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Monday review – the hot 22 stories of the week

maandag 9 december 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

Get up to date with the hot security stories from the past week - from fake Android apps to malware targeting Mac users.

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Mac users targetted by Lazarus ‘fileless’ Trojan

vrijdag 6 december 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

The Lazarus hacking group are trying to sneak a ‘fileless’ Trojan on to Apple computers, disguised as a fake cryptocurrency trading program.

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US parents file class action against TikTok over children’s privacy

vrijdag 6 december 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

Collecting children's data without their guardians' consent is illegal under COPPA and already earned TikTok a huge fine.

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Instagram trying to protect kids by getting dates of birth from new users

vrijdag 6 december 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

It's about showing age-appropriate content, it said. Though staying safe from child-privacy lawsuits doesn't hurt, either.

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OpenBSD devs patch authentication bypass bug

vrijdag 6 december 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

One of the internet's most popular free operating systems allowed attackers to bypass its authentication controls.

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Cookie-stealing malware wants to know your Facebook ad budget

donderdag 5 december 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

The AdKoob malware that sneakily peeks at how much you're spending on ads is back.

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S2 Ep19: One of us just prevented a ransomware attack – Naked Security Podcast

donderdag 5 december 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

Listen now!

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iCloud-hacking politician to be sentenced on Christmas eve

donderdag 5 december 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

Former Dutch city council member Mitchel van der K invaded hundreds of iCloud accounts “frequently and repeatedly”.

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Machine-raiding Python libraries squashed by community

donderdag 5 december 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

Python developers have once again fallen victim to malicious software libraries lurking in their favourite package manager.

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Critical DoS messaging flaw fixed in December Android update

donderdag 5 december 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

Android’s December 2019 updates arrived this week, patching a small list of system and Qualcomm flaws across the operating system’s two patch levels.

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Yodel parcel tracking app blabs about other people’s parcels

donderdag 5 december 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

Yodel's mobile parcel delivery app was leaking people's delivery data to others using the app, a security researcher discovered.

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IM RAT spy tool seller raided, busted, kicked offline

donderdag 5 december 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

The spyware gave complete control of victimized computers, sold for as little as$25, and was bought by 14,500 hackers worldwide.

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S2 Ep19: One of us just prevented a ransomware attack – Naked Security Podcast

donderdag 5 december 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

Listen now!

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Steam players – beware of fake skins as phishers try to hijack accounts

woensdag 4 december 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

Phishing scammers have once again targeted users of the popular Steam gaming service, it was revealed this week.

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Facebook made to ‘correct’ user’s post as Singapore flexes fake-news muscle

woensdag 4 december 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

"Facebook did a great job," said Alex Tan, who admitted that his story about a whistleblower's arrest was based on hearsay.

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Microsoft looks to Rust language to beat memory vulnerabilities

woensdag 4 december 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

Microsoft is pressing ahead with an ambitious plan to de-fang common vulnerabilities hiding in old Windows code with the help of Rust.

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FBI: Russia-based FaceApp is a ‘potential counterintelligence threat’

woensdag 4 december 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

It's a grabby little app, data-wise, but how is it different from, say, Google or Facebook?

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SMS company exposes millions of text messages, credentials online

dinsdag 3 december 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

Researchers at VpnMentor claim that the TrueDialog data leak exposure could have compromised tens of millions of people.

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Mixcloud user accounts up for sale on dark web

dinsdag 3 december 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

A hacker is ransoming account data stolen from music streaming service Mixcloud, according to reports.

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IM RAT spy tool seller raided, busted, kicked offline

dinsdag 3 december 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

The spyware gave complete control of victimized computers, sold for as little as$25, and was bought by 14,500 hackers worldwide.

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Ad fraud: Fake local news sites are rolling in the dough

dinsdag 3 december 2019 inSophos (Backup & Security)

"forbesbusinessinsider.com?" Names like that sound close enough to real news domains to pass, but bots are the only ones visiting.

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