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22 November 2016 Daily Cyber Situation Awareness

HEADLINES

Leaks discovered containing info from State Farm, U.S. military, others
Watch out, Locky ransomware spread via SVG images on Facebook Messenger
Irish eyes are crying: Tens of thousands of broadband modems wide open to hijacking
Office 365 Flaw Made Fake Microsoft Emails Look Legitimate

Attacks

**Ask.com infected toolbar** gets stopped in its tracks before it gets started
Hackers target **ATM**s across Europe as cyber threat grows
(**Database Breaches**) Leaks discovered containing info from **State Farm**, **U.S. military**, others
(**Facebook**) Top Story: Watch out! Facebook spreading ransomware!
Watch out, Locky ransomware spread via SVG images on Facebook Messenger
(**UK**) Three mobile data breach: Company confirms data from 133,827 accounts could have been accessed
(Warning) Catastrophic botnet to smash social media networks in 2017

MALWARE

**Crysis** Averted: Eset Releases Free Ransomware Decryptor

ATTACKERS

(**Alin Carabus**) Romanian man admits to role in $5M ATM skimming operation
(**EU) 178** arrested in pan-European money mule crackdown

VULNERABILITIES

(**Ireland**) Irish eyes are crying: Tens of thousands of broadband modems wide open to hijacking
**Netis Router** Backdoor Update
**Office 365** Flaw Made Fake Microsoft Emails Look Legitimate

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GENERAL

Your Cellphone Number Might be as Important to Hackers as Your Social Security Number, Expert Says
Customer data breaches continue to demonstrate that companies are still not treating cyber risk like every other business risk, says Adrian Davis of (ISC)2
Dinosaur Dad – How Uninformed Family Members Can Put Your Home Network at Risk (**NZ**) Free ‘cyber hugs’ for all is the plan at New Zealand’s first CERT

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