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Ransomware revisited – is it really the worst sort of malware? [PODCAST]

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 09:21:04 +0000

Is ransomware really the worst sort of cyberattack you can experience? Or is it more of a “worst among equals,” given all the other sorts of malware out there too?<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&#038;blog=834173&#038;post=40271&#038;subd=sophos&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/EYsGO5DwAkE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Il tuo mouse sa quando stai mentendo

Credit to Author: Sophos Italia| Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 05:10:12 +0000

Il mouse collegato al computer e la tua mano potrebbero dirci molto più di quanto sospetti sulla tua identità. Ciò potrebbe essere una cosa buona, come recentemente osservato dai ricercatori in Italia, o fastidiosa come quelli della comunità Tor hanno sottolineato un po’ più di un anno fa. La cosa buona. I ricercatori italiani (Monaro, [&#8230;]<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&#038;blog=834173&#038;post=40178&#038;subd=sophos&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/7GPhWUQ_2sg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Quick Heal Total Security receives BEST+++ certification from AVLab

Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 07:53:29 +0000

AVLab is an independent organization that conducts tests on security software for corporate networks and individual user devices. These tests are conducted by using malicious software, tools, and bypassing security techniques that are used in real cyberattacks. In April 2017, AVLab conducted a ‘Protection test against drive-by download attacks’. What…

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Google’s 2017 CTF – The “ASCII Art Client” Challenge

Credit to Author: Honggang Ren| Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2017 07:00:00 +0000

    In our last blog in this series, we discussed FortiGuard Labs’ participation in Google’s second annual Capture The Flag (CTF) competition. In this blogpost, I want to share how I solved another challenge, called“ASCII Art Client”. ChallengeDescription For this challenge, participants were given two files: a binary file aart_client and a network capture aart_client_capture.pcap. File1: aart_client File2: aart_client_capture.pcap The goal of the challenge was: This client displays nice…

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Got Robocalled? Don’t Get Mad; Get Busy.

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2017 15:24:16 +0000

Several times a week my cell phone receives the telephonic equivalent of spam: A robocall. On each occasion the call seems to come from a local number, but when I answer there is that telltale pause followed by an automated voice pitching some product or service. So when I heard from a reader who chose to hang on the line and see where one of these robocalls led him, I decided to dig deeper. This is the story of that investigation. Hopefully, it will inspire readers to do their own digging and help bury this annoying and intrusive practice.

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Ransomware families – and how to fight them

Credit to Author: Bill Brenner| Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 09:52:16 +0000

SophosLabs looked at the most prolific ransomware variants. And, we offer you the tools to better defend against them.<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&#038;blog=834173&#038;post=39967&#038;subd=sophos&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/FrSFs81iTfA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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