{"id":17418,"date":"2020-01-13T09:10:12","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T17:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2020\/01\/13\/news-11154\/"},"modified":"2020-01-13T09:10:12","modified_gmt":"2020-01-13T17:10:12","slug":"news-11154","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2020\/01\/13\/news-11154\/","title":{"rendered":"A week in security (January 6 \u2013 12)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 16:29:59 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we told readers how to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/how-tos-2\/2020\/01\/dubious-downloads-how-to-check-if-a-website-and-its-files-are-malicious\/\" target=\"_blank\">check the safety of websites and their related files<\/a>, explored the shady behavior taking <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/pups\/2020\/01\/billion-dollar-search-engine-industry-shady-advertisers\/\" target=\"_blank\">place within the billion-dollar search industry<\/a>, broke down the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/web-threats\/2020\/01\/6-ways-hackers-are-targeting-retail-businesses\/\" target=\"_blank\">top six ways that hackers target retail businesses<\/a>, and put a spotlight on the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/threat-spotlight\/2020\/01\/threat-spotlight-phobos-ransomware-lives-up-to-its-name\/\" target=\"_blank\">ransomware family Phobos<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>We also broke a major new story when we discovered that a government-subsidized mobile phone is <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/android\/2020\/01\/united-states-government-funded-phones-come-pre-installed-with-unremovable-malware\/\" target=\"_blank\">being shipped with pre-installed, unremovable malware<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Other cybersecurity news<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Hackers <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/5dmbjx\/how-hackers-are-breaking-into-att-tmobile-sprint-to-sim-swap-yeh\" target=\"_blank\">convinced telecommunications employees to run malicious software on their machines<\/a> that gave hackers the ability to take over customer cell phone numbers. (Source: Motherboard)<\/li>\n<li>Ring <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/threatpost.com\/four-ring-employees-fired-spying\/151689\/\" target=\"_blank\">fired four employees<\/a> who inappropriately accessed customers\u2019 videos. (Source: Threatpost)<\/li>\n<li>Cybersecurity researchers at Google <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hackread.com\/google-hackers-remote-exploit-hack-iphone\/\" target=\"_blank\">discovered a remote exploit to hack iPhones<\/a>. (Source: HackRead)<\/li>\n<li>A report by Society for Information Management found that, while IT executives are <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.darkreading.com\/cloud\/study-points-to-lax-focus-on-cybersecurity\/d\/d-id\/1336757\" target=\"_blank\">aware of cybersecurity concerns, they may not always know how to act<\/a>. (Source: Dark Reading)<\/li>\n<li>A ransomware attack on Pittsburg Unified School District in Pennsylvania led to a lack of Internet access for students, who were <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.infosecurity-magazine.com\/news\/cyberattack-pennsylvania-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\">forced to learn as they did \u201cback in the day,\u201d<\/a> one teacher wrote. (Source: Infosecurity)<\/li>\n<li>A secretive surveillance company that works with US law enforcement agencies <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/qjdp95\/this-secretive-surveillance-company-is-selling-cops-cameras-hidden-in-gravestones\" target=\"_blank\">marketed hidden cameras embedded inside gravestones, baby car seats, and vacuum cleaners<\/a>. (Source: Motherboard)<\/li>\n<li>A now-patched TikTok vulnerability <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hackread.com\/tiktok-vulnerability-hackers-send-sms-with-malware\/\" target=\"_blank\">allowed hackers to send malware through SMS<\/a>. (Source: HackRead)<\/li>\n<li>Gizmodo shared the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/the-weirdest-and-the-worst-of-ces-2020-1840949289\" target=\"_blank\">weirdest and worst moments of the Consumer Electronics Show<\/a> (CES) in Las Vegas. (Source: Gizmodo) <\/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\/01\/a-week-in-security-january-6-12\/\">A week in security (January 6 \u2013 12)<\/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\/01\/a-week-in-security-january-6-12\/\" target=\"bwo\" >https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/feed\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 16:29:59 +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\/01\/a-week-in-security-january-6-12\/' title='A week in security (January 6 \u2013 12)'><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 cybersecurity news roundup from January 6\u201312, with a look at Phobos ransomware and a discovery of pre-installed malware on government-funded phones.<\/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\/ces\/\" rel=\"tag\">CES<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/ces-2020\/\" rel=\"tag\">CES 2020<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/consumer-electronics-show\/\" rel=\"tag\">Consumer Electronics Show<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/education-cybersecurity\/\" rel=\"tag\">education cybersecurity<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/google\/\" rel=\"tag\">Google<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/phobos\/\" rel=\"tag\">Phobos<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/phobos-ransomware\/\" rel=\"tag\">Phobos ransomware<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/pre-installed-mobile-malware\/\" rel=\"tag\">pre-installed mobile malware<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/ransomware\/\" rel=\"tag\">ransomware<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/retail-industry\/\" rel=\"tag\">retail industry<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/ring\/\" rel=\"tag\">Ring<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/search-industry\/\" rel=\"tag\">search industry<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.malwarebytes.com\/tag\/tiktok\/\" rel=\"tag\">tiktok<\/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\/01\/a-week-in-security-january-6-12\/' title='A week in security (January 6 \u2013 12)'>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\/a-week-in-security\/2020\/01\/a-week-in-security-january-6-12\/\">A week in security (January 6 \u2013 12)<\/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":[12969,17152,23898,23899,22663,1670,22447,23892,23879,3765,18133,23437,23900,21168],"class_list":["post-17418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-malwarebytes","category-security","tag-a-week-in-security","tag-ces","tag-ces-2020","tag-consumer-electronics-show","tag-education-cybersecurity","tag-google","tag-phobos","tag-phobos-ransomware","tag-pre-installed-mobile-malware","tag-ransomware","tag-retail-industry","tag-ring","tag-search-industry","tag-tiktok"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17418","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=17418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17418\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}