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Credit to Author: Threat Research Labs| Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2017 04:45:19 +0000

For the last 2 weeks, we have been observing a malware campaign using spam emails that look like they are from United States Postal Service (USPS) or FedEx. These emails are distributing the Cerber Ransomware along with Kovter Trojan – a lethal combination! The spam email contains a malicious script…

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Security Wired

April 13, 2017 admin

That ‘Mother of All Bombs’ Was Just Waiting For the Right Target

Credit to Author: Emily Dreyfuss| Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 21:48:35 +0000

What’s a Massive Ordinance Air Blast? “Just a big canister with a lot of explosive in it.” The post That ‘Mother of All Bombs’ Was Just Waiting For the Right Target appeared first on WIRED.

Fortinet Security

April 13, 2017 admin

IRS Notification? No, It is a Scam

Credit to Author: Xiaopeng Zhang| Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 14:14:13 -0700

In every country and region in the world, tax season is also a time when we see a spike in scams, phishing, and targeted malware. The tax return season in the US is coming to the end. Have you filed your tax return yet? Did you receive any notifications from the IRS (the Internal Revenue Service) in your email? We did, but not from the real IRS. (Remember, the IRS never communicates important information with taxpayers by email.) FortiGuard Labs recently collected a number of malware samples related to the current tax season in the US….

Kaspersky Security

April 13, 2017 admin

Burger King takes over Google Home

Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 15:36:24 +0000

Burger King exploits IoT Google Home in latest commercial.

Security Sophos

April 13, 2017 admin

Android malware anti-emulation techniques

Credit to Author: Bill Brenner| Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 15:35:54 +0000

The following report is by SophosLabs Android specialist Chen Yu, with support from Android team members William Lee, Jagadeesh Chandraiah and Ferenc László Nagy. As the amount of Android malware grows, it follows every step of its Windows counterparts when it comes to techniques used to evade emulators used for dynamic analysis. In this blog post, we’ll show some […]

Kaspersky Security

April 13, 2017 admin

Cyberfun with flags

Credit to Author: Marvin the Robot| Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 13:00:51 +0000

Where are the most dangerous places to live? How about the biggest fans of e-mail — and of porn? All that and more in our annual cybersurvey.

Security TrendMicro

April 13, 2017 admin

Why Scammers Want Your Tax Returns (and how to stop them)

Credit to Author: Jon Clay| Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 12:00:02 +0000

Hackers very often have to handle a lot of money, and keep it away from the authorities. It’s almost here – April 18, tax day in the U.S. As businesses and employees prepare their tax returns, cybercriminals are once again ramping up efforts to steal this information, and they are getting more intelligent every year. How it works Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams have been on the rise since 2016, and…

Fortinet Security

April 13, 2017 admin

Certification Marks for IoT Devices – A Suggestion to the FTC and California

Credit to Author: Hemant Jain| Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 05:38:18 -0700

According to a recent prediction detailed in the Deloitte Global TMT Predictions 2017 report, incidents of DDoS are expected to rise to 10 million attacks during the year. The escalation of DDoS, according to them, is primarily due to the growing base of insecure IoT devices, readily available online instructions for unskilled attackers, and rising uplink data speeds. One of the solutions Deloitte Global has recommended is certification marks for connected devices. They propose that device vendors should obtain security certification for their…