Credit to Author: Pradeep Kulkarni| Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 07:17:59 +0000
Over the past few months, the cybersecurity world was at buzz due to the infamous WannaCry ransomware attack. The attack was launched on a massive scale. The campaign started after the disclosure of NSA exploit leak by a hacker group called Shadow Brokers. Taking advantage of unpatched systems all over…
Credit to Author: Kushal Arvind Shah| Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 01:00:00 +0000
This past June 17th and 18th, 2017, Google hosted their second annual Capture The Flag (CTF) competition. The Google team created security challenges and puzzles that contestants were able to earn points for solving. It’s a clever way to leverage the security community to help protect Google users, and the web as a whole. Last year, over 2,400 teams competed, and this year the number was even higher. FortiGuard Labs decided to pull together a team and then write up a report on the experience. So, first things first, this challenge was…
Credit to Author: Eva Chen| Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 12:00:46 +0000
At Trend Micro, we’re used to fighting it out against a constant barrage of cyber threats facing our customers. But we don’t just want to be number one in cybersecurity: We’re also highly competitive elsewhere. As a company proud of our East Asian links we’re keen Dragon Boat racers, and guess what? Dragon Boat season…
Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 11:45:07 +0000
#ICYMI, why not listen to Tuesday’s Security SOS Week podcast right now? In this episode: Paul Ducklin interviews Sophos malware specialist Peter Mackenzie about the evolution of phishing. Join us to learn how to keep your own users safe.. LISTEN NOW (Audio player above not working? Download MP3, listen on Soundcloud or access via iTunes.) […]<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&blog=834173&post=40184&subd=sophos&ref=&feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/O9qEwTlIQfQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>