1. The irony of Hacking Team—an Italian company that sells
surveillance software being hacked last weekend, is interesting, especially
given Hacking Team’s denials it sold to governments with notorious human
rights records. Hacking Team still insists it broke no laws and has behaved
ethically. Whether Hacking Team survives remains to be seen, as of now
the company has asked its clients to stop using its software for the time being
and to cease operations, but when you consider the kinds of clients -- from law
enforcement to government agencies and intelligence units - you have to ask
whether Hacking Team has enough of a reputation left to restore client trust.
2. WikiLeaks has released 440-GB of data stolen from Hacking
team, Email exchanges indicate that top Indian security agencies were secretly
negotiating with the surveillance firm to procure software for intercepting
communications through remote bugging of devices. RAW, IB, NIA and NTRO did
attend a PoC, the WB and Maharashtra govts., were in touch with the company.
The Hacking Team was mostly interested in pushing its flagship product Galileo,
a platform-independent undetectable Remote Control System, that takes control
of targeted devices and monitor them regardless of encryption and mobility.
3. Cybercriminals start using Flash zero-day exploit leaked
from Hacking Team - It took just a day for cybercriminals to start using a new
and yet-to-be-patched Flash Player exploit. The exploit was found among the
stolen files. Adobe Systems confirmed the vulnerability, which received the
identifier CVE-2015-5119, and is planning to release a patch for it. According
to a researcher, the leaked Hacking Team exploit has already been integrated
into three commercial exploit kits: Angler, Neutrino and Nuclear Pack.
4. OPM has been hit by a second breach, leading to the theft
of more than 21 million individuals' records. The figure confirmed Thursday by
OPM is in addition to the previous breach, and the total figure now stands at
almost 26 million individuals affected by the two breaches. The two attacks are
separate, but related. It has been reported that OPM's director had no
technology, cybersecurity or crisis management experience -- she quit last
week.
5. US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has accused
China of "trying to hack into everything that doesn't move in
America" and stealing government information, in strongly worded comments
likely to irk Beijing. Clinton, a former secretary of state, pulled no punches
in remarks to Democratic supporters at a campaign event in New Hampshire.
6. In other news, The hackers that targeted Twitter,
Facebook, Apple and Microsoft developers two years ago have escalated their
economic espionage efforts as they seek confidential business information and
intellectual property they can profit from. The hacking group, motivated by
financial gain, is thought to target companies on request, and "ought to
be taken seriously by corporations," said an expert.
7. Within a week of CEO Rahul Yadav's controversial exit
from Housing.com, the online realty startup's website was allegedly hacked by
an anonymous group, which put up a cheeky message demanding his reinstatement.
Nobody claimed responsibility for the hack, though social media was rife with
rumours that Yadav might have been behind it. But on his Facebook page, the
founder and ex-CEO of Housing.com was quick to dissociate himself from the
attack. "I would have designed it better," he wrote.
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