{"id":16914,"date":"2019-11-18T09:10:02","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T17:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2019\/11\/18\/news-10651\/"},"modified":"2019-11-18T09:10:02","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T17:10:02","slug":"news-10651","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2019\/11\/18\/news-10651\/","title":{"rendered":"A week in security (November 11 \u2013 17)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 16:43:14 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we offered statistics and information on a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/android\/2019\/11\/stealthy-new-android-malware-poses-as-ad-blocker-serves-up-ads-instead\/\" target=\"_blank\">sneaky new Trojan malware for Android<\/a>, inspected a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/scams\/2019\/11\/facebook-scams-bad-ads-bogus-grants-and-fake-tickets-lurk-on-social-media-giant\/\" target=\"_blank\">bevy of current Facebook scams<\/a>, and explained the importance of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/vital-infrastructure\/2019\/11\/vital-infrastructure-securing-our-food-and-agriculture\/\" target=\"_blank\">securing food and agriculture infrastructure<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>We also <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/reports\/2019\/11\/labs-report-cyberthreats-healthcare-increasing-security-circles-drain\/\" target=\"_blank\">released our latest report on cybercrime tactics and techniques<\/a>, offering new telemetry about the many cybersecurity threats facing the healthcare industry. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/resources.malwarebytes.com\/files\/2019\/11\/191028-MWB-CTNT_2019_Healthcare_FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">You can read the full report here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<h3>Other cybersecurity news<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A European bank drew scrutiny for its practice of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/kz4jjv\/this-bank-had-the-worst-password-policy-weve-ever-seen\" target=\"_blank\">charging users a fee<\/a> to change their account passwords via postal service. Yikes. (Source: Motherboard)<\/li>\n<li>Cybersecurity researchers found <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/threatpost.com\/holiday-shoppers-malicious-sites-posing-retailers\/150326\/\" target=\"_blank\">100,000 malicious websites posing as legitimate online retailers<\/a>, right as holiday shopping ramps up. (Source: Threat Post)<\/li>\n<li>Canadian authorities <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">charged a Toronto man for allegedly operating an international malware distribution scheme<\/a> through his developed software, Orcus RAT. (Source: Krebs on Security)<\/li>\n<li>Weeks before a national election, the United Kingdom\u2019s Labour party <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.darkreading.com\/threat-intelligence\/ddos-attack-targets-uk-labour-party-weeks-ahead-of-election\/d\/d-id\/1336330\" target=\"_blank\">suffered a DDoS attack on its campaign websites<\/a>. (Source: Dark Reading)<\/li>\n<li>Cybersecurity researchers who were explicitly hired to penetration test some Iowa state courthouses were <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hackread.com\/us-stated-arrested-cyber-security-specialists-it-hired\/\" target=\"_blank\">arrested for doing their jobs<\/a>. (Source: HackRead)<\/li>\n<li>Researchers from Proofpoint discovered a new threat actor <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hackread.com\/us-stated-arrested-cyber-security-specialists-it-hired\/\" target=\"_blank\">using email to pose as various government agencies in the US, Germany, and Italy<\/a>. (Source: Bleeping Computer)<\/li>\n<li>Digital rights activists <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/vb5am4\/activists-in-jumpsuits-are-scanning-the-faces-of-dc-residents-with-amazon-tech\" target=\"_blank\">walked the streets of Washington, DC, while equipped with facial recognition surveillance tools<\/a> in an effort to raise awareness about the invasive technology. (Source: Motherboard)<\/li>\n<li>A whopping 93 million billing files for a California company\u2019s three drug and alcohol addiction facilities <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/home\/health-care\/open-database-exposes-93m-files-on-patients-of-substance-abuse-facilities\/\" target=\"_blank\">were exposed online<\/a>. (Source: SC Magazine)<\/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\/11\/a-week-in-security-november-11-17\/\">A week in security (November 11 \u2013 17)<\/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\/11\/a-week-in-security-november-11-17\/\" target=\"bwo\" >https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/feed\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 16:43:14 +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\/11\/a-week-in-security-november-11-17\/' title='A week in security (November 11 \u2013 17)'><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 November 11 \u2013 17, including Facebook scams, the importance of securing food infrastructure, and our latest CTNT report.<\/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\/ctnt\/\" rel=\"tag\">CTNT<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/cybercrime-tactics-techniques\/\" rel=\"tag\">cybercrime tactics &amp; techniques<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/cybercrime-tactics-and-techniques\/\" rel=\"tag\">cybercrime tactics and techniques<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/cybersecurity\/\" rel=\"tag\">cybersecurity<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/infrastructure\/\" rel=\"tag\">infrastructure<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/orcus-rat\/\" rel=\"tag\">Orcus RAT<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/password\/\" rel=\"tag\">password<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/proofpoint\/\" rel=\"tag\">Proofpoint<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/security\/\" rel=\"tag\">security<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/trojans\/\" rel=\"tag\">Trojans<\/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\/11\/a-week-in-security-november-11-17\/' title='A week in security (November 11 \u2013 17)'>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\/11\/a-week-in-security-november-11-17\/\">A week in security (November 11 \u2013 17)<\/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":[12969,14010,12929,11969,4500,4175,21442,11831,23467,714,12269],"class_list":["post-16914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-malwarebytes","category-security","tag-a-week-in-security","tag-ctnt","tag-cybercrime-tactics-techniques","tag-cybercrime-tactics-and-techniques","tag-cybersecurity","tag-infrastructure","tag-orcus-rat","tag-password","tag-proofpoint","tag-security","tag-trojans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16914","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=16914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16914\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}