Situation Awareness 06.06.16
Tends
Valentine’s Day Inspires DDoS Attacks Against Online Florists
http://www.darkreading.com/endpoint/valentines-day-inspires-ddos-attacks-against- online-florists-/d/d-id/1324312
Love Hurts - Attackers Aim For Would-Be Valentines
- See more at: https://www.proofpoint.com/us/threat-insight/post/Love-Hurts- Attackers-Aim-For-Would-Be-Valentines#sthash.xcR3CrTc.dpuf
Security Alert: Mazar BOT Spotted in Active Attacks – the Android Malware That Can Erase Your Phone https://heimdalsecurity.com/blog/security-alert-mazar-bot-active-attacks- android-malware/? utm_source=Heimdal+Security+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=ec4f192b5a- RSS_Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_31fbbb3dbf-ec4f192b5a- 196324745&goal=0_31fbbb3dbf-ec4f192b5a-196324745
Skype users hit by ads spreading malicious Angler exploit kit
https://www.grahamcluley.com/2016/02/skype-ads-angler-exploit-kit/? utm_source=Cluley&utm_campaign=545a08d830- Graham_Cluley&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8106850f4a-545a08d830- 62430429
Hollywood hospital becomes ransomware victim
http://www.zdnet.com/article/hollywood-hospital-becomes-ransomware- victim/#ftag=RSSbaffb68
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US hospital hit with ’random’ ransomware attack http://www.welivesecurity.com/2016/02/15/us-hospital-hit-random- ransomware-attack/? utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eset %2Fblog+%28ESET+Blog%3A+We+Live+Security%29
Malware
PadCrypt Ransomware Provides Victims with Live Support
http://news.softpedia.com/news/padcrypt-ransomware-provides-victims-with-live- support-500407.shtml
Cyber-Warfare
Gen. Michael Hayden Gives an Update on the Cyberwar
http://www.wsj.com/articles/gen-michael-hayden-gives-an-update-on-the-cyberwar- 1455076153
Attackers
Know your enemy: The most popular hacking methods
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2016/02/12/know-your-enemy-the-most-popular- hacking-methods/
Hiding in Plain Sight - Obfuscation Techniques in Phishing Attacks
• Seemoreat:https://www.proofpoint.com/us/threat- insight/post/Obfuscation-Techniques-In-Phishing- Attacks#sthash.ZfEH5zFv.dpuf
UK Police Arrest Suspect Over CIA Director’s Email Hack
http://www.databreachtoday.com/uk-police-arrest-suspect-over-cia-directors- email-hack-a-8867
Patches
VMware re-issues patch after vCenter fix fails to ‘completely’ fix bug
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/14/vmware_re_issues_patch/
General
VMware re-issues patch after vCenter fix fails to ‘completely’ fix bug
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/14/vmware_re_issues_patch-usless-cybersecurity-products
CryptoBin Down Amid Claims Hacker Posted Details of 20,000 FBI Employees
http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/security-data-protection/38340/? utm_source=Cluley&utm_campaign=545a08d830- Graham_Cluley&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8106850f4a-545a08d830- 62430429
Explained: Doxing
https://blog.malwarebytes.org/online-security/2016/02/explained-doxing/
How to Avoid Potentially Unwanted Programs
https://blog.malwarebytes.org/online-security/2016/02/how-to-avoid- potentially-unwanted-programs/
GeoPolitical
(US) Lawmakers unnerved by reports of new cyber breaches
http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/269200-lawmakers-unnerved-by-reports-of- new-cyber-breaches
Cybersecurity Threats to Medical Devices are a Growing Concern
http://www.legalreader.com/cybersecurity-threats-to-medical-devices-are-a- growing-concern/
Big Data Analysis Makes Breaches a Greater Threat to Cyber-Security
http://www.eweek.com/security/big-data-analysis-makes-breaches-a-greater- threat-to-cyber-security.html
US intelligence chief: the Internet of Things will be used to spy and hack
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