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Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2018 21:11:18 +0000
The Devin Nunes memo that purports to show improper surveillance practices is out—and national security experts say it falls far short of the hype.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Pradeep Kulkarni| Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2018 09:39:38 +0000
The recent zero-day vulnerability CVE-2018-4878 in Adobe Flash Player enables attackers to perform a Remote Code Execution on targeted machines. Adobe has released a security advisory APSA18-01 on February 2, 2018 to address this issue. According to Adobe the in wild attack is targeted and it impacts limited windows users….
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Credit to Author: Editor| Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2018 00:02:25 +0000
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Read MoreCredit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2018 21:20:01 +0000
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| A new Mac cryptocurrency miner, called OSX.CreativeUpdate, was being distributed from the MacUpdate website, in the guise of known apps such as Firefox. Categories: Tags: cryptominercryptominingmacmac malwareMacUpdatePlatypus |
The post New Mac cryptominer distributed via a MacUpdate hack appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 23:43:52 +0000
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| Ransomware may have slowed its growth but is still a go-to payload for threat actors looking to monetize drive-by download attacks. The latest attempt: GandCrab ransomware. Categories: Tags: exploit kitsgandcrabgandcrab ransomwaregrandsoftransomwareRIG |
The post GandCrab ransomware distributed by RIG and GrandSoft exploit kits (updated) appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.
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Credit to Author: David Maciejak, Jasper Manuel and Rommel Joven| Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2018 20:34:59 +0000
Satori, a Mirai based IoT bot, has been one of the most actively updated exploits in recent months. It is believed that the hacker behind this bot is also the author of other Mirai variants, known as Okiru, and Masuta. FortiGuard Labs researchers recently observed a new Satori version that had added a known exploit chain (one which had been used in the past by the Persirai bot) to enable it to spread to vulnerable devices, particularly, wireless IP cameras that run a vulnerable custom version of the GoAhead web server.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Nikolay Pankov| Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2018 17:22:17 +0000
Researchers at our ICS CERT discovered a number of vulnerabilities in the Sentinel solution, so users are advised to update the drivers immediately
Read MoreCredit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2018 15:37:00 +0000
Late last year, Trend Micro introduced its Security Predictions for 2018. One of the predictions stated that digital extortion will be at the core of most cybercriminals’ business model. It’s much more than just ransomware – it is the most successful criminal business model in the current threat landscape. Valuable information is accessible throughout corporate…