{"id":7225,"date":"2017-04-04T19:20:43","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T03:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/04\/04\/news-1016\/"},"modified":"2017-04-04T19:20:43","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T03:20:43","slug":"news-1016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/04\/04\/news-1016\/","title":{"rendered":"A week in security (Mar 27 \u2013 Apr 02)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2017 15:00:17 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do we have blogs for you! Last week, we cracked open a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/cybercrime\/malware\/2017\/03\/explained-packer-crypter-and-protector\/\" target=\"_blank\">big book of definitions<\/a> on what packers, crypters, and protectors are, dug into <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/cybercrime\/2017\/03\/mobile-menace-monday-preinstalled-adware-and-sometimes-worse\/\" target=\"_blank\">preinstalled mobile Adware<\/a>, and warned of <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/cybercrime\/2017\/03\/world-of-warcraft-phish-lures-victims-with-free-pet\/\" target=\"_blank\">World of Warcraft phishing<\/a> involving &#8220;free&#8221; pets. Elsewhere, we explained what exploits actually are and <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/101\/2017\/03\/what-are-exploits-and-why-you-should-care\/\" target=\"_blank\">why they&#8217;re a big deal<\/a>, explained the workings of <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/threat-analysis\/2017\/03\/explained-sage-ransomware\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sage ransomware<\/a>, took a deep dive into a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/cybercrime\/2017\/03\/websites-compromised-decimal-ip-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\">website compromise campaign<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/cybercrime\/2017\/03\/tech-support-scammers-and-their-banking-woes\/\" target=\"_blank\">money problems<\/a> of tech support scammers, and advised you to avoid <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/cybercrime\/2017\/03\/steam-spammers-night-movies\/\" target=\"_blank\">a night at the movies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Below are notable news stories and security-related happenings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A <a href=\"https:\/\/motherboard.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/uk-cops-arrest-man-potentially-linked-to-apple-extortion\" target=\"_blank\">blackmail and hacking arrest<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Docs. Docs <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2017\/03\/27\/microsoft_docs_com_office_365_leak\/\" target=\"_blank\">everywhere<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>A frankly <a href=\"http:\/\/breachlevelindex.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">terrifying number<\/a> of breaches.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.helpnetsecurity.com\/2017\/03\/31\/insider-attacks-increase\/\" target=\"_blank\">People problems<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>GitHub repository owners <a href=\"https:\/\/threatpost.com\/github-repository-owners-targeted-by-data-stealing-malware\/124656\/\" target=\"_blank\">under attack from Phishers<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>APAC: feeling the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerweekly.com\/news\/450415574\/Emerging-APAC-markets-more-prone-to-malware\" target=\"_blank\">Malware burn<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>ISIS site hacked and used to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vocativ.com\/416422\/isis-site-hacked-with-malware-impacting-thousands\/\" target=\"_blank\">sling Malware<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>LastPass: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.helpnetsecurity.com\/2017\/03\/28\/lastpass-code-execution-bug\/\" target=\"_blank\">rolling with the punches<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;ll never look at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmagazine.com\/its-malware-my-lord-in-a-flatbed-scanner\/article\/647832\/\" target=\"_blank\">scanner<\/a> the same way ever again.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Safe surfing, everyone!<\/p>\n<p>The Malwarebytes Labs Team<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/security-world\/week-in-security\/2017\/04\/a-week-in-security-mar-27-apr-02-2\/\">A week in security (Mar 27 \u2013 Apr 02)<\/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\/week-in-security\/2017\/04\/a-week-in-security-mar-27-apr-02-2\/\" target=\"bwo\" >https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/feed\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2017 15:00:17 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<table cellpadding='10'>\n<tr>\n<td valign='top' align='center'><a href='https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/security-world\/week-in-security\/2017\/04\/a-week-in-security-mar-27-apr-02-2\/' title='A week in security (Mar 27 \u2013 Apr 02)'><img src='https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/photodune-702886-calendar-l.jpg' border='0'  width='300px'  \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign='top' align='left'>A compilation of notable security news and blog posts from March 26th to April 2nd. This week, we look back at phishing campaigns, adware, ransomware, 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\/adware\/\" rel=\"tag\">adware<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/github\/\" rel=\"tag\">GitHub<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/malware\/\" rel=\"tag\">malware<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/phishing\/\" rel=\"tag\">phishing<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/ransomware\/\" rel=\"tag\">ransomware<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/recap\/\" rel=\"tag\">recap<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/sage-ransomware\/\" rel=\"tag\">Sage ransomware<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/weekly-blog-roundup\/\" rel=\"tag\">weekly blog roundup<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/world-of-warcraft\/\" rel=\"tag\">world of warcraft<\/a><\/p>\n<table width='100%'>\n<tr>\n<td align=right>\n<p><b>(<a href='https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/security-world\/week-in-security\/2017\/04\/a-week-in-security-mar-27-apr-02-2\/' title='A week in security (Mar 27 \u2013 Apr 02)'>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\/week-in-security\/2017\/04\/a-week-in-security-mar-27-apr-02-2\/\">A week in security (Mar 27 \u2013 Apr 02)<\/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":"closed","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":[10468,11863,3764,3924,3765,10503,11788,10497,10498,10506,11766],"class_list":["post-7225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-malwarebytes","category-security","tag-adware","tag-github","tag-malware","tag-phishing","tag-ransomware","tag-recap","tag-sage-ransomware","tag-security-world","tag-week-in-security","tag-weekly-blog-roundup","tag-world-of-warcraft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7225","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=7225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7225\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}