Current exploits and bugs, fraught China-US cyber relations, and industry notes.
Today we discuss some exploits running loose in the wild. GSA's 18F unit cleans up its Slack implementation and shares its lessons learned from a potential breach. Older Android devices are susceptible to an Accessibility exploit. A million-device clickfraud botnet drains advertising budgets. A new cyber espionage campaign prefers quality to quantity. SWIFT gets security advices. Cyber tensions rise between the US and China. Dale Drew from Level 3 shares the perspective of a backbone provider, and Yong-Gon Chon wonder if company's don't overreact to breaches.