Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about a spyware that disguised itself as an Android application to gather information from users. Also, find out the biggest global data breaches of 2018 and how millions of personal records were compromised last year.
Facebook data breach that exposed details about more than 87 million users
When it comes to this social media 2018 is not the best year because Facebook had issues with the data security issues.[5] Cambridge Analytica revealed that Facebook collected information about social platform users. However, the social media officials that data breach discovered on September 25 affected more than 50 million user’s accounts. In total, Facebook officially admitted that 87 million users had their data collected and shared. According to the company, the bug that enabled the attack was patched and that attackers have seen only the information on the account, not the personal messages. There are still a lot of questions that remain unanswered.
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Server Security for the Modern IT Ecosystem
The combination of new application technology with existing legacy architectures and deployment models leads to greater IT complexity and difficulties.
Cyberattack Targets Newspapers in US, Prevents Some From Publishing
Several U.S. newspapers came under attack from apparent hackers, preventing some from printing and distributing their daily editions.
Spyware Disguises as Android Applications on Google Play
Trend Micro discovered a spyware (detected as ANDROIDOS_MOBSTSPY) which disguised itself as legitimate Android applications to gather information from users.
PewDiePie Propaganda Hackers: We Exposed 72,000 Chromecasts And Smart TVs
A pair of hackers have found a way to broadcast propaganda for YouTube celebrity PewDiePie because thousands of people left their Google Chromecasts and smart televisions wide open.
The Biggest Global Data Breaches of 2018
Data breaches continued to be a major issue in 2018 with a series of serious cases ranging from retailers to social networks, resulting in millions of personal records being compromised.
In High-Tech Cities, No More Potholes, but What About Privacy?
Hundreds of cities have adopted or begun planning smart cities projects, but they frequently lack the expertise to understand privacy, security and financial implications of such arrangements.
Digitpol stated 2018 was a very busy year for cyber security companies and investigators, Digitpol is an international investigation company which specializes in digital forensics, corporate investigations, fraud investigations, investigations of corruption and commercial espionage has warned more needs to be done to stop data leaks
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