A week in Cybersecurity (October 1 – 7)

Top 10 this week in Malware:

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Malware name

1. Generic.Malware/Suspicious

2. Trojan.FakeMS

3. Backdoor.Vools

4. MachineLearning/Anomalous.100%

5. Trojan.BitCoinMiner

6. Worm.Autorun

7. RiskWare.BitCoinMiner

8. Trojan.Agent

9. Adware.Wajam

10. Trojan.Emotet

Cybersecurity news:

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• Google Chrome extension developers were the target of a phishing campaign going after their credentials. (Source: ZDNet)

• If you think you won’t fall for dubious links or email attachments, perhaps a real-life human on the phone—who speaks professionally, uses a trusted number, and assures you throughout the conversation that there’s nothing wrong—could. (Source: KrebsOnSecurity)

• The FBI and DHS warned the American public of the rise of Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) attacks. (Source: SC Magazine)

• Researchers discovered that password managers in Android can be tricked into entering true valid credentials into phishing apps. (Source: Help Net Security)

• Meet Torii, the new IoT botnet that puts the Mirai botnet to shame. (Source: Infosecurity Magazine)

• That’s novel: Seattle law enforcement encourages techies and streamers to sign up to their anti-swatting service. (Source: Ars Technica)

• Adobe patches more than 80 serious flaws in Acrobat and Reader. (Source: Sophos’s Naked Security Blog)

• Five out of six routers are found to have inadequate security updates. Yikes! (Source: ZDNet)

• Evil entrepreneurs in the hacking underground are using blockchain to improve their security posture. (Source: CSO)

• Hack the Marine Corps, a challenge to hack public-facing Marine Corps websites, uncovers 150 vulnerabilities. (Source: Fifth Domain)

Stay safe, everyone!