Caution in the Play store. EU power consortium’s business systems hacked. Cablegate--a look back. Schulte trial ends in minor convictions, but a hung jury on major counts. The cyber underworld.

Caution in the Play store. EU power consortium’s business systems hacked. Cablegate--a look back. Schulte trial ends in minor convictions, but a hung jury on major counts. The cyber underworld.: Google removes from the Play store an app nominally designed to track COVID-19 infections. An EU power distribution consortium says its business systems were hacked. An assessment of Cablegate has been declassified. Ex-CIA employee Schulte’s trial... by CyberWire Daily

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Cryptojackers gone wild. Attempted hack of Australia’s Parliament investigated. Huawei security concerns continue. Russia tests Internet autarky. Prosecutors investigate alleged blackmail.: Cryptojackers gone wild. Attempted hack of Australia’s Parliament investigated. Huawei security concerns continue. Russia tests Internet autarky. Prosecutors investigate alleged blackmail. by CyberWire Daily

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5G worries. Whitefly vs. SingHealth. Speculative execution bug.: 5G worries. Whitefly vs. SingHealth. Speculative execution bug. by CyberWire Daily

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Supply chain attack warning. CFAA clarified. COVID-19 and its economic squalls.: FBI warns of another supply chain attack, this one distributing the Kwampirs RAT. More exposed databases found. The US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act gets some clarification from a Federal Court. Security and networking companies are weathering the... by CyberWire Daily

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Chinese cyber espionage in Malaysia and Japan. Android Bluetooth bug. Google expels suspect apps from the Play store. More Iowa caucus finger-pointing. US preps indictments of Chinese nationals.: Chinese espionage groups target Malaysian officials, and two more Japanese defense contractors say they were breached, also by China. Google patches Android problems, including an unusual Bluetooth bug. Google also expels apps that wanted unreasonable... by CyberWire Daily

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#2236 Sepsis / ShotSpotter / Cleerly / UpCity / Israel by AI News

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Spearphishing the UN and NGOs. Clickware kicked out of app stores. ICS security notes. Close-reading the Turla false-flag reports. A good use for the dark web. Senators call for investigations.: Spearphishing the UN and NGOs. Clickware kicked out of app stores. ICS security notes. Close-reading the Turla false-flag reports. A good use for the dark web. Senators call for investigations. by CyberWire Daily

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COVID-19 updates: crime, propaganda, and craziness. (Also telework.) BGP hijacking. DarkHotel sighting. Apps behaving badly. And a risk of sim-swapping.: The COVID-19 pandemic continues to drive a spike in cybercrime. It’s also been the occasion for various state-operated disinformation campaigns, and for some surprisingly widespread popular delusions. Zoom’s acknowledgement that some traffic was... by CyberWire Daily

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ANSSI considering retaliation for ransomware attack. MixCloud breached. Imminent Monitor shut down.: ANSSI considering retaliation for ransomware attack. MixCloud breached. Imminent Monitor shut down. by CyberWire Daily

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This Woodcutter’s no Railsplitter. Operation Dream Job. COVID-19 phishing.: NSA and FBI release a detailed report on a GRU toolset. North Korea’s Operation Dream Job phishes in Israeli waters. CISA warns of COVID-19 loan relief scams. Malek Ben Salem from Accenture with highlights from their 2020 Security Vision report. Our... by CyberWire Daily

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Bear hunt in the Bundestag. Kaiji botnet described. Cryptojacking. Joint US-UK warning against attacks on COVID-19 response. Contact tracing. Puppy scams.: A pretty Fancy Bear hunt in Germany. A new IoT botnet surfaces. Cryptojackers exploit a Salt bug. Bribing an insider as a way to get personal data. The UK’s NCSC and the US CISA issue a joint warning about campaigns directed against institutions... by CyberWire Daily

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Shamoon and Greenbug. HummingWhale purged from Play Store. Apple patches across its product line. Leadership changes at CIA, GCHQ. Lloyds Bank incident update. Honor among thieves? Nope.: Shamoon and Greenbug. HummingWhale purged from Play Store. Apple patches across its product line. Leadership changes at CIA, GCHQ. Lloyds Bank incident update. Honor among thieves? Nope. by CyberWire Daily

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Election phishing, without hook, but with line and sinker? Data breaches, and the importance of prompt disclosure. Misplaced hacktivist sympathy. by CyberWire Daily

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US indicts Iranian hackers. Guccifer 2.0 is a GRU Bear. Atlanta hit with ransomware. Equifax breach cost consumers plenty. Facebook's troubles persist, as do Cambridge Analytica's.: US indicts Iranian hackers. Guccifer 2.0 is a GRU Bear. Atlanta hit with ransomware. Equifax breach cost consumers plenty. Facebook's troubles persist, as do Cambridge Analytica's. by CyberWire Daily

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Twitter takes down verified accounts after major hack (most service now restored). Russian influence operations. Cozy Bear’s biomedical intelligence collection. Spearphishing in Hong Kong.: Twitter sustained a major incident in which celebrity accounts were hijacked yesterday. It seems to have been a social engineering caper, but it’s motivation, nominally financial, remains unclear. British authorities call out Russia for an influence... by CyberWire Daily

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Vault 7, again, as Beijing names and shames. Schulte case goes to jury. Maersk to cut incident response jobs. The Cyberspace Solarium’s election security preview. Advice for intel collection.: Chinese security firm calls out the US CIA for Vault 7 campaigns against civil aviation. Meanwhile, the jury’s out in the Joshua Shulte Vault 7 case. Incident responders in the UK may be reentering the labor market. US agencies issue a joint warning... by CyberWire Daily

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GandCrab notes. Make tests, not bans, says GSMA. Content moderation. Takedown of inauthentic accounts. Influence operations. Happy birthday, GCHQ.: GandCrab notes. Make tests, not bans, says GSMA. Content moderation. Takedown of inauthentic accounts. Influence operations. Happy birthday, GCHQ. by CyberWire Daily

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An espionage campaign succeeds without zero-days. Spam serves up old Office exploit. Disinformation makes it into YouTube. The Huawei Affair. Raytheon to be acquired.: An espionage campaign succeeds without zero-days. Spam serves up old Office exploit. Disinformation makes it into YouTube. The Huawei Affair. Raytheon to be acquired. by CyberWire Daily

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Huawei gets a RICO prosecution. Details on DPRK Hidden Cobra Trojans. Google takes down Chrome malvertising network. Run DNC. Hacker madness. Happy St. Valentine’s Day.: The US indicts Huawei for racketeering. The FBI and CISA release details on malware used by North Korea’s Hidden Cobra. Iran attributes last week’s DDoS attack to the US. Google takes down a big malvertising and click-fraud network that exploited... by CyberWire Daily

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COVID-19 relief. Data exposure at the SBA. Ransomware gangland. The CTL-League’s volunteer defenders. Active measures, disinformation, and cyber deterrence.: The US Senate authorizes more COVID-19 small business relief. A data exposure at the US Small Business Administration. The CTL-League looks like a model for cyber volunteer organizations. The US Senate reports its evaluation of the Intelligence... by CyberWire Daily

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A quick look at Big Tech’s antitrust testimony. BootHole may be tough to patch. Fake COVID contact tracers. Netwalker warning. And Chinese espionage against the Vatican and the United Kingdom.: Yesterday’s antitrust hearings in the US House of Representatives focus on Big Tech’s big data as something open to use in restraint of trade. And there are questions about community standards as well. The BootHole vulnerability may not represent... by CyberWire Daily

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France’s ANSII warns of a longrunning Sandworm campaign. DPRK tried to steal COVID-19 vaccine data. Supermicro is exasperated. Static Kitten phishes in the UAE by CyberWire Daily

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A state of emergency over bulk power in the States. Beijing’s disinformation about COVID-19, and its motivation for a coverup. Hacking biomedical research. Curious Xiaomi phones.: A US Executive Order on Securing the United States Bulk-Power System declares a state of emergency in electricity generation and distribution. China’s disinformation about COVID-19 may have begun in the earliest stages of the pandemic. Someone’s... by CyberWire Daily

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Voting machine woes. Router exploits trouble Brazil, Bitpoint alt-coin exchange investigates theft. Facebook fined $5 billion. Power failures probably unrelated to cyberattacks. Amazon Prime phishing.: Voting machine woes. Router exploits trouble Brazil, Bitpoint alt-coin exchange investigates theft. Facebook fined $5 billion. Power failures probably unrelated to cyberattacks. Amazon Prime phishing. by CyberWire Daily

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Contact Tracing: There's An App For That by What A Day

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App developers had access to more Facebook Group data than intended. Election security and disinformation. DarkUniverse described. Millions lost to business email compromise.: App developers had access to more Facebook Group data than intended. Election security and disinformation. DarkUniverse described. Millions lost to business email compromise. by CyberWire Daily

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Risky Business #735 -- AnyDesk fails the transparency test: PLUS: CISA's executive assistant director for cybersecurity drops by... by Risky Business

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Evolution of criminal scams (especially BEC). Law enforcement honeypots. ChatGPT data leak. Hybrid war updates. by CyberWire Daily

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International cyber conflict: India and Pakistan; Australia and China. Rietspoof malware. Microsoft ejects cyptojackers from its store. NCSC may go easy on Huawei. Parliament criticizes Facebook.: International cyber conflict: India and Pakistan; Australia and China. Rietspoof malware. Microsoft ejects cyptojackers from its store. NCSC may go easy on Huawei. Parliament criticizes Facebook. by CyberWire Daily

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US DHS Secretary Nielsen resigns. Credential stuffing campaigns. Cryptojacking disrupts a business. A duty of care, online. Tax season scams.: US DHS Secretary Nielsen resigns. Credential stuffing campaigns. Cryptojacking disrupts a business. A duty of care, online. Tax season scams. by CyberWire Daily

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