Cryakl/Fantomas victims rescued by new decryptor
Credit to Author: Anna Markovskaya| Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2018 15:36:01 +0000
Belgian police and Kaspersky Lab obtain decryption keys for files hit by Cryakl.
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This Week in Security News: Botnets and Breaches
Credit to Author: Jon Clay| Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2018 14:00:56 +0000
Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, North Korean hackers overtook Adobe, Trend Micro Safety Solutions discovered new a botnet, and the threat of third-party cyber breaches made large corporations rethink their strategy. Read…
Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 23
Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2018 08:43:35 +0000
In this week’s edition of Kaspersky Lab’s podcast, Jeff and Dave discuss a Ethereum scam in Twitter, China’s surveillance glasses and iPhone source code on GitHub.
Read MoreNew Deepfakes forum goes mining with Coinhive
Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2018 19:23:40 +0000
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| With the collapse of the main Deepfakes hubs on Reddit, users have moved away to other forums. Problem is, at least one of them is mining for cryptocurrency. Can your PC handle it? Categories: Tags: bitcoinbitcoinscryptocurrencycryptominingdeepfakesminingscripts |
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Read MoreSecurity Glue Between the Silos of Endpoint, Server, Cloud and Network Security Gets More Critical
Credit to Author: Greg Young| Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2018 17:59:01 +0000
Endpoint and Host security techniques have diverged. There used to be considerable similarity between the techniques and tools used to secure desktops, servers, and even networks. Desktops evolved to become Endpoints, as mobile devices proliferated and they were assembled into a collective of being in the category of not-a-server. But as practitioners know, it isn’t…
Feds Take Down Infraud, a $530M Cybercrime Forum That Lasted 7 Years
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2018 22:15:23 +0000
Infraud may not have been as famous as dark web markets like the Silk Road and Alphabay, but it far outlasted both.
Read MoreScammers Are Stealing Bitcoin on Twitter With a Classic Scheme
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2018 21:21:20 +0000
A new twist on the classic Nigerian Prince scheme has jumped from gaming communities to Twitter. And now it’s spreading.
Read MoreUnsecured at Any Speed: The Cyber Risks of the Connected Car
Credit to Author: Michael Xie| Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2018 13:45:59 +0000
It may go without saying, but the security of the connected car must be powerful. The security weaknesses seen in many IoT devices must stop here. So add things like encryption to protect financial transactions, locations and the privacy of communications between driving and safety systems.
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