Mobile DDoS from China – Daily Security Byte EP.151

A hosting and security company discovered attackers leveraging mobile devices in China to launch a DDoS attack against one of its customers. Watch today’s video to learn how this DDoS attack is unique, and what you can do to prevent your computer from becoming a pawn in some criminal’s attack.

(Episode Runtime: 2:50)

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iznz2iN8PRY

EPISODE REFERENCES:

• Javascript-based DDoS attacks become a reality – Threatpost
• Researchers discover mobile devices launching DDoS attack from China – CloudFlare Blog

— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

Lots of Apple Hacks- WSWiR Episode 165

If you have no time to keep up with security news, but do want to know about the most concerning threats, our weekly video was made for you. It summarizes the biggest infosec stories each week (which I also cover in daily videos), and shares tips to protect your organization.

Today’s episode includes a couple of Apple software related threats, a new ATM malware variant, and the latest Flash update. Watch the video below, and check out the Reference section if you are hungry from more security news from the past week.

(Episode Runtime: 8:34)

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuzi8SBq804

EPISODE REFERENCES:

• Monday: XcodeGhost Pwns App Store – Daily Security Byte EP.147
  • Palo Alto’s posts on XcodeGhost
    • Original XcodeGhost post – Palo Alto
    • At least 39 App Store apps infected – Palo Alto
    • Malicious XcodeGhost apps can phish and steal passwords – Palo Alto
  • What you need to know about Xc0deGhost – Forbes
  • Apple removes 344 XcodeGhost apps – Geek
  • UPDATE: Apple emails devs to share how to validate Xcode – Apple
  • UPDATE 2: Now up to 4000 affected apps in the App Store – BBC
• Tuesday: Critical Flash Patch – Daily Security Byte EP.148
  • Adobe’s out-of-cycle Flash advisory – Adobe
  • Adobe’s critical update fixes 23 vulnerabilities – Computing
  • 18 of 23 Flash flaws allow code execution – Computer World
• Wednesday: iOS 9 Lockscreen Bypass – Daily Security Byte EP.149
  • Video post demonstrating the new iOS 9 lockscreen bypass – YouTube
  • YouTuber shares the iOS 9 lockscreen flaw with media – BGR
• Thursday: Missed due to travel
  • N/A
• Friday: GreenDispenser – Daily Security Byte EP.150
  • GreenDispenser infects Mexican ATMs – ProofPoint
  • ATM malware dispenses cash on demand – Network World

EXTRAS:

• AT&T sues inside attackers for unlocking thousands of phones – Ars Technica
• Hackers hack each other and sell the data – Motherboard
• MI5 director also wants access to snooping on encrypted data – BBC
• Article on catching ransomware criminals – IT Pro
• Malware helps authors cheat at online poker – Ars Technica
• Vulnerabilities found in DHS websites – Reuters
• Many systems still vulnerable to Heartbleed – The Register
• Are we finally really our of IPv4 addresses (again) – Ars Technica
• Obama’s administration nixes backdooring encryption – The Register
• Forbes’ website servers malicious ads this month – Forbes
• Twitter makes its shortened links HTTPS – Techdirt
• Korean government approved parental spyware leaks data – Techdirt
• Symantec (rightly) fires employees for issuing rogue HTTPS cert – Ars Technica
• Gray hat vulnerability market company offers $1M bounty on iOS 9 hack – Wired
• Malicious brain test app made it onto Google Play market – IBTimes
• GhostPush virus infected over 600K android devices – CMCM blog
• Russia allegedly the victim of nation state cyber espionage – Tech News World
• Others can easily hijack Chinese Android botnet – The Register
• Malicious images uploaded to Imgur – The Register
• Bad cookies can hose HTTPS – PC World
• President Obama and President Xi discuss cyber espionage – SC Magazine
  • Video of Obama and Xi’s meeting – Bloomberg
• Hilton hotels may have suffered a breach – Krebs on Security
  • Resources for report – ThreatConnect
• Cisco makes a tool to identify SYNful Knock – The Register
• Porn sites hit with malware again – BBC
• Why your identity is only worth a buck on the underground – NBC
• New report highlights new APT actors – ThreatConnect
• 0day flaws in Kaspersky software – Project Zero
• Attackers increasingly relying on memory resident attacks – Computer World
• Pandalabs discovered 21M new malware variants Q2 2015 – BetaNews
• Taking war driving to the next level – Forbes
• New VXWork vulnerability could affect the Mars rover – The Register
• FBI tells consumers to watch out for IoT – IC3.gov
• Neustar claims that most DDoS attacks are a distraction – Computer Weekly
• Latest on the old CVS and Costco Photo Center breach – SC Magazine
• Firefox addon warns you if a site has been breached recently – Ghacks
• New malvertising campaign keep on popping up – Malwarebytes
• Some analysis on the 11M cracked Ashley Madison pwds – Ars Technica
• US DoE had over a hundred cyber attacks in 4 years – Computer World
• Memories of a teenager (reformed) virus author – The Register
• IT pros spend most their time patching flaws – CIO
• The latest on Android Stagefright flaw, including PoC – Zimperium
• Best engineering school (MIT) has the worst security!? – Ars Technica
• Apparently many US citizen’s support government backdoors – Forbes
• New Android malware changes your PIN – Ars Technica
• Another way for attackers to learn about Mozilla’s flaws – Wired
• A good article on the real vs perceived threats – Tech Republic

— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

GreenDispenser – Daily Security Byte EP.150

Criminals have infected ATMs with a new malware variant called GreenDispenser. Besides stealing cash from bank machines, this new variant adds two-factor authentication and secure delete to the malware’s arsenal. Watch today’s video to learn more.

(Episode Runtime: 1:51)

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWCU-O8VQuM

EPISODE REFERENCES:

• GreenDispenser infects Mexican ATMs – ProofPoint
• ATM malware dispenses cash on demand – Network World

— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

iOS 9 Lockscreen Bypass – Daily Security Byte EP.149

Apple’s not having a great security week. First the XcodeGhost issue, which infected their App Store with malware, now a new iOS 9 lockscreen bypass vulnerability. A Spanish speaking YouTuber disclosed a new lockscreen bypass flaw this week. Today’s episode covers how an attacker might exploit this flaw, and what you can do to mitigate it until Apple patches.

(Episode Runtime: 2:29)

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umKip1ZpS6I

EPISODE REFERENCES:

• Video post demonstrating the new iOS 9 lockscreen bypass – YouTube
• YouTuber shares the iOS 9 lockscreen flaw with media – BGR

— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

Critical Flash Patch – Daily Security Byte EP.148

Adobe usually follows Microsoft Patch Tuesday, and releases updates on the second Tuesday of each month. However, yesterday they released a critical, out-of-cycle Flash update fixing 23 vulnerabilities. Watch today’s video to learn how severe these vulnerabilities are, and what you should do.

(Episode Runtime: 1:45)

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

EPISODE REFERENCES:

• Adobe’s out-of-cycle Flash advisory – Adobe
• Adobe’s critical update fixes 23 vulnerabilities – Computing
• 18 of 23 Flash flaws allow code execution – Computer World

— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

XcodeGhost Pwns App Store – Daily Security Byte EP.147

A booby-trapped version of Xcode—Apple’s development toolkit—is spreading on Chinese forums, and adding a malicious backdoor to any app made with it. Watch today’s video to learn more about XcodeGhost, and what developers and users should do to avoid it.

(Episode Runtime: 2:30)

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC_oyFg7AnA

EPISODE REFERENCES:

• Palo Alto’s posts on XcodeGhost
  •  Original XcodeGhost post – Palo Alto
  • At least 39 App Store apps infected – Palo Alto
  • Malicious XcodeGhost apps can phish and steal passwords – Palo Alto
• What you need to know about Xc0deGhost – Forbes
• Apple removes 344 XcodeGhost apps – Geek
• UPDATE: Apple emails devs to share how to validate Xcode – Apple
• UPDATE 2: Now up to 4000 affected apps in the App Store – BBC

— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

D-Link Leaks Key – Daily Security Byte EP.146

A curious netizen found more than he expected while checking out his D-link webcam’s firmware. Learn how D-link accidentally leaked some sensitive digital keys, and what that means to the world at large.

(Episode Runtime: 3:24)

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIUwVfKMu5k

EPISODE REFERENCES:

• Original post about leaked D-link keys on Dutch forum – Tweakers.net
• D-Link spilled their private keys on the web – The Register

— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

HTTPS Masks Malvertising – Daily Security Byte EP.145

A new malvertising campaign went undetected for three weeks due to advertisers adopting HTTPS. Learn how secure web communications might introduce unexpected new risks in today’s daily video.

(Episode Runtime: 2:57)

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3DURxAy7Lw

EPISODE REFERENCES:

• Malvertising hiding in HTTPS – Motherboard
• Malvertising campaign goes undetected – MalwareBytes
• Malvertising campaigns triple – Riskiq

— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

Apple Patches iOS & iTunes – Daily Security Byte EP.144

Today is Apple Patch Day. They released security updates for iTunes, iOS, Xcode, and OS X Server. iOS 9 is the big news, since it’s a pretty big feature update. However, it also fixes a critical AirDrop flaw. Press play below to learn about these updates, and the major AirDrop issue.

(Episode Runtime: 1:39)

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

EPISODE REFERENCES:

• Apple’s security updates page – Apple
  • September 2015 iOS 9 update advisory – Apple
  • September 2015 iTunes update advisory – Apple
  • September 2015 OS X Server update advisory – Apple
  • September 2015 Xcode update advisory – Apple
• iOS 9 fixes serious AirDrop 0day – The Register
• AirDrop vulnerability demo – YouTube
• Latest iTunes update adds 2FA – 9to5 Mac

— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

SYNful Knock Pwns IOS – Daily Security Byte EP.143

Sophisticated attackers have injected malicious firmware into at least 14 Cisco routers in four continents. Watch today’s quick video to learn more about this attack, and how you should validate your devices’ firmware.

(Episode Runtime: 2:07)

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agcx4Xkv7Yw

EPISODE REFERENCES:

• SYNful knock: Pwned Cisco routers – FireEye
• Implanted routers hard to detect – Reuters
• Cisco IOS firmware verification page – Cisco
• Cisco’s post on how to protect yourself from threats like SYNful Knock – Cisco

— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)