It's Tuesday. It could be worse. It could be Monday

More malicious Google Play apps.


An unpatched government website just got pwned by an Iranian script-kiddie.
Hey, at least we bombed them.



iPhone ios13 keeps reminding you an app is tracking you. For each app.



Placed over lock screen, fake Win10 desktop tries to scam by pretending to be police, locking your screen for illegal activity


Apparently getting breached over 20 times upsets the FTC. InfoTrax Systems only detected the last breach when the servers went over capacity and has settled with the FTC. Now you know where to go when you need back-end ops systems and MLM software. Be prepared for neck injuries from shaking your head when you read this.


An IT executive embezzled $6 million and just got caught by Word doc metadata.
Microsoft comes through again!


Travelex, an international foreign currency exchange company, got hit with ransomware, demanding $3 million.

Ladies and Gentlemen, this is a business opportunity. Gather a sheaf of papers (or usb drive) with each significant breach listed. Explain backups. Sell them backups and installation. None of these breaches had backups, reliable or otherwise. Also include a patching service, which is another way the ransomware can get in. As for employee clicking, perhaps a flamethrower. Start small.


EA boots linux users of Battlefield V.
F them with fire.

The Happy New Year News

Landry's, a popular restaurant owner, was hit by credit card stealing malware.
They own 60 well known brands and own over 600 restaurants.  You have to give them credit - the malware was on their systems from March 13 to October 17. They got right on it. Naturally they are very sorry.


Virus types - take a look.


All Caterpillar padlocks use the same key.
We're doomed.





LINUX

5 New Years resolutions for linux folk
#4 confuses me to no end


Commands: Random one-liners
"Take my CLI, please."


Key considerations when choosing a robot's operating system:
that it not be Windows


8 quick file searching tools
Haven't tried all of them yet, but I like AngrySearch. Just for the name.

Telco Malware?

Mandiant has discovered malware that siphoned texts out of the telco's network.
Infects servers that route SMS messages.
Tracks back to... get ready..... a Chinese Government sponsored hacking group.

The only question that remains is who gets it first: the NSA or the Chinese?




Speaking of Chinese food, I don't eat it because it all tastes the same, regardless of where it's from. Bland. No spice.

Speaking of Chinese spying, the US Department of the Interior has grounded its 800 drone fleet over concerns of Chinese spying.

Here's the good part - you're gonna love it: DHS alerted about data security issues, specifically on Chinese drones.  Who woulda thought? Didn't we (temporarily and partially) ban Huawei networking products for this reason?

Would all the heads of government agencies who understand tech please stand in line. All of you. Any at all? Not even one? No, Sir, you're the janitor.. I'm sure you know more than the heads of agencies, but you're not the head of this agency.




The Pirate Bay was down for a week due to a DDoS attack.
Gee, I wonder where that came from....



As of Firefox 73, you can no longer sideload extensions.
The comments are priceless.

I like to sit alone on weekends and sideload, so this will affect me.



Happy Friday, everyone.
Sleep tight, and pray the large numbers of little brown bedbugs don't bite.