{"id":16583,"date":"2019-10-14T08:10:03","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T16:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2019\/10\/14\/news-10322\/"},"modified":"2019-10-14T08:10:03","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T16:10:03","slug":"news-10322","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2019\/10\/14\/news-10322\/","title":{"rendered":"A week in security (October 7 \u2013 13)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 15:30:38 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/ransomware\/2019\/10\/cyber-insurance-here-to-stay-whether-we-like-it-or-not\/\" target=\"_blank\">peered into the possible future of cybersecurity insurance<\/a>, described the process for <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/business-2\/2019\/10\/securing-the-managed-service-provider-msp\/\" target=\"_blank\">securing today\u2019s managed service provider<\/a>, and provided an in-depth explainer on the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/explained\/2019\/10\/explained-war-shipping\/\" target=\"_blank\">business espionage tactic known as \u201cwar shipping.\u201d<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Further, in considering the intersection of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month and National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/stalkerware\/2019\/10\/how-to-protect-against-stalkerware-a-murky-but-dangerous-mobile-threat\/\" target=\"_blank\">gave a rundown on the current stalkerware landscape<\/a>, including why it\u2019s hard to protect against, and why Malwarebytes is committed to increasing security for users everywhere. <\/p>\n<h3>Other cybersecurity news<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Twitter users saw their phone numbers\u2014which they had expressly provided for multifactor authentication security\u2014<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/9kez8d\/twitter-took-phone-numbers-for-security-used-for-advertising\" target=\"_blank\">also used for advertising purposes<\/a>. (Source: Motherboard) <\/li>\n<li>Google researchers <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.securityweek.com\/google-patches-8-vulnerabilities-chrome-77\" target=\"_blank\">patched eight vulnerabilities found in its Chrome browser<\/a>, just weeks after having patched four other vulnerabilities. (Source: Security Week)<\/li>\n<li>GitHub, despite facing employee backlash that accused the company of being \u201ccomplicit in widespread human rights abuses,\u201d <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/siliconangle.com\/2019\/10\/09\/github-vows-keep-dealing-ice-despite-employee-backlash\/\" target=\"_blank\">will renew a $200,000 contract it has with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a>. (Source: Silicon Angle)<\/li>\n<li>Three dozen civil rights groups <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/ne8q3w\/36-civil-rights-groups-demand-end-to-amazons-partnerships-with-police\" target=\"_blank\">demanded local, state, and federal officials to sever the current partnerships between Amazon&#8217;s home security company Ring<\/a> and more than 400 law enforcement agencies. (Source: Motherboard) <\/li>\n<li>Email service Click2Mail <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.darkreading.com\/attacks-breaches\/click2mail-suffers-data-breach\/d\/d-id\/1336072\" target=\"_blank\">suffered a data breach<\/a> that may have compromised the names, account mailing addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers of users. (Source: Dark Reading)<\/li>\n<li>A Singapore citizen <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bleepingcomputer.com\/news\/security\/singapore-man-faces-34-years-for-amazon-aws-cryptomining-fraud\/\" target=\"_blank\">faces 34 years in prison<\/a> for allegedly using stolen Amazon AWS and Google Cloud computing services to mine cryptocurrency. (Source: Bleeping Computer)<\/li>\n<li>Bots and fake accounts powered by artificial intelligence <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.helpnetsecurity.com\/2019\/09\/09\/bots-election-security\/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter\" target=\"_blank\">have become increasingly adept at mimicking human behavior<\/a>, according to new research from a team of computer scientists. (Source: Help Net Security)<\/li>\n<li>California <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/politics-government\/capitol-alert\/article235940507.html\" target=\"_blank\">passed a law banning the use of facial recognition software in police body cams<\/a>. (Source: The Sacramento Bee)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stay safe, everyone!<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/a-week-in-security\/2019\/10\/a-week-in-security-october-7-13\/\">A week in security (October 7 \u2013 13)<\/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\/10\/a-week-in-security-october-7-13\/\" target=\"bwo\" >https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/feed\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 15:30:38 +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\/10\/a-week-in-security-october-7-13\/' title='A week in security (October 7 \u2013 13)'><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 look at the cybersecurity news from October 7 \u2013 13, including updates on war shipping, managed service providers, and stalkerware. <\/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\/body-cams\/\" rel=\"tag\">body cams<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/bots\/\" rel=\"tag\">bots<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/chrome\/\" rel=\"tag\">chrome<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/cybersecurity\/\" rel=\"tag\">cybersecurity<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/facial-recognition\/\" rel=\"tag\">facial recognition<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/github\/\" rel=\"tag\">GitHub<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/google\/\" rel=\"tag\">Google<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/ice\/\" rel=\"tag\">ice<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/insurance\/\" rel=\"tag\">insurance<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/insurance-cybersecurity\/\" rel=\"tag\">insurance cybersecurity<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/managed-service-providers\/\" rel=\"tag\">managed service providers<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/multi-factor-authentication\/\" rel=\"tag\">multi-factor authentication<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/national-cybersecurity-awareness-month\/\" rel=\"tag\">national cybersecurity awareness month<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/national-domestic-violence-awareness-month\/\" rel=\"tag\">National domestic violence awareness month<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/ncsam\/\" rel=\"tag\">NCSAM<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/police-body-cams\/\" rel=\"tag\">police body cams<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/security\/\" rel=\"tag\">security<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/stalkerware\/\" rel=\"tag\">stalkerware<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/twitter\/\" rel=\"tag\">twitter<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/us-immigration-and-customs-enforcement\/\" rel=\"tag\">US Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/war-shipping\/\" rel=\"tag\">war shipping<\/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\/10\/a-week-in-security-october-7-13\/' title='A week in security (October 7 \u2013 13)'>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\/10\/a-week-in-security-october-7-13\/\">A week in security (October 7 \u2013 13)<\/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":[12969,5588,23194,12034,10699,4500,14753,11863,1670,7201,20443,23038,22341,11738,15355,23195,15497,23196,714,19409,454,23197,23160],"class_list":["post-16583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-malwarebytes","category-security","tag-a-week-in-security","tag-amazon","tag-body-cams","tag-bots","tag-chrome","tag-cybersecurity","tag-facial-recognition","tag-github","tag-google","tag-ice","tag-insurance","tag-insurance-cybersecurity","tag-managed-service-providers","tag-multi-factor-authentication","tag-national-cybersecurity-awareness-month","tag-national-domestic-violence-awareness-month","tag-ncsam","tag-police-body-cams","tag-security","tag-stalkerware","tag-twitter","tag-us-immigration-and-customs-enforcement","tag-war-shipping"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16583","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=16583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16583\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}