A Popular Anti-Adware App is Actually Spyware, the US Charges a North Korean hacker for the Sony Hack and WannaCry ransomware, and a Hacker Behind DDoS attempts Pleads Guilty to Bomb Threats. All that coming up now on ThreatWire.

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Links:Adware Doctor:https://twitter.com/privacyis1st/status/1031428304543395840https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ7CVIy5Tq8&feature=youtu.behttps://thehackernews.com/2018/09/mac-adware-removal-tool.htmlhttps://www.wired.com/story/adware-doctor-mac-app-store-spyware/https://objective-see.com/blog/blog_0x37.htmlhttps://www.securityweek.com/mac-apps-apples-app-store-steal-user-data-researchers-sayhttps://threatpost.com/apple-finally-boots-sneaky-adware-doctor-app-from-mac-app-store/137319/https://threatpost.com/top-macos-app-exfiltrates-browser-histories-behind-users-backs/137247/https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/wjye8x/mac-anti-adware-doctor-app-steals-browsing-history

North Korean Charged:https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1092091/downloadhttps://www.wired.com/story/doj-north-korea-hacker-sony-wannacry-complaint/https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/09/us-indicts-north-korean-agents-for-wannacry-sony-attacks/https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-us-authorities-tracked-down-the-north-korean-hacker-behind-wannacry/https://thehackernews.com/2018/09/wannacry-north-korea-hacks.htmlhttps://www.cnet.com/news/justice-department-charges-north-korean-hacker-linked-to-wannacry-2014-sony-hack/https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/j5nyyx/doj-charge-north-korea-wannacry-sony-hack

ProtonMail:https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/09/leader-of-ddos-for-hire-gang-pleads-guilty-to-bomb-threats/https://www.zdnet.com/article/hacker-uses-protonmail-vpn-hacker-ddoses-protonmail-hacker-gets-arrested/https://protonmail.com/blog/apophis-squad-arrest/https://www.zdnet.com/article/popular-vpns-contain-code-execution-security-flaws-despite-patches/https://www.securityweek.com/vpn-firms-release-new-patches-privilege-escalation-flawhttps://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/09/vulnerability-spotlight-Multi-provider-VPN-Client-Privilege-Escalation.html

 

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