Situation Awareness 06.06.16
Trends
UK businesses battling huge rise in cybercrime, report says
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/25/cybercrime-uk-businesses-battling-huge-rise-silver-fraudsters
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Cyber-crime set to hit most British companies in the next two years
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/02/24/cyber-crime-set-to-hit-most-british-companies-in-the-next-two-ye/
Attacks
Patient monitors altered, drug dispensary popped in collosal hospital hack
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/25/patient_monitors_altered_drug_dispensary_popped_in_collosal_hospital_hack/
New World Hackers threaten to knock Xbox Live ‘off the face of the earth’ after outages
http://www.scmagazine.com/new-world-hackers-says-xbox-live-outages-caused-to-protest-lack-of-corporate-investment-in-cybersecurity/article/478994/
Malware
Exploit for Recently Patched Silverlight Flaw Added to Angler
http://www.securityweek.com/exploit-recently-patched-silverlight-flaw-added-angler
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Angler Exploit Kit updated to target PCs and Macs with Silverlight attack
http://www.hotforsecurity.com/blog/angler-exploit-kit-updated-to-target-pcs-and-macs-with-silverlight-attack-13449.html
Attackers
Cybercriminals View People as the Best Exploit: Report
http://www.securityweek.com/cybercriminals-view-people-best-exploit-report
The Week In Justice: 3 Confessions, 2 Convictions & 2 Years For Two Hackers
http://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/the-week-in-justice-3-confessions-2-convictions-and-2-years-for-two-hackers/d/d-id/1324430
IT boss gets 30 months of porridge for trashing ex-employer’s servers
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/24/it_manager_goes_to_jail/
Vulnerabilities
ASUS Settles FTC Charges That Insecure Home Routers and “Cloud” Services Put
Consumers’ Privacy At Risk
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2016/02/asus-settles-ftc-charges-insecure-home-routers-cloud-services-put
Lousy Nissan LEAF security leaves cars open to online exploitation
https://www.grahamcluley.com/2016/02/lousy-nissan-leaf-security-leaves-cars-open-online-exploitation/
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Hackers can easily drain the battery on the world’s most popular electric car
http://uk.businessinsider.com/nissan-leaf-hack-app-flaw-2016-2?utm_source=feedburner&%3Butm_medium=referral&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+businessinsider+%28Business+Insider%29?r=US&IR=T
Palo Alto reveals critical bugs and March 16th patch deadline
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/25/palo_alto_reveals_critical_bugs_and_march_16th_patch_deadline/
General
PRIVATE INDUSTRY TAKES ACTION AGAINST GLOBAL CYBER THREATS
https://www.operationblockbuster.com/
Data Security – The Trends We Do Not See Coming
https://www.cybersecurityintelligence.com/blog/data-security-the-trends-we-do-not-see-coming-1054.html
CIOs admit they are blind to cyber threats despite security spend
http://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500273758/CIOs-admit-they-are-blind-to-cyber-threats-despite-security-spend
Study Finds Majority of U.S. Companies Unprepared for Cyber Attacks
http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2016/02/25/study-finds-majority-of-u-s-companies-unprepared-for-cyber-attack/
GeoPol
(China) China deploys fighter jets to contested island in S. China Sea
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/02/24/china-deploys-fighter-jets-to-contested-island-in-s-china-sea/
(Australia) Defence white paper lands: Cyber-threat is huge, spend is small
http://ghanafeatured.blogspot.ca/2016/02/defence-white-paper-lands-cyber-threat.html
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