Security Affairs newsletter Round 186 – News of the week

Pierluigi Paganini October 28, 2018

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· DarkPulsar and other NSA hacking tools used in hacking operations in the wild

· Hackers breached into system that interacts with HealthCare.gov

· WizCase Report: Vulnerabilities found in WD My Book, NetGear Stora, SeaGate Home, Medion LifeCloud NAS

· FreeRTOS flaws expose millions of IoT devices to cyber attacks

· Israel Defense Forces were searching systems to spy on private social media messages

· MPlayer and VLC media player affected by critical flaw CVE-2018-4013

· NATO military command center should be fully operational in 2023

· Saudi Future Investment Initiative website defaced by the hackers

· For the first time Japanese commission ordered Facebook to improve security

· Message Decryption Key for Signal Desktop application stored in plain text

· The fix for the DOM-based XSS in Branch.io introduced a new XSS flaw

· The new Azorult 3.3 is available in the cybercrime underground market

· To Secure Medical Devices, the FDA Turns to Ethical Hackers

· Chalubo, a new IoT botnet emerges in the threat landscape

· Magecart hackers change tactic and target vulnerable Magento extensions

· Russian Government-owned research institute linked to Triton attacks

· SandboxEscaper expert is back and disclosed a new Windows Zero-Day

· Cathay Pacific data breach affecting 9.4 million passengers

· Experts discovered a severe command injection flaw in Cisco Webex Meetings Desktop

· Experts released a free Decryption Tool for GandCrab ransomware

· Google requires 2 years of Android security updates for popular devices

· UK ICO fines Facebook with maximum for Cambridge Analytica scandal

· British Airways: additional 185,000 passengers may have been affected

· CVE-2018-14665 privilege escalation flaw affects popular Linux distros

· A few dollars to bring down sites with new Bushido-based DDoS-for-hire service

· Experts presented BOTCHAIN, the first fully functional Botnet built upon the Bitcoin Protocol

· Apple and Samsung fined millions for “planned obsolescence” of old smartphones

· A few dollars to bring down sites with new Bushido-based DDoS-for-hire service

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 186 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived!

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An attacker using a $500 radio setup could potentially trigger train brake failures or derailments from a distance

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