Be prepared: Threat Management and Defense
Credit to Author: Oleg Glebov| Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2018 11:00:16 +0000
A purely protective solution is not enough anymore.
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Looking back on 10 years of The SAS
Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2018 09:21:57 +0000
Costin Raiu joins the Kaspersky Daily team to discuss the 10th anniversary of Security Analyst Summit as well as what attendees can learn at #TheSAS2018.
Read MoreThe Runner: a key component of the SamSam ransomware campaign
Credit to Author: Amar Patil| Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2018 06:53:36 +0000
In Jan 2018, Greenfield, Indiana-based Hancock Health (healthcare network) was attacked by SamSam ransomware. It encrypted the files containing patients’ data which disrupted their critical services. Even though SamSam is not a new ransomware, it has evolved over a period of time. We had observed its first variant in Feb…
Read MoreThe Growing Trend of Coin Miner JavaScript Infection
Credit to Author: Eric Chong| Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2018 11:45:00 +0000
On 6th December 2017, FortiGuard Labs discovered a compromised website – acenespargc[.]com. Looking into the source code, we noticed a suspicious encrypted script which the uses eval() function to convert all the characters into numbers. We used a tool called CharCode Translator to reverse the numbers back into characters. We were then able to retrieve a link which redirects to a scam page or phishing website. Part 1 Part 2 The above is just a simple example. The threat actor can actually…
Read MoreTech support scammers find new way to jam Google Chrome (updated)
Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2018 16:21:49 +0000
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| Browsers are usually the first point of contact between victims and threat actors. With a few bits of code, crooks manage once again to freeze Google Chrome and scare users into calling for assistance. Categories: Tags: chromefreezeGooglejamtech support scams |
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Read MoreBogus hack apps hack users back for cryptocash
Credit to Author: Nathan Collier| Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2018 19:30:00 +0000
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| Recently, we discovered a gold mine of fake hack apps that mine for Monero cryptocurrency and serve up annoying adware. Categories: Tags: adwareAndroidcoin hivecoin minershackhack appMobiletrojan |
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Read MoreTaking firewalls to the next level
Credit to Author: Matthew Phillion| Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2018 19:36:28 +0000
XG Firewall delivers new levels of insight and management<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/yqP6K0PcYeo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read MoreNew Mac cryptominer has 23 older variants
Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2018 18:35:53 +0000
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| The new Mac cryptominer, OSX.CreativeUpdate, turns out to be older than we thought, with 23 variants found dating back to October 2017. Categories: Tags: macMac cryptominermac malwaremacOS |
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