On the hunt for Twitter bots
Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2018 13:22:13 +0000
How security researchers were able to track down cryptocurrency bots on Twitter.
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iDeath of eVoldemort
Credit to Author: Eugene Kaspersky| Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 16:37:26 +0000
Any piece of malware can be captured if you know it for what it is — for example, if you use a trainable behavioral model.
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Credit to Author: Julia Glazova| Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 14:10:08 +0000
Take a stroll through your apps and you’re bound to encounter some unfamiliar names. Where do those unaccounted-for apps on your PC come from, and are they safe?
Read MoreA week in security (August 6 – August 12)
Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 16:37:10 +0000
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| A round-up of the security news from August 6 – August 12, including ransomware, interesting talks during BlackHat, botnets, and the evils of JavaScript. Categories: Tags: botnetCTNT reportcybercrimeexploit kitsMeltdownransomwarerdprecaptrue cost of cybercrimetwitter botsweek in securityweekly blog roundupwhatsapp. javascript |
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Read MoreProcess Doppelgänging meets Process Hollowing in Osiris dropper
Credit to Author: hasherezade| Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 18:29:57 +0000
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| Process doppleganging, a rare technique of impersonating a process, was discovered last year, but hasn’t been seen much in the wild since. It was an interesting surprise, then, to discover its use mixed in with Process Hollowing, yet another technique, in a dropper for the Osiris banking Trojan. Categories: Tags: dropperkronososirisOsiris dropperprocess dopplegangingtrojan |
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Read MoreHow to Stop Google From Tracking Your Location
Credit to Author: Emily Dreyfuss| Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 17:37:28 +0000
A new report shows that Google still tracks your location even if you thought you opted out.
Read MoreHacked Water Heaters Could Trigger Mass Blackouts Someday
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 11:00:00 +0000
A new study found that just 42,000 of those hacked home devices could be enough to leave a country of 38 million people in the dark.
Read MoreFax Machines Are Still Everywhere, and Wildly Insecure
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2018 22:00:00 +0000
Researchers have demonstrated that sending a single malicious fax is all it takes to break into a network.
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