TalkTalk fined £100k for exposing personal sensitive info
Blighty's Information Commissioner's Office has whacked TalkTalk with a £100,000 fine after the data of the records of 21,000 people were exposed to fraudsters in an Indian call centre. The breach came to light in September 2014 when TalkTalk started getting complaints from customers that they were receiving scam calls. Typically, the scammers pretended they were providing support for technical problems. They quoted customers' addresses and TalkTalk account numbers.
http://www.itsecurityguru.org/2017/08/11/talktalk-fined-100k-exposing-personal-sensitive-info/
Kaspersky Lab patches up relationship with Microsoft as antitrust complaint dropped
Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab has dropped an antitrust legal complaint against Microsoft after the US technology giant agreed to give anti-virus vendors greater control over how their software will be compatible with future versions of its Windows OS. In June 2017, Kaspersky Lab filed legal cases against Microsoft in both the European Commission and the German Federal Cartel Office, alleging that it was taking advantage of its own "dominant position in the computer operating system market to promote its own software".
http://www.itsecurityguru.org/2017/08/11/kaspersky-lab-patches-relationship-microsoft-antitrust-complaint-dropped/
Biological malware: Scientists use DNA to hack a computer
Scientists at the University of Washington in Seattle, have successfully been able to code a malware program into a DNA sample and use it to hack into a computer that was studying it. By doing this, they have exposed a weakness in systems that could lead to hackers taking control of computers in research centres, universities and laboratories, reports MIT technology review. Researchers are calling this the first "DNA-based exploit of a computer system."
http://www.itsecurityguru.org/2017/08/11/biological-malware-scientists-use-dna-hack-computer/
Recently Patched Flash Bug Can Leak Windows Credentials
Earlier this week, Adobe patched a vulnerability in Flash Player that allows an attacker to use malicious Flash files to leak Windows credentials. The security issue is tracked under the CVE-2017-3085 identifier and affects Flash Player versions from 23.0.0.162 up to 26.0.0.137, running on Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8.x, and 10.
http://www.itsecurityguru.org/2017/08/11/recently-patched-flash-bug-can-leak-windows-credentials/
Android app stores flooded with 1,000 spyware apps
Hackers have flooded Android app stores, including the official Google Play store, with over 1,000 spyware apps, which have the capability to monitor almost every action on an infected device. Dubbed SonicSpy, the malware can silently record calls and audio, take photos, make calls, send text messages to numbers specified by the attackers, and monitor calls logs, contacts, and information about wi-fi access points.
http://www.itsecurityguru.org/2017/08/11/android-app-stores-flooded-1000-spyware-apps/
