Can you read an encrypted PDF?
Credit to Author: Nikolay Pankov| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 21:49:42 +0000
Researcher Fabian Ising, speaking at the Chaos Communication Congress, showed the limits of PDF encryption’s strength.
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Sophos wins big in February
Credit to Author: Matthew Phillion| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 18:00:56 +0000
Sophos cleaned up on the awards front in February – find out which awards and accolades we took home this month.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/C2oRaaDL5vY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read MoreIntroducing Central Firewall Reporting with XG Firewall v18
Credit to Author: scottgrebesophos| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 17:45:15 +0000
New cloud-based reporting tool provides the flexibility to create custom historical reports on network activity for free.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/eoQXzp5fOFk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read MoreDomen toolkit gets back to work with new malvertising campaign
Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 17:54:18 +0000
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| We describe the latest malvertising campaign that uses Domen, an advanced social engineering toolkit. Categories: Tags: buren ransomwareDomendomen toolkitintelrapid cryptominerJavaScriptmalicious websitesmalvertisingmalvertising campaignssmoke loaderSocial EngineeringtoolkitVidarvidar stealer |
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Read MoreDangerzone Lets You Open Email Attachments Safely
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 17:12:00 +0000
Dangerzone takes potentially malicious files and safely sanitizes them for you.
Read MoreThis Week in Security News: Trend Micro Detects a 10 Percent Rise in Ransomware in 2019 and New Wi-Fi Encryption Vulnerability Affects Over a Billion Devices
Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 13:56:27 +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 Trend Micro detected a 10 percent rise in ransomware attacks in 2019. Also, learn about a new Wi-Fi encryption vulnerability affecting over a billion…
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Read MoreMac adware is more sophisticated and dangerous than traditional Mac malware
Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 18:34:48 +0000
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| Adware and PUPs can actually be far more invasive and dangerous on the Mac than “real” malware. We demonstrate with analysis of Crossrider, a sophisticated Mac adware that uses evasion and persistence techniques more complex than nation-state malware. Categories: Tags: adwarebundlorecrossridermacMac adwaremac threatsmacOSmacspotentially unwanted programsPUPssurfbuyer |
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Read MoreA Flaw in Billions of Wi-Fi Chips Let Attackers Decrypt Data
Credit to Author: Dan Goodin, Ars Technica| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 15:00:00 +0000
Affected devices include iPhones, iPads, Macs, Amazon Echos and Kindles, Android devices, and various Wi-Fi routers.
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