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Credit to Author: Ankita Ashesh| Date: Wed, 10 May 2017 06:55:01 +0000

Dridex is a banking malware which uses macros to spread on windows systems. Spam email attachments are utilized to spread this infection. Banking malware are generally key loggers. They trick users into opening the attachment; it then records the keystrokes on user’s computer and uses them for their own benefit….

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May 9, 2017 admin

7 Deadly Internet Security Mistakes

Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Wed, 10 May 2017 05:30:44 +0000

Simply installing an antivirus software on your PC cannot guarantee your online safety. Internet security is an ongoing process, where you need to stay on guard against the latest threats. Run through the below post and check if you are making any of these 7 deadly Internet Security mistakes. 1….

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May 9, 2017 admin

A Vicious Microsoft Bug Left a Billion PCs Exposed

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Tue, 09 May 2017 20:09:14 +0000

A newly fixed flaw in Microsoft’s malware protection could have been bad news for a whole lot of PCs. The post A Vicious Microsoft Bug Left a Billion PCs Exposed appeared first on WIRED.

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May 9, 2017 admin

Deep Analysis of New Emotet Variant – Part 2

Credit to Author: Xiaopeng Zhang| Date: Tue, 09 May 2017 11:11:59 -0700

This is the second part of FortiGuard Labs’ deep analysis of the new Emotet variant. In the first part of the analysis we demonstrated that by bypassing the server-side Anti-Debug or Anti-Analysis technique we could download three or four modules (.dll files) from the C&C server. In that first blog we only analyzed one module (I named it ‘module2’). In this blog, we’ll review how the other modules work. Here we go.

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May 9, 2017 admin

The NSA Confirms It: Russia Hacked French Election ‘Infrastructure’

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Tue, 09 May 2017 16:36:52 +0000

NSA Director Michael Rogers provides the first US government confirmation that Russia successfully compromised elements of the French election. The post The NSA Confirms It: Russia Hacked French Election ‘Infrastructure’ appeared first on WIRED.

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May 9, 2017 admin

Deep Analysis of New Emotet Variant – Part 1

Credit to Author: Xiaopeng Zhang| Date: Wed, 03 May 2017 09:41:26 -0700

Background Last week, FortiGuard Labs captured a JS file that functions as a malware downloader to spread a new variant of the Emotet Trojan. Its original file name is Invoice__779__Apr___25___2017___lang___gb___GB779.js. A JS file, as you may be aware, is a JavaScript file that can be executed by a Window Script Host (wscript.exe) simply by double-clicking on it. In this blog we will analyze how this new malware works by walking through it step by step in chronological order. A JS file used to spread malware The original JS code…

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May 9, 2017 admin

Microsoft Is Right: We Need a Digital Geneva Convention

Credit to Author: Heidi Tworek| Date: Tue, 09 May 2017 15:00:50 +0000

Opinion: Just as nations have collaborated on rules of war, today tech companies can team up to stop cyber attacks. The post Microsoft Is Right: We Need a Digital Geneva Convention appeared first on WIRED.

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May 9, 2017 admin

Fixing the Cell Network Flaw That Lets Hackers Drain Bank Accounts

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 09 May 2017 12:00:44 +0000

Security researchers have warned about SS7 for years. Now that hackers have used it to rob banks, here’s how telecoms can finally fix it. The post Fixing the Cell Network Flaw That Lets Hackers Drain Bank Accounts appeared first on WIRED.