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Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 17:31:58 +0000

Identity theft protection services promise to have your back against cybercriminals looking to steal your data. But they don’t actually stop them from taking your identity. Are they worth it, then? We say no.

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Security Wired

November 28, 2017 admin

How Bots Broke the FCC’s Public Comment System During the Net Neutrality Debate

Credit to Author: Issie Lapowsky| Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 17:19:04 +0000

The FCC’s net neutrality public comment period was overrun with bots, making it all but impossible for any one voice to be heard. That’s not how this is supposed to work.

ScadaICS Schneider

November 28, 2017 admin

Equipping Tomorrow’s Healthcare Facilities for the Digital Age

Credit to Author: Mohamed Shishani| Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 14:00:11 +0000

The main mission of any healthcare facility is to provide cost-effective care, patient satisfaction and safety, and financial performance. However, according to a recent survey commissioned by Schneider Electric, many… Read more »

The post Equipping Tomorrow’s Healthcare Facilities for the Digital Age appeared first on Schneider Electric Blog.

Fortinet Security

November 28, 2017 admin

Fortinet Quarterly Threat Landscape Report: The Battle Against Cybercrime Continues to Escalate

Credit to Author: Anthony Giandomenico| Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 13:30:59 +0000

Fortinet today announced the findings of its latest Global Threat Landscape Report. The research reveals that high botnet reoccurrence rates and an increase of automated malware demonstrate that cybercriminals are leveraging common exploits combined with automated attack methods at unprecedented speed and scale.

Kaspersky Security

November 28, 2017 admin

The vulnerable Internet of Things

Credit to Author: Marvin the Robot| Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 14:00:46 +0000

A new study by Kaspersky Lab showed how insecure smart devices really are. We explain how to cope.

Fortinet Security

November 28, 2017 admin

A Deep Dive Analysis of the FALLCHILL Remote Administration Tool

Credit to Author: Minh Tran| Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 12:45:59 +0000

FortiGuard Labs has been actively monitoring FALLCHILL, validating all its IOCs (indicators of compromise), and providing protection for our customers. In a previous post we provided a high level overview of FALLCHILL. In this research report we dig even further, providing a deep dive analysis of the FALLCHILL Remote Administration Tool (RAT) in order to shed additional light on this threat, and thereby help our customer and the security community at large defend against this threat and similar threats.

QuickHeal Security

November 28, 2017 admin

Beware! 12.5 million emails hiding a ransomware have been let loose by Necurs botnet

Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 09:40:57 +0000

If you weren’t careful with your incoming emails, then it’s time you should. Attackers have released 12.5 million emails hiding a ransomware called the Scarab malware. And Necurs botnet, the world’s largest email spam botnet, is being used in this attack. First, what is a botnet? A group of computers…

QuickHeal Security

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