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A week in security (October 1 – 7)

October 8, 2018 admin adobe, Android, anti-swatting, BlockChain, bring your own security, byos, Chrome Extension, Fake Fortnite, Fortnite, hack the marine corps, IoT, IoT botnet, Lojack, national cybersecurity awareness month, ncsam, not botnet, password manager, phishing, phishing campaign, RDP, recap, rip attacks, SC Magazine, Security world, SWATting, Torii, voice phishing, vulnerabilities, Week in security, weekly blog roundup, ZDNet

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2018 16:31:56 +0000

A roundup of the security news from October 1–7 including National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, LoJack, fileless malware, and BYOS.

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LoJack for computers used to attack European government bodies

October 4, 2018 admin bootkit, hacking, Lojack, Lojax, UFEI, XAgent

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2018 15:00:00 +0000

Security researchers have detected the first known instance of a UEFI bootkit being used against government bodies in Central and Eastern Europe. The attack relies on a persistence mechanism stolen from a legitimate software called Computrace—essentially LoJack for computers—that comes by default on many machines.

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