{"id":7995,"date":"2017-06-20T09:10:19","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T17:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/06\/20\/news-1776\/"},"modified":"2017-06-20T09:10:19","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T17:10:19","slug":"news-1776","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/06\/20\/news-1776\/","title":{"rendered":"A week in security (Jun 12 \u2013 Jun 18)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2017 15:56:41 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last week was very busy for the Labs, with a look at so-called <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/threat-analysis\/2017\/06\/the-numeric-tech-support-scam-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">numeric tech support scams<\/a>, a visit to the huge <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/security-world\/2017\/06\/infosec-europe-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Infosec Europe conference<\/a>,\u00a0an exploration of <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/malwarebytes-news\/2017\/06\/new-mac-malware-as-a-service-offerings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mac Malware as a Service<\/a>, and a walk through the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/101\/fyi\/2017\/06\/tackling-the-myths-surrounding-cyberbullying\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">myths of online bullying<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A huge click-farm is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bangkokpost.com\/news\/crime\/1267202\/fake-likes-probe-turns-to-local-operators\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">busted<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jaff Ransomware is thwarted with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2017\/06\/15\/jaff_ransomware_antidote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">method to unlock files<\/a><\/li>\n<li>ATM fraudsters are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.helpnetsecurity.com\/2017\/06\/13\/payment-card-fraudsters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">taken down<\/a> by cross-border action<\/li>\n<li>Malware and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/crash-override-malware\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">power outages<\/a>, oh my<\/li>\n<li>Hovering over a <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1003250\/this-malware-activates-when-you-hover-over-a-link-in-microsoft-powerpoint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PowerPoint link<\/a> could give you a headache<\/li>\n<li>The endless headache that is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/virus-scanners-filled-with-malware-are-flooding-app-stores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fake apps in official stores<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2017\/06\/13\/linuxmuldrop14_malware_for_raspberry_pi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mining Malware<\/a> goes after Raspberry Pi<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bleepingcomputer.com\/news\/security\/new-phishing-tactic-targeting-facebook-users-relies-on-padding-urls-with-hyphens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">URL padding<\/a> for phishing fun and profit<\/li>\n<li>Phishing \/ Ransomware <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infosecurity-magazine.com\/news\/phishing-ransomware-awareness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">awareness in the UK<\/a> could be better<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stay safe!<\/p>\n<p>The Malwarebytes Labs Team<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/security-world\/2017\/06\/a-week-in-security-jun-12-jun-18-2\/\">A week in security (Jun 12 \u2013 Jun 18)<\/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\/2017\/06\/a-week-in-security-jun-12-jun-18-2\/\" target=\"bwo\" >https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/feed\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2017 15:56:41 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<table cellpadding='10'>\n<tr>\n<td valign='top' align='center'><a href='https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/security-world\/2017\/06\/a-week-in-security-jun-12-jun-18-2\/' title='A week in security (Jun 12 \u2013 Jun 18)'><img src='https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/photodune-3434769-calendar-s.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 the 12th to the 18th of June. We touched on topics like more tech support scams, a new Mac Malware as a Service, 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<table width='100%'>\n<tr>\n<td align=right>\n<p><b>(<a href='https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/security-world\/2017\/06\/a-week-in-security-jun-12-jun-18-2\/' title='A week in security (Jun 12 \u2013 Jun 18)'>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\/2017\/06\/a-week-in-security-jun-12-jun-18-2\/\">A week in security (Jun 12 \u2013 Jun 18)<\/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":[10497,10498],"class_list":["post-7995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-malwarebytes","category-security","tag-security-world","tag-week-in-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7995","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=7995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7995\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}