Daily Intelligence 2.26.2016

Trends

Governments show highest number of data breaches
http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=150171

DHS: Hackers increasingly targeting emergency systems
http://wtop.com/j-j-green-national/2016/02/dhs-hackers-increasingly-targeting-emergency-systems/

Breach Stats: Improving From Abysmal To Just Awful
http://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/breach-stats-improving-from-abysmal-to-just-awful/d/d-id/1324445

Attacks

Breached Credit Union Comes Out of its Shell
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/02/breached-credit-union-comes-out-of-its-shell/#more-33980

Invisible Porn-Clicking Trojans Invade Android’s Google Play Store
http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/security-data-protection/android-clicker/

CTB-Locker/Critroni Finds New Legs Targeting Websites - See more at: https://threatpost.com/ctb-lockercritroni-finds-new-legs-targeting-websites/116457/#sthash.2EXm1qMe.dpuf

Destructive Hacking Attacks Spread in Wake of Breaches at Sony: FireEye
http://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/news/destructive-hacking-attacks-spread-in-wake-of-breaches-at-sony-fireeye-807031

South Africa most-attacked by cybercriminals
http://www.itnewsafrica.com/2016/02/south-africa-most-attacked-by-cybercriminals/

‘Moralists’, the Latest Extortionists to Begin Using Bitcoin
https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/moralists-the-latest-extortionists-to-begin-using-bitcoin/

Malware

Magnitude EK Malvertising Déjà Vu
https://blog.malwarebytes.org/malvertising-2/2016/02/magnitude-ek-malvertising-deja-vu/

The Amazon Survey Phish: Back for Round 2
https://blog.malwarebytes.org/fraud-scam/2016/02/the-amazon-survey-phish-back-for-round-2/

FighterPOS PoS Malware Gets Worm Routine
http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/fighterpos-gets-worm-routine/

KeyBase Threat Grows Despite Public Takedown: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
http://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2016/02/keybase-threat-grows-despite-public-takedown-a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=26682233&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8bSpBoB5ps7V4xPOcy9iOjxOll0JC1LfYxDBeGUTEnAfpjH3hqfcdS_KSk3_5-_smw_7bga82iIWaBAFH8iUb1uDHz5Q&_hsmi=26682233

Cyber-Warfare

(US) US Pentagon Boosts Spending to Fight Cyber-Attacks
http://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/news/us-pentagon-boosts-spending-to-fight-cyber-attacks-807051

Pro-ISIS hackers threatens Facebook and Twitter
http://www.scmagazine.com/pro-isis-hackers-threatens-facebook-and-twitter/article/479302/

Attackers

PhishLabs 2016 Phishing Trends & Intelligence Report: Hacking the Human,
Exposes Thriving Phishing Underworld
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160225006140/en/PhishLabs-2016-Phishing-Trends-Intelligence-Report-Hacking

Online crims delight in watching you squirm, says Mandiant
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/26/disruptive_extortionists_fleecing_corporates_forensics_gun_says/

Vulnerabilities

90% of SSL VPNs are ‘hopelessly insecure’, say researchers
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/26/ssl_vpns_survey/

Apple TV can p0wn you in more ways than it entertains you
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/26/remote_god_mode_code_exec_star_in_apple_tv_3_patch_party_premiere/

Patches

Drupal drips out ten new patches, one worthy of immediate attention
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/26/drupal_drips_patch_for_upload_bypass_hole_jettisons_version_6/

General

Big Read: Kiwis are falling for basic attacks - and it’s costing millions
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11595542

(New Zealand) Cyber threats top of insurers’ worry list
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11595558

Phishing Attacks Increase Tech Sophistication, Focus On Financial Fraud
http://www.darkreading.com/endpoint/phishing-attacks-increase-tech-sophistication-focus-on-financial-fraud/d/d-id/1324446

GeoPol

(US/Ukraine) U.S. government concludes cyber attack caused Ukraine power
outage
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-cybersecurity-idUSKCN0VY30K

Other

Skating on Stilts
Themes from “Skating on Stilts — Why We Aren’t Stopping Tomorrow’s Terrorism”
http://www.skatingonstilts.com/skating-on-stilts/2016/02/an-open-letter-to-tim-cook.html