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Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 06 May 2019 15:21:13 +0000
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| A roundup of security news from April 29 – May 5, covering Electrum botnet, Wall Street Market takedown, privacy news, and the state of cryptojacking. Categories: Tags: ElectrumeuropolfacebookfiservgithealthcarejenkinsmirrorthiefmozillaNISTsextortionWall Street Market |
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Read MoreCredit to Author: Alex Drozhzhin| Date: Mon, 06 May 2019 12:44:53 +0000
It seems the only reason to buy a “smart” padlock is to make lock-pickers happy.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sun, 05 May 2019 11:00:00 +0000
Security firms are increasingly touting application shielding as an important layer of defense. But it may be better suited to DRM.
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Credit to Author: Emily Dreyfuss| Date: Sat, 04 May 2019 13:00:00 +0000
Hacking big companies, building a better voting machine, and more security news this week.
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Credit to Author: Alex Baker-Whitcomb| Date: Fri, 03 May 2019 23:10:03 +0000
Catch up on the most important news today in 2 minutes or less.
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Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Fri, 03 May 2019 19:45:43 +0000
By Andrew Brandt A new ransomware that calls itself MegaCortex got a jolt of life on Wednesday as we detected a spike in the number of attacks against Sophos customers around the world, including in Italy, the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Ireland, and France. The attackers delivering this new malware campaign employed sophisticated techiques […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/pFdm0BTbxug” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Fri, 03 May 2019 11:00:00 +0000
A group of likely Chinese hackers has poisoned the software of at least six companies in just the last three years.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 03 May 2019 16:48:36 +0000
Federal investigators in the United States, Germany and the Netherlands announced today the arrest and charging of three German nationals and a Brazilian man as the alleged masterminds behind the Wall Street Market (WSM), one of the world’s largest dark web bazaars that allowed vendors to sell illegal drugs, counterfeit goods and malware. Now, at least one former WSM administrator is reportedly trying to extort money from WSM vendors and buyers (supposedly including Yours Truly) — in exchange for not publishing details of the transactions.
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