Author: Eric English

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

8 ways to harden Office 365 Environments

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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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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

Coinbase Exchange Users Can Now Withdraw Bitcoin Cash Fork BSV

Breaking: Major Crypto Brokerage Coinmama Hacked, 450,000 Users Affected in Massive Worldwide Breach

Ripple, Barclays Accelerator Back $1.7 Million Round for Remittance Firm

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

You Can Now Send Bitcoin Tips Over Lightning on Twitter

Coinbase Acquires Blockchain-Tracking Startup Neutrino for Undisclosed Price

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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

QuadrigaCX Lost Another $500K in Bitcoin By Mistake: EY Report

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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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Cyber:
https://www.zdnet.com/article/concerns-raised-about-wordpress-new-white-screen-of-death-protection-feature/
https://threatpost.com/threatlist-credential-sniffing-phishing-attacks-erupted-in-2018/141149/
https://www.scmagazine.com/home/security-news/government-and-defense/dhs-issues-emergency-directive-to-protect-federal-domains-from-dns-hijacking-campaign/
https://www.hackread.com/hacker-show-how-to-remotely-jailbreak-iphone-x/
https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/23/financial-files/

Crypto:
https://www.coindesk.com/ing-bank-r3-ink-deal-for-unlimited-corda-blockchain-deployment
https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoins-proof-of-work-algorithm-needs-replacing-argues-bis-study
https://www.coindesk.com/overstocks-tzero-token-platform-has-officially-opened-for-trading?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=coindesk&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=Organic%20
https://www.coindesk.com/tron-ceo-justin-sun-wants-to-hire-you-to-organize-his-house?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=coindesk&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=Organic%20
https://www.coindesk.com/coinbase-integrates-turbotax-to-help-us-clients-file-crypto-taxes
https://www.coindesk.com/pennsylvania-rules-that-crypto-exchanges-are-not-money-transmitters

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Cyber:
https://www.cnet.com/news/massive-breach-leaks-773-million-emails-21-million-passwords/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0b&linkId=62487041
https://thehackernews.com/2019/01/magecart-hacking-credit-cards.html
https://thehackernews.com/2019/01/oklahoma-fbi-data-leak.html
https://thehackernews.com/2019/01/airlines-flight-hacking.html
https://thehackernews.com/2019/01/twitter-privacy-settings.html?m=1

Crypto:
https://www.coindesk.com/coinbase-acquires-andreessen-horowitz-backed-startup-blockspring
https://www.coindesk.com/quadrigacx-crypto-exchange-users-say-they-still-cant-get-their-money-out
https://www.coindesk.com/grin-launch-crypto-interest-from-deep-pocketed-investors

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Cyber:

Amazon’s Ring allegedly let employees access customer video feeds

https://www.zdnet.com/google-amp/article/liberian-isp-sues-rival-for-hiring-hacker-to-attack-its-network/

Data Exposed in OXO, Amazon and MongoDB Leaks

Crypto:
https://www.zdnet.com/google-amp/article/51-percent-ethereum-hacker-returns-100000-in-stolen-cryptocurrency/

Adoption of Blockchain to Secure IoT Doubled in 2018, Says Gemalto

Crossover stories:

https://www.zdnet.com/google-amp/article/cryptocurrency-mining-malware-is-number-one-malware-menace-again/

https://learn-umbrella.cisco.com/webcasts/an-analysis-of-cyprotmining-and-cryptojacking?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social-paid&utm_campaign=fy2019-q2-1218-webinar-an-analysis-cryptomining-cryptojacking&utm_term=pgm-short-cta

New Zealand Crypto Exchange Cryptopia Goes Offline Citing Hack

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