Month: January 2017

QuickHealSecurity

DDoS attacks spreading through ‘GodMode’ exploit – CVE-2014-6332

We have recently observed an increase in the exploitation of the famous ‘GodMode’ exploit of the vulnerability CVE-2014-6332. The reliable proof of concept (POC) or exploit code for CVE-2016-6332 is readily available on the Internet. This makes it easy for attackers to integrate the exploit in various campaigns. They just…

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SecurityTrendMicro

Trend Micro TippingPoint® Named a Leader in 2017 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS)

California takes a big step forward in the fight against ransomware.Trend Micro TippingPoint has been named a Leader in the Gartner 2017 Magic Quadrant for Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS). With improvements in both Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute from previous years, we believe that placement in the Leaders’ quadrant illustrates the positive progress we’ve made since the acquisition of TippingPoint in March 2016…

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MalwareBytesSecurity

Verified Twitter accounts compromised, get busy spamming

Verified Twitter accounts tend to be a little more secure than those belonging to non-verified users due to the amount of extra hoop jumping required to get one of those ticks in the first place. A number of security requirements, including providing a phone number and setting up 2FA, are all things a would-be verified Twitter user needs to do. Unfortunately, things can still go wrong…

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MalwareBytesSecurity

Goldeneye Ransomware – the Petya/Mischa combo rebranded

From March 2016 we’ve observed the evolution of an interesting low-level ransomware, Petya. Now, we are facing an outbreak of the fourth version – this time under a new name – Goldeneye, and, appropriately, a new, golden theme.

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