Malicious apps do more than extort predatory loans. A Facebook account recovery scam. Notes from the hybrid war. Goodbye SHA-1, hello Leviathans.

Published: Dec. 16, 2022, 9:30 p.m.

b"A predatory loan app is discovered embedded in mobile apps. Facebook phishing. GPS disruptions are reported in Russian cities. NSA warns against dismissing Russian offensive cyber capabilities. Farewell, SHA-1. Kevin Magee from Microsoft looks at cyber signals. Our guest is Jason Witty of USAA to discuss the growing risk from quantum computing. And welcome to the world, Leviathans.\\n\\nFor links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing:\\nhttps://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/11/240\\n\\nSelected reading.\\nZimperium teams discover new malware in Flutter developed apps (SecurityBrief Asia)\\xa0\\nMeta-Phish: Facebook Infrastructure Used in Phishing Attack Chain (Trustwave)\\nGPS Signals Are Being Disrupted in Russian Cities (WIRED)\\xa0\\nNSA cyber director warns of Russian digital assaults on global energy sector (CyberScoop)\\nRussia's cyber war machine in Ukraine hasn't lived up to Western hype. Report analyses why (ThePrint)\\nNIST Retires SHA-1 Cryptographic Algorithm (NIST)\\nHistoric activation of the U.S. Army\\u2019s 11th Cyber Battalion (DVIDS)"