The Chinese battery expert is charged with stealing trade secrets from US employer, as he prepared to return home. Forensics found deleted research materials not related to his contract on a USB voluntarily provided to a supervisor.
https://beta.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/2179192/chinese-battery-expert-hongjin-tan-charged-stealing
The New York Times published an article about the insecurity of the mobile networks' Signaling System 7 (SS7) and the unwillingness to address mobile network vulnerabilities in general.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/26/opinion/cellphones-security-spying.html
Iraq government took down unlicensed towers used for illegal internet bandwidth smuggling operation in the disputed province of Kirkuk.
http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/09d4b5aa-6638-42fe-bbb1-b2ef48b4401b
Indias' Ministry of Home Affairs has issued a notification authorizing 10 agencies to tap, intercept and decrypt all personal data on computers and networks.
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1075954903279943681
Yet another article from NY Times, this time on how Facebook uses 7500 moderators around the world to keep content "normal".
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/27/world/facebook-moderators.html
Hackers are infecting Linux servers with JungleSec ransomware using IPMI remote console, manually running encryption program, then asking for ransom.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/junglesec-ransomware-infects-victims-through-ipmi-remote-consoles/
The beta version of the WireGuard next gen VPN for iOS was released into the App Store.
https://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/wireguard/2018-December/003694.html
Someone from the France uploaded a new sample of Shamoon wiper malware to VirusTotal. The sample is signed with Baidu digital certificate expired back in 2016.
https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/79248/malware/shamoon-3-france.html
The Wired magazine published a list of articles they have published on a security topic in 2018. Some of them are really good.
https://www.wired.com/gallery/the-most-read-security-stories-of-2018/
Amazon sends 1700 Alexa voice recordings to a random person.
https://threatpost.com/amazon-1700-alexa-voice-recordings/140201/