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Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 17 May 2017 15:00:24 +0000

The Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities (APPA) began an initiative called Privacy Awareness Week, or PAW, with the purpose of educating users about current privacy issues and promoting the importance of keeping their personal information safe. This remains the core of why it exists for more than a decade now.

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Kaspersky Security

May 17, 2017 admin

How to properly update Windows to protect your computer from WannaCry

Credit to Author: Marvin the Robot| Date: Wed, 17 May 2017 15:05:26 +0000

By now, everyone has heard about the WannaCry ransomware attack. So far we have two posts about it: one with a general overview of what happened, and another with advice for businesses. But it’s become clear that not everyone understands how to patch the Windows vulnerability that is exploited by WannaCry, which allows it to […]

Security Sophos

May 17, 2017 admin

How to keep your XG Firewall up to date

Credit to Author: Chris McCormack| Date: Wed, 17 May 2017 13:58:09 +0000

A step-by-step guide for staying up to date with all the latest XG Firewall releases.<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&blog=834173&post=33697&subd=sophos&ref=&feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/9jrWF2hnyI8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Kaspersky Security

May 17, 2017 admin

WannaCry ransomware: how it attacks and how to protect your business

Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Wed, 17 May 2017 14:08:52 +0000

Kaspersky Lab is teaming up with Comae Technologies to present an emergency webinar for businesses to help them understand and defend against the WannaCry ransomware. The malware has primarily affected business networks, and has claimed victims around the world in a wide range of industries.

Security TrendMicro

May 17, 2017 admin

Ransomware: What Are the Bad Guys After and How Do I Stop Them?

Credit to Author: Cara West-Wainwright| Date: Wed, 17 May 2017 12:00:58 +0000

If the past few days of WannaCry ransomware activity have taught us anything it’s that cybercriminals pose a clear and present danger to organizations and their customers all over the world. But have you ever wondered exactly what the bad guys are after when they launch their online attacks at your own PC or mobile…

QuickHeal Security

May 16, 2017 admin

Pharming – What is it and How Can you Dodge it?

Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Wed, 17 May 2017 05:30:26 +0000

If someday you intend to go to a mall but end up in a fish market, then that’s a case of bad directional sense. In the digital world, however, we call it pharming! How Does Pharming Work? Phishing is an online fraud where a scammer sends fraudulent emails to the…

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ComputerWorld Independent

May 16, 2017 admin

Shadow Brokers boasts of more Windows exploits and cyberespionage data

Credit to Author: Lucian Constantin| Date: Tue, 16 May 2017 08:13:00 -0700

A group of hackers that previously leaked alleged U.S. National Security Agency exploits claims to have even more attack tools in its possession and plans to release them in a new subscription-based service.

The group also has intelligence gathered by the NSA on foreign banks and ballistic missile programs, it said.

The Shadow Brokers was responsible for leaking EternalBlue, the Windows SMB exploit that was used by attackers in recent days to infect hundreds of thousands of computers around the world with the WannaCry ransomware program.

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Security Wired

May 16, 2017 admin

5 Tools to Help Protect Yourself From Ransomware

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Tue, 16 May 2017 21:02:49 +0000

Some pick-ups that could help protect you from the next big ransomware wave. The post 5 Tools to Help Protect Yourself From Ransomware appeared first on WIRED.