This is an article about two governments working together to stop cybercrimes. A Russian man who has been affiliated with sending spam emails has been arrested and is being detained in Spain. The arrest of Piotr Levanshov at Barcelona airport on Friday was not connected with Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, but that contradicts news reports from Agence France-Presse and other news outlets, which said Levashov’s wife, Maria Levachov was told his arrest was connected to Trump’s election
Suspected CIA spying tools linked to hacks in 16 countries
CIA spying tools exposed by WikiLeaks have been linked to hacking attempts on at least 40 targets in 16 countries, according to Symantec. Symantec is reporting that the tools are similar with the tactics from an espionage team named Longhorn. Longhorn has been active since at least 2011, and they use Trojan programs and previously unknown software vulnerabilities to exploit targets. Symantec stated that some of these targets are government and organizations in the financial, telecom, IT and aerospace sectors. Some of the victim’s computers were in the Middle East, Europe, Asia, Africa and even in the US, where the CIA is not allowed to conduct electronic surveillance.
Arby’s data breached caused by Malware
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/02/fast-food-chain-arbys-acknowledges-breach/#more-38024
Malware was placed on a payment system at the Arby’s corporate stores, and the Arby’s franchised restaurant locations were not affected.
Assignment 1 – Analysis Report
Vizio smart TVs are tracking you!!
http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/7/14527360/vizio-smart-tv-tracking-settlement-disable-settings
Vizio has been fined by the FTC and had to pay 2.2 million to settle charges because they have been monitoring the viewing habits on more that 11 million TVs without permission for over two years. The tracking feature has been enabled by default, instead of giving the user the option to use that feature.
Google has confirmed that Gmail will stop working on Chrome Browser version 53 and below.
Starting February 8, 2017 Gmail will stop working on Google Chrome browser version 53 and below. Chrome browser version 53 and below are susceptible to security risk because Microsoft has stopped their support for Windows XP and Vista.