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Google Play Store’s Malware Problem, and More Security News This Week
Plus, Russia cracks down on VPNs, Microsoft cracks down on Iranian hackers, and more of the week's top security news...
New Gustuff Android malware targets cryptocurrency & messaging apps
By Waqas Gustuff Android malware from Russia with love. Group-IB, a cybersecurity firm, has discovered a new breed of Trojan horse malware called Gustuff, which specifically targets Android phones to steal banking credentials and digital assets of users. The malware targets customers of...
Mueller Report Says No Collusion, Barr Raises a Million Questions
In a convoluted letter to Congress, Attorney General William Barr summarized Robert Mueller's report on the Russia investigation and said he won't charge President Trump with obstruction...
Russia Is Testing Online Voting
This is a bad idea: A second innovation will allow "electronic absentee voting" within voters' home precincts. In other words, Russia is set to introduce its first online voting system. The system will be tested in a Moscow neighborhood that will elect a single member to the capital's city counci...
1C-Bitrix Site Management Russia 2.0 Open Redirection
Exploit Title : 1C-Bitrix Site Management Russia 2.0 Open Redirection Author Discovered By : KingSkrupellos Team : Cyberizm Digital Security Army Date : 05/03/2019 Vendor Homepages : 1c-bitrix.ru bitrix24.com Software Information Link : 1c-bitrix.ru/support/...
XenForo 1.5.x Open Redirection
Exploit Title : XenForo 1.5.x XF-Russia Open Redirection Author Discovered By : KingSkrupellos Team : Cyberizm Digital Security Army Date : 02/03/2019 Vendor Homepage : xf-russia.ru Software Information Link : xf-russia.ru/xenforo/changelog.html xf-russia.ru/xenforo/russian-language.html...
Michael Cohen's House Testimony: 5 Key Takeaways from the Prepared Statement
Michael Cohen's testimony before the House Oversight committee tells a new story about Trump and Russia...
Gen. Nakasone on US Cyber Command
Really interesting article by and interview with Paul M. Nakasone Commander of US Cyber Command, Director of the National Security Agency, and Chief of the Central Security Service in the current issue of Joint Forces Quarterly. He talks about the evolving role of US Cyber Command, and its new...
Microsoft: Russia's Fancy Bear Working to Influence EU Elections
As the May elections for European Parliament loom, Russia-linked APT groups are amping up their efforts to target journalists, think-tanks, non-governmental organizations and other members of civil society, according to Microsoft. The tech giant said on Tuesday that it has observed a recent serie...
Russian Hackers Go From Foothold to Full-On Breach in 19 Minutes
A new ranking of nation-state hacker speed puts Russia on top by a span of hours...
Cyber Security Week in Review (Feb. 15, 2019)
Welcome to this week's Cyber Security Week in Review, where Cisco Talos runs down all of the news we think you need to know in the security world. For more news delivered to your inbox every week, sign up for our Threat Source newsletter here. Top headlines this week Email provider VFEmail says i...
What Happens If Russia Cuts Itself Off From the Internet
State media has reported that Russia will attempt to disconnect from the global internet this spring. That's going to be tricky...
Russian to shut down Internet to test its cyber deterrence
By Carolina To test the security of its data, Russia is considering disconnecting its Internet service for a short period of time. The test will affect all the data sent by Russian citizens or organizations as Internet access would be limited only within the national territory, meaning that they...
U.S. Senators Urge VPN Ban for Federal Workers Over Spying
UPDATE Two U.S. senators are taking bipartisan aim at foreign-owned virtual private networks VPNs, which they say are often headquartered “in countries that do not share American interests or values” – specifically, China and Russia. Sens. Ron Wyden D-Ore. and Marco Rubio R-Fla. have signed a joi...
Bomb Threat, Sextortion Spammers Abused Weakness at GoDaddy.com
Two of the most disruptive and widely-received spam email campaigns over the past few months -- including an ongoing sextortion email scam and a bomb threat hoax that shut down dozens of schools, businesses and government buildings late last year -- were made possible thanks to an authentication...
Alleged Russian Hacker Pleads Not Guilty After Extradition to United States
A Russian hacker indicted by a United States court for his involvement in online ad fraud schemes that defrauded multiple American companies out of tens of millions of dollars pleaded not guilty on Friday in a courtroom in Brooklyn, New York. Aleksandr Zhukov , 38, was arrested in November last...
DNC Accuses Russia, ACLU Sues ICE, and More Security News This Week
Trump dominated security headlines this week, but there's plenty of other news to catch up on...
Ryuk Hauls in $3.7M in 'Earnings,' Adds TrickBot to the Attack Mix
The Ryuk ransomware has raked in $3.7 million in bitcoin payments since it first appeared last August, researchers say – and has emerged as the calling card for a crime organization called Grim Spider a.k.a. MixMaster. It turns out that Grim Spider could share a link with other crime syndicates,...