{"id":11963,"date":"2018-04-09T08:10:02","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T16:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2018\/04\/09\/news-5732\/"},"modified":"2018-04-09T08:10:02","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T16:10:02","slug":"news-5732","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2018\/04\/09\/news-5732\/","title":{"rendered":"A week in security (April 02 \u2013 April 08)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2018 15:16:54 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last week, we took a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/cybercrime\/2018\/04\/mobile-menace-monday-whatsapp-plus-fake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fake Whatsapp antics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/cybercrime\/2018\/04\/malicious-gaming-extensions-a-childs-play-to-infection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dubious gaming extensions<\/a>, and a huge <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/cybercrime\/2018\/04\/panerabread-com-breach-could-have-impacted-millions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Panera bread breach<\/a>. There was also <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/threat-analysis\/2018\/04\/lockcrypt-ransomware\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LockCrypt ransomware<\/a> to contend with, we had a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/security-world\/2018\/04\/maybe-you-shouldnt-use-linkedin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poke around Linkedin<\/a>, and we published another <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/101\/2018\/04\/physician-protect-thyself-an-ounce-of-prevention-is-worth-a-pound-of-cure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Physician, protect thyself<\/a> blog.<\/p>\n<h3>Other news<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Compromised <a href=\"https:\/\/geminiadvisory.io\/fin7-syndicate-hacks-saks-fifth-avenue-and-lord-taylor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cash register systems<\/a> (source: Fin7)<\/li>\n<li>Drone buyer data <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2018\/04\/06\/dronesforless_data_breach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leaked<\/a> (source: The Register)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.helpnetsecurity.com\/2018\/04\/06\/facebook-search-data-scraping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Data scraping problems<\/a> for Facebook (source: Help Net Security)<\/li>\n<li>Office 365 and <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.office.com\/en-us\/2018\/04\/05\/defend-yourself-from-cybercrime-with-new-office-365-capabilities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ransomware protection<\/a> (source: Microsoft)<\/li>\n<li>Charities potentially vulnerable to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/alert-for-charities-watch-out-for-ceo-fraud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CEO fraud<\/a> (source: gov.uk)<\/li>\n<li>Mirai financial sector attack <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmagazineuk.com\/mirai-variant-that-struck-financial-institutions-in-january-detailed\/article\/756664\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">detailed<\/a> (source: SCMag)<\/li>\n<li>Erroneous Equifax <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2018\/04\/02\/equifax-sends-some-consumers-notification-letters-with-incorrect-data.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breach letters<\/a> (source: CNBC)<\/li>\n<li>Chat system <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2018\/04\/05\/sears_delta_customer_payment_cards_hacked\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hacked<\/a> (source: The Register)<\/li>\n<li>Fighting back against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csoonline.com\/article\/3268109\/phishing\/the-rise-of-mobile-phishing-attacks-and-how-to-combat-them.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mobile phish attacks<\/a> (source: CSO magazine)<\/li>\n<li>3 million scam letters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.which.co.uk\/news\/2018\/04\/three-million-scam-letters-intercepted-in-last-18-months-but-can-you-spot-a-postal-scam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">caught in 18 months<\/a> (source: Which? magazine)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stay safe, everyone!<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/security-world\/2018\/04\/a-week-in-security-april-02-april-08\/\">A week in security (April 02 \u2013 April 08)<\/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\/2018\/04\/a-week-in-security-april-02-april-08\/\" target=\"bwo\" >https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/feed\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2018 15:16:54 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<table cellpadding='10'>\n<tr>\n<td valign='top' align='center'><a href='https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/security-world\/2018\/04\/a-week-in-security-april-02-april-08\/' title='A week in security (April 02 \u2013 April 08)'><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 the security news from April 02 \u2013 April 08, including postal scams, ransomware, fake phone apps, 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\/health\/\" rel=\"tag\">health<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/linkedin\/\" rel=\"tag\">LinkedIn<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/malware\/\" rel=\"tag\">malware<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/ransomware\/\" rel=\"tag\">ransomware<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/roundup\/\" rel=\"tag\">roundup<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/security\/\" rel=\"tag\">security<\/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\/security-world\/2018\/04\/a-week-in-security-april-02-april-08\/' title='A week in security (April 02 \u2013 April 08)'>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\/2018\/04\/a-week-in-security-april-02-april-08\/\">A week in security (April 02 \u2013 April 08)<\/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":[526,11448,3764,3765,13053,714,10497,10498],"class_list":["post-11963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-malwarebytes","category-security","tag-health","tag-linkedin","tag-malware","tag-ransomware","tag-roundup","tag-security","tag-security-world","tag-week-in-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11963\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}