Daily Intelligence 3.4.2016

Trends

DDoS attacks ‘growing in scale, span, and reach’
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/business/2016/03/03/ddos-attacks-growing-scale-span-and-reach-460553

Cybercrime trends point to growing sophistication
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/news/4500277863/Cybercrime-trends-point-to-growing-sophistication

Phishing surges, file-sharing takes lead as most targeted industry of Q1
http://www.hotforsecurity.com/blog/phishing-saurges-file-sharing-takes-lead-as-most-
targeted-industry-of-q1-13472.html

7 Attack Trends Making Security Pros Sweat
http://www.darkreading.com/risk/7-attack-trends-making-security-pros-sweat/d/d-id/1324563

Attacks

OPSEC mistakes spill Russian DDoS scum’s payment secrets
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/03/ddos_hacker_secrets_exposed/

North Dorset Council hit by ransomware, flips the bird at miscreants
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/04/north_dorset_council_ransomware_refusal_payout/

Google Docs? Check One More Time…
https://blog.malwarebytes.org/fraud-scam/2016/03/google-docs-check-one-more-time/

If NatWest texts you about online banking fraud, don’t click the link
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/04/natwest_sms_phishing_scam/

Malware

Russian Ransomware Encrypts Your Files and Then Speaks to You
http://news.softpedia.com/news/russian-ransomware-encrypts-your-files-and-then-speaks-to-you-501322.shtml

Android Triada trojan ‘as complex as any Windows malware’
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2449657/android-triada-trojan-as-complex-as-any-windows-malware

‘Accessibility Clickjacking’ malware could impact 500 million Android devices
http://betanews.com/2016/03/03/accessibility-clickjacking-malware-could-impact-500-million-android-devices/

Facebook: A new command and control HQ for mobile malware
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/03/facebook_command_control_malware/

Macro Malware Strides in New Direction, Uses Forms to Store its Code
http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/macro-malware-strides-new-direction-uses-forms-store-code/

Adware PUP Dotdo FastInternet blocks security related domains
https://blog.malwarebytes.org/intelligence/2016/03/draftadware-pup-dotdo-fastinternet-blocks-security-related-domains/

Cyber-Warfare

US defense sec: We’re cyber-bombing ISIS
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/04/us_confirms_cyber_attacks_against_isis/

The Secret History of America’s Cyber War
The Secret History of America’s Cyber War

Attackers

POS Hackers Caught Scanning for Simple Passwords
http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/pos-hackers-caught-scanning-for/

General

A major red flag about security could threaten the entire IoT
http://www.businessinsider.com/iot-cyber-security-hacking-problems-internet-of-things-2016-3

Admiral Rogers, chief of U.S. Cyber Command, seeks cooperation
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/news/4500277926/Admiral-Rogers-chief-of-US-Cyber-Command-seeks-cooperation

Got ransomware? What are your options?
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2016/03/03/got-ransomware-what-are-your-options/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nakedsecurity+%28Naked+Security+-+Sophos%29

A Cyber Security Productivity Alert
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2016/03/04/2155191/a-cyber-security-productivity-paradox-alert/

RSA 2016: Malware Still Prevalent on Corporate Network, Proofpoint Warns
http://www.scmagazine.com/rsa-2016-malware-still-prevalent-on-corporate-network-proofpoint-warns/article/481022/

Rent a denial-of-service booter for $60, wreak $720k in damage
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/04/rent_a_denial_of_service_booter/

Don’t expect AI to save our security skins, warns RSA boss

GeoPol

(Australia) Australia ignores cyber security at its peril
http://www.businessspectator.com.au/article/2016/3/4/technology/australia-ignores-cyber-security-its-peril