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Tampa Bay Times hit with Ryuk ransomware attack

January 24, 2020 admin 0 Comments chicago tribune, CrowdStrike, dch health system, emotet, imperial county, imperial county california, lake city, lake city florida, Los Angeles Times, ProPublica, ransom, ransom.ryuk, ransomware, ryuk, Ryuk Ransomware, tampa bay times, tribune publishing, trickbot, Trojan.TrickBot, us coast guard

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 20:11:10 +0000

Florida newspaper The Tampa Bay Times suffered a Ryuk ransomware attack Thursday, making it the latest major victim of the notorious ransomware family that continues to rise in popularity.

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Ransomware

Tags: Chicago Tribune CrowdStrike DCH Health System emotet Imperial County Imperial County California Lake City Lake City Florida Los Angeles Times ProPublica ransom Ransom.Ryuk ransomware ryuk Ryuk ransomware Tampa Bay Times tribune publishing trickbot Trojan.TrickBot US Coast Guard

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Deepfakes laws and proposals flood US

January 23, 2020 admin 0 Comments ab 602, ab 730, Artificial Intelligence, California, deep fakes accountability act, deepfake, deepfake report act, deepfakes, deepfakes laws, deepfakes legislation, deeptrace, election interference, gavin newsom, iogan act, maryland, Massachusetts, national defense authorization act, ndaa, New York, nonconsensual deepfake pornography, nonconsensual pornorgraphy, revenge porn, rogue one, SAG-AFTRA, screen actors guild‐american federation of television and radio artists, star wars, star wars: rogue one, Texas, Virginia

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 17:59:05 +0000

In a rare example of legislative haste, roughly one dozen state and federal bills were introduced in the past 12 months to regulate deepfakes, the relatively modern technology that some fear could upend democracy.

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Artificial Intelligence

Tags: AB 602 AB 730 California DEEP FAKES Accountability Act deepfake Deepfake Report Act deepfakes deepfakes laws deepfakes legislation Deeptrace election interference Gavin Newsom IOGAN Act Maryland Massachusetts National Defense Authorization Act NDAA New York nonconsensual deepfake pornography nonconsensual pornorgraphy revenge porn Rogue One SAG-AFTRA Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Star Wars Star Wars: Rogue One texas Virginia

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WOOF locker: Unmasking the browser locker behind a stealthy tech support scam operation

January 22, 2020 admin 0 Comments 404browlock, 404error, browlock, browlocks, browser guard, browser locker, chrome, Edge, Firefox, malvertising, malvertising campaigns, microsoft, scams, Social engineering, steganography, tech support, tech support scams, Threat analysis, TSS, woof

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 16:00:00 +0000

We reveal the inner workings of WOOF locker, the most sophisticated browser locker campaign we’ve seen to date. Learn how this tech support scam evades researchers and ensnares users by hiding in plain sight.

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Threat analysis

Tags: 404Browlock 404error browlock browlocks Browser guard browser locker chrome Edge firefox malvertising malvertising campaigns microsoft scams Social Engineering steganography tech support tech support scams TSS WOOF

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A week in security (January 13 – 19)

January 20, 2020 admin 0 Comments a week in security, apt40, Cisco, Citrix, data enrichment, deepfakes, elastic servers, emotet, rootkit, travelex, weleakinfo

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 16:32:45 +0000

Our weekly security roundup for January 13-19, with a look at elastic servers, data enrichment, rootkits, regulation for deepfakes, and more.

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A week in security

Tags: apt40 Cisco citrix data enrichment deepfakes elastic servers emotet rootkit travelex weleakinfo

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Business in the front, party in the back: backdoors in elastic servers expose private data

January 17, 2020 admin AWS, AWS buckets, cloud database, cloud databases, cloud infrastructure, elastic databases, elastic servers, insecure cloud, PACs, personally identifiable information, port 9200, threat spotlight

Credit to Author: Vasilios Hioureas| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 18:58:47 +0000

It’s all too easy to discover data leaks online, especially in cloud services. We take a look at misconfigurations in elastic servers that lead to exposed data on the Internet.

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Threat spotlight

Tags: aws AWS buckets cloud database cloud databases cloud infrastructure elastic databases elastic servers insecure cloud pacs personally identifiable information port 9200

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Rules on deepfakes take hold in the US

January 15, 2020 admin Artificial Intelligence, Barack Obama, Boris Johnson, cheapfake, deepfake, deepfakes, Department of Defense, Director of National Intelligence, DNI, gavin newsom, governor gavin newsom, jeremy corbyn, nancy pelosi, national defense authorization act, ndaa, people's republic of china, President Obama, Reddit, russian federation

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 16:59:33 +0000

Rather than creating new policies or crimes for deepfakes—like making it illegal to use them to deceive—the NDAA seeks a better understanding to the burgeoning technology.

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Artificial Intelligence

Tags: Barack Obama Boris Johnson cheapfake deepfake deepfakes Department of Defense Director of National Intelligence DNI Gavin Newsom Governor Gavin Newsom Jeremy Corbyn Nancy Pelosi National Defense Authorization Act NDAA People’s Republic of China President Obama reddit Russian Federation

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How to prevent a rootkit attack

January 14, 2020 admin application rootkits, bootloader, firmware rootkits, hardware rootkits, How-tos, kernel rootkits, phishing, rootkit, rootkit attacks, Social engineering, virtualized rootkits

Credit to Author: Gilad Maayan| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 17:31:55 +0000

Rootkit attacks are considered one of the most dangerous cyberthreats today. Learn what they are, how they infect systems, and how to protect against them.

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How-tos

Tags: application rootkits bootloader firmware rootkits hardware rootkits kernel rootkits phishing rootkit rootkit attacks Social Engineering virtualized rootkits

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