MalwareBytes – Page 302 – Computer Security Articles

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Troldesh is ransomware that relies heavily on user interaction. Nevertheless, a recent spike in detections shows it’s been successful against businesses in the first few months of 2019.

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Tags: decryptor decryptors ransom.troldesh ransomware ransomware remediation shade threat spotlight Troldesh

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March 5, 2019 admin

Labs survey finds privacy concerns, distrust of social media rampant with all age groups

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 13:00:00 +0000

Our survey and accompanying report find that, no matter their age, users have deep concerns about the privacy of their data online and take significant steps to secure it. Learn how public distrust in corporations’ ability to protect and use data in ethically responsible ways has shaped their behavior online.

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Tags: cambridge analytica Data privacy facebook facebook-cambridge Analytica scandal gdpr general data privacy regulations privacy search engines social media social media distrust

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March 4, 2019 admin

A week in security (February 25 – March 3)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2019 18:03:33 +0000

A roundup of the past week’s news, including mobile threats, viral scares, PDF tracking, and more.

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Tags: exploits GPU momo PDF tracking twitter

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March 1, 2019 admin

Spectre, Google, and the Universal Read Gadget

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 16:43:37 +0000

A recently released paper by Google has resurrected the spirit of Spectre, a seemingly never-ending threat to most makes of processor. We take a look at what this means, and what the Universal Read Gadget means for most technology users.

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Tags: CPU exploit Google Meltdown meltdown and spectre Spectre universal read gadget vulnerability

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February 28, 2019 admin

Key considerations for building vs. buying identity access management solutions

Credit to Author: Kayla Matthews| Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Having a strong identity and access management solution is critical to the security of your organization. It ensures that the right people have access to your system—and keeps unauthorized users out. Should businesses build these solutions in-house or look to third-party vendors to fill the gap? Here are the factors to consider.

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Tags: access management access management solutions development teams engineering iam identity access management risk mitigation third party

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February 27, 2019 admin

Will pay-for-privacy be the new normal?

Credit to Author: davidruiz| Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 17:04:22 +0000

As the US considers new data privacy laws, at least two new proposals include calls to exchange money for privacy—an unwelcome bargain for users. Before pay-for-privacy becomes law, privacy as a right should become industry practice.

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Privacy

Tags: Amy Klobuchar Brian Schatz California California Consumer Privacy Act Consumer Data Protection Act Consumer Privacy Act Credo Credo Mobile DuckDuckGo duty to care facebook Federal Trade Commission Florida gdpr Google Hawaii human right Marco Rubio Minnesota oregon pay-for-privacy privacy protonmail Ron Wyden targeted ads targeted advertising twitter

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February 26, 2019 admin

New Golang brute forcer discovered amid rise in e-commerce attacks

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:00:08 +0000

E-commerce sites are a hot commodity these days. We dig into how compromised PCs are helping to hack into them to inject skimmers, whether via vulnerabilities in the websites themselves or through a new malware we discovered gaining entry via brute force.

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Threat analysis

Tags: Bot botnet bruteforce Golang googletagmanager Magecart magento skimmer

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February 26, 2019 admin

What K–12 schools need to shore up cybersecurity

Credit to Author: Wendy Zamora| Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 13:00:00 +0000

We discuss the challenges facing K–12 schools looking to protect students’ data, and which solutions they can adopt in order to build up defenses and increase cybersecurity awareness.

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Tags: cybersecurity education education K–12 k–12 schools phishing phishing attacks private schools public schools ransomware schools

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