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Threat spotlight: WastedLocker, customized ransomware

July 10, 2020 admin 0 Comments evil corp., ransom.binads, ransomware, threat spotlight, wasted, wastedlocker

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2020 18:10:37 +0000

WastedLocker ransomware, attributed to the Russian Evil Corp gang, is such a targeted threat, you might call it a custom-built ransomware family.

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Microsoft Halts a Global Fraud Campaign That Targeted CEOs

July 10, 2020 admin 0 Comments Security, Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks

Credit to Author: Dan Goodin, Ars Technica| Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2020 13:00:00 +0000

A sophisticated scheme was designed to trick businesses in more than 60 countries into wiring large sums of money to attackers.

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Quantum computers and cryptography for dummies

July 10, 2020 admin 0 Comments cryptography, data protection, encryption, quantum computers, quantum supremacy, Technology, Tips

Credit to Author: Egor Nashilov| Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2020 17:28:22 +0000

We explore how encryption protects your data and why quantum computers might shake things up.

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This Week in Security News: 15 Billion Credentials Currently Up for Grabs on Hacker Forums and New Mirai Variant Expands Arsenal

July 10, 2020 admin 0 Comments Current News, Security

Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2020 12:30:22 +0000

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, read about how fifteen billion usernames and passwords for a range of internet services are currently for sale on underground forums. Also, learn about a new Mirai…

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Making Azure Sentinel work for you

July 9, 2020 admin 0 Comments Azure Security, cybersecurity, Security strategies

Credit to Author: Jim Flack| Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2020 20:00:51 +0000

A new white paper outlines best practice recommendations for configuring data sources for incident response and proactively hunting for threats using Azure Sentinel.

The post Making Azure Sentinel work for you appeared first on Microsoft Security .

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DoNotPay Unsubscribes You From Spam—and Tries to Get You Paid

July 9, 2020 admin 0 Comments Security, Security / Security News

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2020 13:00:00 +0000

There’s finally a way to get off of email lists with your privacy intact.

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Hong Kong’s Security Law Puts Big Tech at a Crossroads

July 9, 2020 admin 0 Comments Security, Security / Privacy

Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2020 22:11:25 +0000

As China exerts more power over the city, companies like Facebook and Google have stopped handing over data—for now.

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Inside Microsoft Threat Protection: Correlating and consolidating attacks into incidents

July 9, 2020 admin 0 Comments cybersecurity, incidents, Microsoft security intelligence, Microsoft Threat Protection, mtp

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2020 16:00:27 +0000

The incidents view in Microsoft Threat Protection empowers SOC analysts by automatically fusing attack evidence and providing a consolidated view of an attack chain and affected assets, as well as a single-click remediation with easy-to-read analyst workflows.

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