Month: March 2019

Cybersecurity

Watering hole attacks
https://www.scmagazine.com/home/security-news/phishing/south-korean-websites-hit-with-rare-waterhole-phishing-scheme/

https://gizmodo.com/hud-charges-facebook-for-enabling-housing-discriminatio-1833632844

https://thehackernews.com/2019/03/apt33-cyber-espionage-hacking.html

https://www.zdnet.com/article/norsk-hydro-ransomware-incident-losses-reach-40-million-after-one-week/

https://thehackernews.com/2019/03/facebook-whitehat-setting-hackers.html

https://thehackernews.com/2019/03/asus-computer-hacking.html

Paper: Leaked authentication secrets rampant across GitHub

https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/toyota-customer-information-exposed-in-data-breach/d/d-id/1334291

Cryptocurrency

Bittrex-Backed Euro Stablecoin Can Be Staked for 8% Interest

https://www.coinbase.com/earn/stellar

Binance Tightens Compliance, Turning to IdentityMind for KYC

Amazon-Owned Twitch Removes Crypto Payments for Subscriptions

Crossover Story

https://www.zdnet.com/article/cryptocurrency-platforms-dragonex-and-coinbene-disclose-hacks/

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ybersecurity

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/03/21/researcher-finds-new-way-to-sniff-windows-bitlocker-encryption-keys/amp/

https://thehackernews.com/2019/03/libssh2-vulnerabilities.html

Cryptocurrency

IBM Signs 6 Banks to Issue Stablecoins and Use Stellar’s XLM Cryptocurrency

Facebook Seeks Counsel to Forge Blockchain Partnerships for New Products

Welcome to Athens: Tezos Completes ‘Historic’ First Blockchain Vote

The New York Times Is Planning to Experiment With Blockchain Publishing

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Cybersecurity

Google SIEM
https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/05/alphabet-chronicle-backstory-cybersecurity-moonshot/

Verifications.io breach: Database with 2 billion records leaked

https://www.zdnet.com/google-amp/article/georgia-county-pays-a-whopping-400000-to-get-rid-of-a-ransomware-infection/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/companies-are-leaking-sensitive-files-via-box-accounts/

Threatlist: IMAP-Based Attacks Compromising Accounts at ‘Unprecedented Scale’

https://thehackernews.com/2019/03/citrix-data-breach.html

Cryptocurrency

A Blockchain ETF Is Launching on the London Stock Exchange Today

Samsung Unveils Cryptocurrency Wallet, Dapps for Galaxy S10 Phone

Coinbase Completes First OTC Crypto Trade Directly From ‘Cold’ Storage

I Got the Mark of the Beast – And It Will Hold My Bitcoin

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Cyber:
https://www.zdnet.com/article/researchers-uncover-ring-of-github-accounts-promoting-300-backdoored-apps/

https://github.com/dfir-it/supreme-backdoor-factory/blob/master/github_repositories.txt

https://www.zdnet.com/article/googles-project-zero-discloses-zero-day-macos-vulnerability/

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/03/04/tiktok-to-pay-record-fine-for-collecting-childrens-data/amp/

Crypto:
https://www.databreachtoday.com/facebooks-cryptocoin-disguised-paypal-on-blockchain-a-12060?rf=2019-03-04_ENEWS_SUB_DBT__Slot1_ART12060

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Cyber:
https://www.zdnet.com/article/hackers-can-hijack-bare-metal-cloud-servers-by-corrupting-their-bmc-firmware/

https://thehackernews.com/2019/02/thunderbolt-peripheral-dma-attacks.html

Undisclosed number of TurboTax accounts breached

https://www.zdnet.com/article/it-took-hackers-only-three-days-to-start-exploiting-latest-drupal-bug/

Google Ditches Passwords in Latest Android Devices

Crypto:

Ethereum constantinople upgrade complete
https://ethereumworldnews.com/ethereums-constantinople-hard-fork-goes-live-today-the-road-to-eth-2-0-begins/

Online Loan Platform SoFi Will Offer Crypto Trading Through Coinbase

You Can Now Buy HTC’s Exodus Blockchain Phone Without Paying Crypto

Samsung Teases Early Blockchain Partners For Galaxy S10 Phone

Electroneum Launches $80 Smartphone That Rewards Users With Crypto

Coinbase Exchange Users Can Buy and Sell XRP Starting Today

Crossover Story:

Coinhive to Mine Its Last Monero in March

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