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)