{"id":13421,"date":"2018-09-24T10:10:07","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T18:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2018\/09\/24\/news-7188\/"},"modified":"2018-09-24T10:10:07","modified_gmt":"2018-09-24T18:10:07","slug":"news-7188","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2018\/09\/24\/news-7188\/","title":{"rendered":"A week in security (September 17 &#8211; 23)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 17:03:26 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last week, we took a look at a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/cybercrime\/2018\/09\/month-giveaway-spam-twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">low level spam campaign<\/a> on Twitter, explored the signs of <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/101\/2018\/09\/6-sure-signs-someone-is-phishing-you-besides-email\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">falling victim to phishing<\/a>, and examined a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/threat-analysis\/2018\/09\/mass-wordpress-compromises-tech-support-scams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">massive WordPress compromise<\/a>. We also explained some <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/cybercrime\/2018\/09\/simple-authentication-and-security-layer-sasl-vulnerabilities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SASL vulnerabilities<\/a>\u00a0and covered a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/cybercrime\/2018\/09\/emotet-rise-heavy-spam-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breaking Emotet spam campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Other cybersecurity news:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>NewEgg attacked by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volexity.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/19\/magecart-strikes-again-newegg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MageCart<\/a> (Source: Volexity)<\/li>\n<li>UKGOV <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2018\/09\/19\/cyber_security_skills_gap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tackled the talent gap<\/a> (Source: The Register)<\/li>\n<li>Maximum fine <a href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/action-weve-taken\/enforcement\/equifax-ltd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">touted for Equifax<\/a> (source: ICO)<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerodayinitiative.com\/blog\/2018\/9\/20\/zdi-can-6135-a-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-the-microsoft-windows-jet-database-engine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jet engine vulnerability<\/a> (Source: Zero Day Initiative)<\/li>\n<li>Always <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privacyfly.com\/articles\/ncix_breach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wipe your data<\/a> (Source: PrivacyFly)<\/li>\n<li>CCTV ransomware hacker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2018\/09\/21\/cctv_ransomware_trump_washington_dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found guilty<\/a> (Source: The Register)<\/li>\n<li>Scottish brewery <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-scotland-scotland-business-45587903\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attacked by ransomware<\/a> (Source: BBC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.welivesecurity.com\/2018\/09\/19\/fake-finance-apps-google-play-target-around-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fake finance apps<\/a> on Google Play (Source: ESET)<\/li>\n<li>Malicious login attempts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.akamai.com\/us\/en\/multimedia\/documents\/state-of-the-internet\/soti-2018-credential-stuffing-attacks-executive-summary.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on the rise<\/a> (Source: Akamai)<\/li>\n<li>Why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.helpnetsecurity.com\/2018\/09\/21\/identity-verification-digital-transformation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">identity verification<\/a> is important (Source: Help Net Security)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stay safe, everyone!<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/security-world\/2018\/09\/week-security-september-17-23\/\">A week in security (September 17 &#8211; 23)<\/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\/09\/week-security-september-17-23\/\" target=\"bwo\" >https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/feed\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 17:03:26 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<table cellpadding='10'>\n<tr>\n<td valign='top' align='center'><a href='https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/security-world\/2018\/09\/week-security-september-17-23\/' title='A week in security (September 17 - 23)'><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 September 17\u201323, including Android scams, massive WordPress compromises, and high fines for Equifax.<\/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\/android\/\" rel=\"tag\">Android<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/emotet\/\" rel=\"tag\">emotet<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/equifax\/\" rel=\"tag\">Equifax<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/equifax-breach\/\" rel=\"tag\">Equifax breach<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/fine\/\" rel=\"tag\">fine<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/magacart\/\" rel=\"tag\">MagaCart<\/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\/play\/\" rel=\"tag\">play<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/ransomware\/\" rel=\"tag\">ransomware<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/round-up-ukgov\/\" rel=\"tag\">round up. ukgov<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/sasl\/\" rel=\"tag\">sasl<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/vulnerability\/\" rel=\"tag\">vulnerability<\/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\/09\/week-security-september-17-23\/' title='A week in security (September 17 - 23)'>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\/09\/week-security-september-17-23\/\">A week in security (September 17 &#8211; 23)<\/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":[10462,15715,12310,14598,19564,19565,3764,3924,19566,3765,19567,19556,10497,10467,10498],"class_list":["post-13421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-malwarebytes","category-security","tag-android","tag-emotet","tag-equifax","tag-equifax-breach","tag-fine","tag-magacart","tag-malware","tag-phishing","tag-play","tag-ransomware","tag-round-up-ukgov","tag-sasl","tag-security-world","tag-vulnerability","tag-week-in-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13421","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=13421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13421\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}