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Cybercriminals are using a combination of improved script and well-maintained download sites in trying to install Locky and Kovter on more computers. A few months ago, we reported an email campaign distributing .lnk files with a malicious script that downloaded Locky ransomware on target computers. Opening the malicious .lnk files executed a PowerShell script that…
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Opinion: Lawmakers should craft privacy regulations to ensure protection of citizens’ amendment rights. The post Police Could Get Your Location Data Without a Warrant. That Has to End appeared first on WIRED.
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The tech behind new remote-operated ‘bots is homebrewed, inelegant—and deadly. The post The Warbot Builders of the Middle East Spill Their Secrets appeared first on WIRED.
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Hard work in 2016 definitely paid off for everyone on our endpoint security team here at Trend Micro. Recently Gartner, Inc. announced that Trend Micro had been positioned Highest and Furthest in the leader’s quadrant for its ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision in the 2017 Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms (EPP). Gartner…
New research codifies a framework for the type of tools survivors need to protect their digital security and privacy from an abusive intimate partner. The post Tech Can Do More to Help Survivors of Abuse. Here’s Where to Start appeared first on WIRED.
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Since its discovery in early 2016, we have tracked a number variations of Petya, a ransomware variant famous for multi-stage encryption that not only locks your computer, but also overwrites the Master Boot Record. Petya continues to persist, and in this blog we will take a deeper look at its more complex second stage of attack. Petya overwrites the Master Boot Record (MBR), along with its neighboring sectors using its boot code and a small kernel code. The MBR contains the master boot code, the partition table,…
Spora is a recent addition to the ransomware family that Quick Heal Lab has come across. It is a file encryptor ransomware that encrypts a user’s files with strong encryption algorithm and demands a ransom. Spora is launched with a good infection routine, the capability to work offline, well-designed and…
The post Beware of Spora – a professionally designed ransomware appeared first on Quick Heal Technologies Security Blog | Latest computer security news, tips, and advice.
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