{"id":17687,"date":"2020-02-10T09:10:05","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T17:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2020\/02\/10\/news-11422\/"},"modified":"2020-02-10T09:10:05","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T17:10:05","slug":"news-11422","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2020\/02\/10\/news-11422\/","title":{"rendered":"A week in security (February 3 \u2013 9)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 16:46:42 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we looked at Washington state\u2019s latest efforts in <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/privacy-2\/2020\/02\/washington-privacy-act-welcomed-by-corporate-and-nonprofit-actors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">providing better data privacy rights for their residents<\/a>, and we dove into some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/vital-infrastructure\/2020\/02\/fintech-security-the-challenges-and-fails-of-a-new-era\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">many questions regarding fintech<\/a>: What is it? How secure is it? And what are some of the problems in the space? <\/p>\n<p>We also detailed a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/adware\/2020\/02\/adware-adposhel-takes-over-your-web-push-notifications-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\">new adware family<\/a> that our researchers had been tracking since late last year and pushed out a piece on <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/privacy-2\/2020\/02\/google-maps-online-interventions-with-offline-ramifications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"performance art's impact on Google Maps (opens in a new tab)\">performance art&#8217;s impact on Google Maps<\/a> and other crowdsourced apps.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Other cybersecurity news<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A type of malware called Lemon Duck has <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/threatpost.com\/lemon-duck-malware-targets-iot\/152596\/\" target=\"_blank\">successfully targeted countless IoT devices running on Windows 7<\/a>. Quack! (Source: Threatpost)<\/li>\n<li>Despite years of warnings that technology will not save us, the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/3a8ajj\/an-off-the-shelf-skeleton-project-experts-analyze-the-app-that-broke-iowa?utm_source=stylizedembed_vice.com&amp;utm_campaign=z3b3g9&amp;site=vice\" target=\"_blank\">Iowa Democratic Party relied on a rushed, faulty mobile app<\/a> to report caucus results. Bedlam ensued. (Source: Motherboard)<\/li>\n<li>In an ongoing antitrust probe, the European Commission <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/eu-deepens-antitrust-inquiry-into-facebooks-data-practices-11580994001\" target=\"_blank\">is scrutinizing Facebook&#8217;s use of Onavo, an app that tracked users&#8217; behavior<\/a>. (Source: The Wall Street Journal)<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s hard to say this any better than the Gizmodo headline already does: \u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/oops-google-mightve-leaked-your-videos-to-another-pers-1841450467\" target=\"_blank\">Oops! Google Might&#8217;ve Leaked Your Videos to Another Person<\/a>.\u201d (Source: Gizmodo)<\/li>\n<li>A man who twice breached Nintendo security\u2014first when he was a teenager, then later as an adult\u2014<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/nintendo-hacker-pleads-guilty\/\" target=\"_blank\">pleaded guilty to hacking charges<\/a>. (Source: ZDnet)<\/li>\n<li>Cybersecurity researchers discovered a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hackread.com\/hackers-flaw-philips-smart-light-bulbs-malware\/\" target=\"_blank\">vulnerability in Phillips smart lightbulbs that would allow hackers to spread malware<\/a>. (Source: HackRead)<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/how-to\/facebook-can-see-your-website-activity-heres-a-new-tool-to-stop-it\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook released a new tool<\/a> to give users more control into whether the company associates outside data with user accounts. (Source: CNET)<\/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\/2020\/02\/a-week-in-security-february-3-9\/\">A week in security (February 3 \u2013 9)<\/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\/2020\/02\/a-week-in-security-february-3-9\/\" target=\"bwo\" >https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/feed\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 16:46:42 +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\/2020\/02\/a-week-in-security-february-3-9\/' title='A week in security (February 3 \u2013 9)'><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'>Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we looked at Washington state\u2019s latest efforts to provide better data privacy rights for their residents, dove into the many security questions regarding fintech, and took a look at performance art&#8217;s impact on Google Maps.<\/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\/a-week-in-security\/\" rel=\"tag\">a week in security<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/adposhel\/\" rel=\"tag\">adposhel<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/adware\/\" rel=\"tag\">adware<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/data-privacy-law\/\" rel=\"tag\">data privacy law<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/data-privacy-legislation\/\" rel=\"tag\">data privacy legislation<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/facebook\/\" rel=\"tag\">facebook<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/financial-tech\/\" rel=\"tag\">financial tech<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/fintech\/\" rel=\"tag\">fintech<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/google-maps\/\" rel=\"tag\">google maps<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/iowa-caucus-faulty-app\/\" rel=\"tag\">Iowa Caucus faulty app<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/lemon-duck\/\" rel=\"tag\">Lemon Duck<\/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\/a-week-in-security\/2020\/02\/a-week-in-security-february-3-9\/' title='A week in security (February 3 \u2013 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