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Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2018 15:00:54 +0000
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| A lesser-known variant called LockCrypt ransomware has been creeping around under the radar since June 2017. We take a look inside its code and expose its flaws. Categories: Tags: LockCryptLockCrypt ransomwareransomware |
The post LockCrypt ransomware: weakness in code can lead to recovery appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Windows Defender ATP| Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2018 15:00:18 +0000
Dofoil is a sophisticated threat that attempted to install coin miner malware on hundreds of thousands of computers in March, 2018. In previous blog posts we detailed how behavior monitoring and machine learning in Windows Defender AV protected customers from a massive Dofoil outbreak that we traced back to a software update poisoning campaign several
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2018 13:02:37 +0000
A story published here last week warned readers about a vast network of potentially malicious Web sites ending in “.cm” that mimic some of the world’s most popular Internet destinations (e.g. espn[dot]cm, aol[dot]cm and itunes[dot].cm) in a bid to bombard hapless visitors with fake security alerts that can lock up one’s computer. If that piece lacked one key detail it was insight into just how many people were mistyping .com and ending up at one of these so-called “typosquatting” domains. On March 30, an eagle-eyed reader noted that four years of access logs for the entire network of more than 1,000 dot-cm typosquatting domains were available for download directly from the typosquatting network’s own hosting provider. The logs — which include detailed records of how many people visited the sites over the past three years and from where — were deleted shortly after that comment was posted here, but not before KrebsOnSecurity managed to grab a copy of the entire archive for analysis.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Anna Markovskaya| Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2018 10:00:16 +0000
Hidden miners detected in soccer and VPN apps on Google Play — steer clear!
Read MoreCredit to Author: Wendy Zamora| Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2018 20:53:29 +0000
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| The Panerabread.com breach might have exposed 37 million customers’ data online. What should you do to make sure your security isn’t compromised? Categories: Tags: Brian Krebsdata breachidentity theftKrebsOnSecurityLord & TaylorMyFitnessPalOrbitzPaneraPanerabread.comprivacySaks Fifth Avenue |
The post Panerabread.com breach could have impacted millions appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Damien Wells| Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2018 15:00:25 +0000
At DCD Zettastructure in London, I spoke with Kevin Brown, the SVP of Innovation & CTO for Schneider Electric’s IT Division, about the ways he’s seen the data center sector being… Read more »
The post The Data Center Enters a New Age with Edge Computing appeared first on Schneider Electric Blog.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Dr. Supriya Ranjan Mitra| Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2018 04:17:04 +0000
“Now listen to me closely, young gentlemen. That brain is thinking. Maybe it’s thinking about music. Maybe it has a great symphony all thought out or a mathematical formula that… Read more »
The post Brainwave: A media of universal language appeared first on Schneider Electric Blog.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2018 16:00:00 +0000
The appointment of Paul Nakasone raises the question again: Should the NSA and Cyber Command be controlled by one man?
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