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BlackRouter Ransomware Promoted as a RaaS by Iranian Developer

A ransomware called BlackRouter has been discovered being promoted as a Ransomware-as-a-Service on Telegram by an Iranian developer. This same actor previousl distributed another ransomware called Blackheart and promotes other infections such as a RAT. […]

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Author: Lawrence Abrams

January 18, 2019

Security,

Twitter Fixes Four Year Old Bug in Android App Exposing Private Tweets

Twitter announced today that an issue in its app for Android exposed some users’ protected tweets for over four years, if they made certain changes to their account settings. […]

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Author: Ionut Ilascu

January 18, 2019

Security,

Data Breach Collection with 773 Million Email Entries Leaked Online

A giant 87 gigabyte archive consisting of 773 million unique email addresses and their associated cracked, or dehashed, passwords has been spotted being promoted on an online hacking forum. This file is being called “Collection #1” and was designed to easily be used in credential stuffing attacks. […]

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Author: Lawrence Abrams

January 18, 2019

Security,

ES File Explorer Flaws Put 100 Million Users’ Data at Risk, Fix Promised

ES File Explorer users now have to wait to see what issue will be fixed in the next update: the always-on web server giving access to all their files to anyone on the same Wi-Fi network or the MitM attack vulnerability […]

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Author: Sergiu Gatlan

January 18, 2019

Security,

How the Feds Failed to Track Thousands of Separated Children

Ad-hoc systems and haphazard databases made the Trump administration’s cruel border separation policies somehow even worse.

This post appeared first on WIRED Security
Author: Issie Lapowsky

January 18, 2019

Security,

Android Apps Steal Banking Info, Use Motion Sensor to Evade Detection

Two Android apps infected with a banking malware dropper were found on the Google Play Store, already having been installed on thousands of Android devices and sporting dozens of fake five-star ratings. […]

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Author: Sergiu Gatlan

January 18, 2019

Security,

Fake GPS Apps with 50M Installs Just Show Ads and Run Google Maps

19 Android apps with over 50 million installs were found on the Google Play store that state that they are full featured GPS apps, but instead simply show an advertisement and then show Google Maps. […]

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Author: Lawrence Abrams

January 17, 2019

Security,

Rocke’s Cryptominers Kills Competition, Uninstall Cloud Security Products

Analysis of new malware samples used by the Rocke group for cryptojacking reveals code that uninstalls from Linux servers multiple cloud security and monitoring products developed by Tencent Cloud and Alibaba Cloud […]

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Author: Ionut Ilascu

January 17, 2019

Security,

Flaw in Telegram Reveals Awful OpSec from Malware Author

A weakness in the protection of messages delivered using the Telegram Bot API gave researchers access to the communication flow between a piece of malware and its operator. […]

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Author: Ionut Ilascu

January 17, 2019

Security,

Be Careful Using Bots on Telegram

Introducing a bot to a secure Telegram conversation downgrades the level of encryption—without providing any visual cues.

This post appeared first on WIRED Security
Author: Lily Hay Newman

January 17, 2019

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