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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 22:06:46 +0000

The recent rash of cryptojacking attacks has hit a Tesla database that contained potentially sensitive information.

February 21, 2018 admin

How to mitigate rapid cyberattacks such as Petya and WannaCrypt

Credit to Author: Jenny Erie| Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2018 17:00:18 +0000

In the first blog post of this 3-part series, we introduced what rapid cyberattacks are and illustrated how rapid cyberattacks are different in terms of execution and outcome. In the second blog post, we provided some details on Petya and how it worked. In this final blog post, we will share: Microsofts roadmap of recommendations

Kaspersky Security

February 21, 2018 admin

Webinar on cyberthreats to financial sector

Credit to Author: Kaspersky Team| Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2018 14:30:20 +0000

One of our GReAT experts will share information on the techniques and operations implemented by cybercriminals in 2017 and how to counter them in 2018

Fortinet Security

February 21, 2018 admin

Steganography: Combatting Threats Hiding in Plain Sight

Credit to Author: Jeannette Jarvis| Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2018 13:45:59 +0000

While still relatively unusual, security researchers report a 600% upsurge in steganographically-based attacks in 2017. Cybersecurity attackers use steganography to inject malicious content to slip past security defenses and exfiltrate misappropriated content from compromised systems.

Fortinet Security

February 21, 2018 admin

The Connected Campus: Digital Transformation in Education

Credit to Author: Sowjanya O'Neill| Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2018 13:45:59 +0000

As the education space undergoes digital transformation, the IoT and artificial intelligence bring new risks and opportunities. Learn how schools can protect their networks while adopting new technology.

Kaspersky Security

February 21, 2018 admin

When love backfires

Credit to Author: Anna Markovskaya| Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2018 14:00:53 +0000

We investigate how couples often neglect privacy — and the consequences.

MalwareBytes Security

February 21, 2018 admin

How to build an incident response program: GDPR guidelines

Credit to Author: Paul Kincaid| Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2018 09:00:00 +0000

With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) going into effect this May, many organizations need to have a robust incident response program to ensure the safety of their customers’ and employees’ data. Here’s part one of our guidelines.

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Tags: breach notification breach remediation breach response Data Subject Rights gdpr General Data Protection Regulation Incident Response incident response program

MalwareBytes Security

February 20, 2018 admin

Encryption 101: a malware analyst’s primer

Credit to Author: Vasilios Hioureas| Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 21:53:13 +0000

A primer on encryption mechanisms and how they are exploited by malware authors, including an introduction to encryption and the main methods used to encrypt ransomware.

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Threat analysis

Tags: 101 encryption ransomware

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