InfoSec Week 52, 2018
Posted
The Chinese battery expert is charged with stealing trade secrets from US employer, as he prepared to return home. Forensics found deleted research materials not related to his contract on a USB voluntarily provided to a supervisor.
https://beta.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2179192/chinese-battery-expert-hongjin-tan-charged-stealing
The New York Times published an article about the insecurity of the mobile networks’ Signaling System 7 (SS7) and the unwillingness to address mobile network vulnerabilities in general.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/26/opinion/cellphones-security-spying.html
Iraq government took down unlicensed towers used for illegal internet bandwidth smuggling operation in the disputed province of Kirkuk.
http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/09d4b5aa-6638-42fe-bbb1-b2ef48b4401b
Indias’ Ministry of Home Affairs has issued a notification authorizing 10 agencies to tap, intercept and decrypt all personal data on computers and networks.
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1075954903279943681
Yet another article from NY Times, this time on how Facebook uses 7500 moderators around the world to keep content “normal”.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/27/world/facebook-moderators.html
Hackers are infecting Linux servers with JungleSec ransomware using IPMI remote console, manually running encryption program, then asking for ransom.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/junglesec-ransomware-infects-victims-through-ipmi-remote-consoles/
The beta version of the WireGuard next gen VPN for iOS was released into the App Store.
https://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/wireguard/2018-December/003694.html
Someone from the France uploaded a new sample of Shamoon wiper malware to VirusTotal. The sample is signed with Baidu digital certificate expired back in 2016.
https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/79248/malware/shamoon-3-france.html
The Wired magazine published a list of articles they have published on a security topic in 2018. Some of them are really good.
https://www.wired.com/gallery/the-most-read-security-stories-of-2018/
Amazon sends 1700 Alexa voice recordings to a random person.
https://threatpost.com/amazon-1700-alexa-voice-recordings/140201/