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CryptBot criminals are alleged to have plundered browser passwords, illicitly-snapped screenshots, cryptocurrency account data, and more.

McAfee discovered HiddenAds Trojan inside 38 copycat mobile games

Efforts were part of a Google Play fraud and malware crackdown

Individual stole millions subject to forfeiture

Here’s a research group trying to replicate squid cell transparency in mammalian cells.

As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.

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My latest book, A Hacker’s Mind, is filled with stories about the rich and powerful hacking systems, but it was hard to find stories of the hacking by the less powerful. Here’s one I just found. An article on how layoffs at big companies work inadvertently suggests an employee hack to avoid being fired:

…software performs a statistical analysis during terminations to see if certain groups are adversely affected, said such reviews can uncover other problems. On a list of layoff candidates, a company might find it is about to fire inadvertently an employee who previously opened a complaint against a manager—a move that could be seen as retaliation, she said.

So if you’re at a large company and there are rumors of layoffs, go to HR and initiate a complaint against a manager. It’ll protect you from being laid off.

Speaking during RSA, a Ukrainian official called for cyber-attacks against civilian infrastructure to be classed as war crimes

Security experts at Guardio Labs discussed the findings in a new blog post

A new report examines global approaches to cyber legislation across six jurisdictions

A range of experts provide insights into new techniques being used by cyber-threat actors