versions of legitimate companies&#8217; websites as part of a \u00a340m fraud has been jailed. (Source: The Register) <\/li>\n<li>Nearly 50 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"school districts and colleges (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.darkreading.com\/threat-intelligence\/ransomware-strikes-49-school-districts-and-colleges-in-2019\/d\/d-id\/1335872\" target=\"_blank\">school districts and colleges<\/a> have been hit by ransomware in 2019 so far, and more than 500 individual K\u201312 schools have potentially been compromised. (Source: Dark Reading)<\/li>\n<li> Modern TV has a modern problem: all of your Internet-connected <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"streaming devices (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/tech-policy\/2019\/09\/studies-google-netflix-and-others-are-watching-how-you-watch-your-tv\/\" target=\"_blank\">streaming devices<\/a> are watching you back and feeding your data to advertisers. (Source: ArsTechnica)<\/li>\n<li>US authorities have indicted two suspects for hacking cryptocurrency exchange <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"EtherDelta (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/exclusive-talktalk-hacker-also-breached-etherdelta-cryptocurrency-exchange\/\" target=\"_blank\">EtherDelta<\/a> in December 2017, changing the site&#8217;s DNS settings, and redirecting traffic to a clone. (Source: ZDNet)<\/li>\n<li>How data breaches forced <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Amazon (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.helpnetsecurity.com\/2019\/09\/23\/s3-bucket-security\/\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a> to update S3 bucket security. (Source: HelpNet Security)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stay safe! <\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/a-week-in-security\/2019\/09\/a-week-in-security-september-16-22\/\">A week in security (September 16 -22)<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\">Malwarebytes Labs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/a-week-in-security\/2019\/09\/a-week-in-security-september-16-22\/\" target=\"bwo\" >https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/feed\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 15:55:30 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<table cellpadding='10'>\n<tr>\n<td valign='top' align='center'><a href='https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/a-week-in-security\/2019\/09\/a-week-in-security-september-16-22\/' title='A week in security (September 16 -22)'><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 security news from September 16\u201322 including Emotet, student-targeted visa scams, data privacy laws, Malwarebytes&#8217; new Browser Guard, data destruction, and more. <\/p>\n<p>Categories: <\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-categories\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/category\/a-week-in-security\/\" rel=\"category tag\">A week in security<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/amazon\/\" rel=\"tag\">amazon<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/browser-guard\/\" rel=\"tag\">Browser guard<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/data-destruction\/\" rel=\"tag\">data destruction<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/education-cybersecurity\/\" rel=\"tag\">education cybersecurity<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/emotet\/\" rel=\"tag\">emotet<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/google\/\" rel=\"tag\">Google<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/google-chrome\/\" rel=\"tag\">Google Chrome<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/instagram\/\" rel=\"tag\">Instagram<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/phishing\/\" rel=\"tag\">phishing<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/privacy-law\/\" rel=\"tag\">privacy law<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/s3buckets\/\" rel=\"tag\">S3buckets<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/visa\/\" rel=\"tag\">visa<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/visa-scam\/\" rel=\"tag\">visa scam<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/youtube\/\" rel=\"tag\">youtube<\/a><\/p>\n<table width='100%'>\n<tr>\n<td align=right>\n<p><b>(<a href='https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/a-week-in-security\/2019\/09\/a-week-in-security-september-16-22\/' title='A week in security (September 16 -22)'>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\/a-week-in-security\/2019\/09\/a-week-in-security-september-16-22\/\">A week in security (September 16 -22)<\/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":[12969,5588,22979,22985,22663,15715,1670,11427,2143,3924,22988,22989,11294,22990,2593],"class_list":["post-16374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-malwarebytes","category-security","tag-a-week-in-security","tag-amazon","tag-browser-guard","tag-data-destruction","tag-education-cybersecurity","tag-emotet","tag-google","tag-google-chrome","tag-instagram","tag-phishing","tag-privacy-law","tag-s3buckets","tag-visa","tag-visa-scam","tag-youtube"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16374","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=16374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16374\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}