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Chinese DDoS, Cyber Sanctions, and Dyre Wolf – WSWiR Episode 146

April 3, 2015 By Corey Nachreiner

I can barely keep up with my daily work tasks and home errands; How do you expect me to know the latest information security news?

Does that sound like you? If so, this security video was designed to help. I cover an important security story every day, and then summarize them all in this quick weekly video. Check it out to keep informed.

Today’s episodes has stories about nation-state sponsored DDoS attacks, President Obama’s latest cyber security executive order, a banking trojan that relies on a phone scam, and much more. Watch the video, and check out the references for more detail.

(Episode Runtime: 12:11)

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLUAUTvSNoQ

EPISODE REFERENCES:

  • Monday: Hackers Pilfer Air Miles – Daily Security Byte EP.55
    • BBC article on unauthorized British Airway account activity – BBC
    • BA admits frequent flyer account hacks – V3.co.uk
    • Users point out account issues on Flyertalk forums – FlyerTalk
    • British Airway’s FAQ on the incident – British Airways
  • Tuesday: Chinese GitHub DDoS – Daily Security Byte EP.56
    • WSJ says attack comes from China due to anti-censorship tools – WSJ
    • GitHub DDoS attack continues to evolve over four days – Motherboard
    • GreatFire accuses Cyber Administration of China (CAC) for DDoS – Greatfire.org
    • China responds to accusations – ZDNet
    • Technical details around Biadu/Github hack – Netresec
    • Github survives five days of DDoS – The Next Web
  • Wednesday: Obama Orders Cyber Sanctions – Daily Security Byte EP.57
    • White House cyber attack executive order  – Whitehouse.gov
    • White House’s FAQ on today’s executive order – Whitehouse.gov
    • Article on President’s cyber executive order – Engadget
    • Hacking is a national emergency – Motherboard
  • Thursday: Google vs. CNNIC – Daily Security Byte EP.58
    • Blog post on unauthorized Google certificates and CNNIC involvement  – Google
    • Article about Google removing CNNIC CA from Chrome – The Verge
  • Friday: The Dyre Wolf Bites – Daily Security Byte EP.59
    • IBM details the Dyre Wolf banking attack campaign – Security Intelligence
    • Original post on the Dyre banking trojan – Security Intelligence
    • Dyre Wolf attackers still over $1M from businesses – NBC News

EXTRAS:

  • DDoS against Seattle Times site too (unrelated to GitHub) – Seattle Times
  • Slack suffers a data breach – Tech Central
    • Slack’s advisory, they handle the breach well, IMHO – Slack
  • Uber credentials being sold on the underground market – Threatpost
  • Taiwan wants to partner with US against Chinese hackers – The Diplomat
  • Two Feds associated with Silk Road charged with fraud – NY Times
  • DEA agent alleged to be a paid Silk Road mole – Wired
  • A shooting at NSA’s gates – Motherboard
  • Symantec’s blog post in their discovery – Symantec
  • An “Ask Me Anything” from /r/darknetmarket moderator – Reddit
  • Authorities subpoena Reddit’s Darknet market – Wired
  • Great example of a phone scam – Teche Blog
  • How zmap was used to scan for FREAK vulnerability – Mashable
  • Puush screen sharing web app infected with malware – SC Magazine
  • Checkpoint report alleging a Lebanese cyber espionage campaign [PDF] – CheckPoint
  • Tuesday is World Backup Day – World Backup Day
  • mDNS leveraged in DDoS attack – Network World
  • YouTube closes a hole that hackers could’ve used to delete videos – ZDNet
  • Criminal DarkNet (Tor) sites under attack – Forbes
  • Fake PirateBay sites forcing WordPress visitors to malware – The Register
  • Grab the latest Firefox (37) security update – Tom’s Hardware
  • EFF says the US government still hoards 0day – The Register
  • New trojan allegedly targets ME energy sector – Ars Technica
  • CISA bill due to hit Senate – The Intercept
  • Sony making customers pay for account fraud – Uber Gizmo
  • 3rd party audit doesn’t find backdoors in NSA’s TrueCrypt – BetaNews
  • Google reposts how it’s improving Android security – The Register
  • Snapchat blocks 3rd party apps for security – Digital Trends
  • Research finds vulns in online wind turbines – Motherboard
  • Another teen pleads guilty to Value and Microsoft game hacking – The Register
  • HTTPS usage could have protected Github from DDoS – Computer World
  • New malware targeting energy companies
    • Symantec’s original Trojan.Laziok research – Symantec
    • Ars article on the energy sector trojan – Ars Technica
  • Premera audit turned up vulnerabilities weeks before breach – Business Insider

— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

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