Month: February 2019

Cybersecurity
Company sued employee for phishing email
https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-47135686

https://www.zdnet.com/article/127-million-user-records-from-8-companies-put-up-for-sale-on-the-dark-web/

https://thehackernews.com/2019/02/hack-facebook-account-password.html

https://www.databreachtoday.com/facebooks-leaky-data-bucket-app-stored-user-data-online-a-12026

https://thehackernews.com/2019/02/data-breach-sale-darkweb.html

https://www.zdnet.com/google-amp/article/this-malware-turns-atm-hijacking-into-slot-machine-games/

Cryptocurrency
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/13/jp-morgan-is-rolling-out-the-first-us-bank-backed-cryptocurrency-to-transform-payments–.html

https://blog.coinbase.com/electrohunt-part-1-hunting-for-the-phishing-campaigns-on-the-electrum-network-b10529162e63

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Cybersecurity:
Escape linux containers and gain root access.
https://thehackernews.com/2019/02/linux-container-runc-docker.html

McDonald’s hack
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/02/11/mcdonalds-app-users-hatin-it-after-losing-hundreds-to-thieves/

Mac malware
https://thehackernews.com/2019/02/macos-windows-exe-malware.html

Pen test Swiss voting systems
https://www.zdnet.com/google-amp/article/swiss-government-invites-hackers-to-pen-test-its-e-voting-system

Linux dirty socks vulnerability
https://www.zdnet.com/article/dirty-sock-vulnerability-lets-attackers-gain-root-access-on-linux-systems/

Cryptocurrency:
Binance decentralized exchange launch
https://www.coindesk.com/binances-decentralized-exchange-is-about-to-launch-for-public-testing

Oracle blockchain applications
https://www.coindesk.com/oracles-first-dozen-cloud-blockchain-applications-are-now-live

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Cyber:
Discuss remote desktop flaws and vulnerabilities and how to protect your systems.
https://thehackernews.com/2019/02/google-password-checkup-breaches.html?m=1
https://thehackernews.com/2019/02/remote-desktop-hacking.html
https://www.zdnet.com/google-amp/article/security-researchers-discover-new-linux-backdoor-named-speakup
https://threatpost.com/collection-1-data-dump-hacker-identified/141447/

Crypto:
Offline wallets? Are they really offline?
https://www.coindesk.com/winklevoss-crypto-gemini-gusd-stablecoin-redemption
https://www.coindesk.com/judge-moves-to-block-potential-lawsuits-against-quadrigacx-exchange
https://www.coindesk.com/zcash-team-reveals-it-fixed-a-catastrophic-coin-counterfeiting-bug
https://www.coindesk.com/google-ethereum-classic
https://www.coindesk.com/bittorrent-token-is-already-nearly-6-times-its-ico-price

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Cyber:
https://www.scmagazine.com/home/security-news/data-breach/discover-financial-services-notifies-customers-of-data-breach-incident/
https://www.zdnet.com/google-amp/article/microsoft-exchange-vulnerable-to-privexchange-zero-day/
https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/29/facebook-project-atlas/
https://www.zdnet.com/google-amp/article/authorities-shut-down-xdedic-marketplace-for-buying-hacked-servers/
https://www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/uae-karma-hack-tool-spied-on-iphones-just-by-sending-a-text-report-says/
https://amp.businessinsider.com/facebook-chaos-after-apple-blocks-internal-iphone-apps-report-2019-1
https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-chrome-to-get-warnings-for-lookalike-urls/
https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-shuts-down-iphone-data-gathering-app-this-was-a-mistake-and-we-apologize/

Crypto:
https://www.coindesk.com/binance-users-can-now-pay-for-crypto-with-credit-cards

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