It’s time for our weekly IT security news wrap-up. Here are the stories that caught our eye this week:
Banks install an anti-skimming device, 40% ATMs secured
All leading banks in the city have started installing anti-skimming devices in their teller machines to stop incidents of ATM tampering using skimming devices. The move was prompted by a spate of ATM frauds reported from several parts of the city.
Read more on Economic Times
WhatsApp forwarded message limit in India is now five chats: Here’s what it means
WhatsApp has started rolling the five chat limit for forwards in India. It had announced this move back in July in order to help check the spread of fake news and misinformation on the platform. The Facebook-owned messaging app is facing scrutiny in India, after reports that viral video messages shared on the app resulted in lynchings, mob violence in some parts of the country.
Read more on Indian Express
A New Method Discovered to Crack WPA/WPA2 PSK Enabled WiFi Network Passwords
New Attack method discovered to compromise the WPA/WPA2 enabled WiFi networks that allow attackers to gain Pre-shared Key hash that used to crack Passwords used by targeted victims. This Method is discovered during the attack against the recently released WPA3 security standard which is extremely harder to crack since its used Simultaneous Authentication of Equals (SAE), a modern key establishment protocol.
Read more on GB Hackers
Android apps found to contain Windows keylogger
Security researchers have found 145 Android apps infected with Windows malware, suggesting they were created on compromised Windows machines. The researchers, from Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42, said the findings had been reported to Google’s security team, which had removed the apps from Google Play.
Read more on IT News
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