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Smart Drawing Pads Used for DDoS Attacks, IoT Fish Tank Used in Casino Hack

Some clever hackers found new ways to use the smart devices surrounding us, according to a report published last week by UK-based cyber-defense company Darktrace. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/smart-drawing-pads-used-for-ddos-attacks-iot-fish-tank-used-in-casino-hack/
Author of Nanocore RAT Pleads Guilty in Court

The author of the very popular Nanocore RAT has pleaded guilty this week, admitting to developing malware that was used by other crooks to infect countless of computers across the globe, stealing data and secretly watching unsuspecting victims. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/author-of-nanocore-rat-pleads-guilty-in-court/
BTC-e Owner Arrested for Laundering Stolen Bitcoin, Ransomware Payments

Greek police arrested a Russian national, Alexander Vinnik, 38, for his role as owner of the BTC-e Bitcoin trading platform. In the US, the Department of Justice (DOJ) formally indicted Vinnik on 21 charges related to money laundering and the operation of an unlicensed money exchange. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/btc-e-owner-arrested-for-laundering-stolen-bitcoin-ransomware-payments/
ShieldFS Can Stop and Revert the Effects of Ransomware Infections

Italian researchers have developed a Windows drop-in driver and custom filesystem that are capable of detecting the telltale signs of a ransomware infection, stop any malicious actions and even revert any encrypted files to their previous state. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/shieldfs-can-stop-and-revert-the-effects-of-ransomware-infections/
Three Vendors Decline to Patch Vulnerabilities in Nuclear Radiation Monitors

Ruben Santamarta, a security researcher for IOActive, has found various vulnerabilities in nuclear radiation monitoring equipment from three vendors, who when contacted by the researcher, declined to fix the reported flaws, each for various reasons. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/three-vendors-decline-to-patch-vulnerabilities-in-nuclear-radiation-monitors/
Chinese Researchers Hack Tesla Model X in Impressive Video

Security researchers from Chinese security firm Tencent Keen Security Lab have found and helped fix several vulnerabilities in Tesla Model X cars that would have allowed an attacker to control the vehicle from a remote location. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-researchers-hack-tesla-model-x-in-impressive-video/
The Week in Ransomware - July 28th 2017 - ShieldFS, GlobeImposter, and More

This week has mostly been about small variants being released, GlobeImposters all over the place, and some new CryptoMix variants. Of particular interest is a self-healing file system called ShieldFS that shows great promise in ransomware protection and some research from Google about how ransomware devs cash out their payments. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-week-in-ransomware-july-28th-2017-shieldfs-globeimposter-and-more/
Google Outlines SSL Apocalypse for Symantec Certificates

Google will distrust all existing Symantec SSL certificates starting with October 2018, and Symantec will have to rebuild its entire certificate issuance infrastructure from scratch if it wants to remain in the CA (Certificate Authority) business. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-outlines-ssl-apocalypse-for-symantec-certificates/
Microsoft Adds Support for Linking Android Phones to Windows 10 PCs

This week, with the release of Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 16251 for PC, Microsoft added support for linking Android devices to one's computer, allowing users to share files from their smartphone to their PC with the tap of a few buttons. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-adds-support-for-linking-android-phones-to-windows-10-pcs/
Petition Asks Adobe to Open-Source Flash for the Sake of Internet History

A petition on GitHub is asking Adobe to release Flash into the hands of the open-source community. Finnish developer Juha Lindstedt started the petition a day after Adobe announced plans to end Flash support by the end of 2020. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/petition-asks-adobe-to-open-source-flash-for-the-sake-of-internet-history/