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April 24, 2017 admin

Fortinet Supports INTERPOL-led Cybercrime Operation across the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

Credit to Author: Bill McGee| Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 01:18:20 -0700

Fortinet has partnered with INTERPOL over the past two years to assist in identifying and thwarting cybercrime. Today, INTERPOL announced that a new operation across the ASEAN region, built around threat intelligence provided by Fortinet and other public and private sector security organizations, has resulted in the identification of nearly 9,000 Command and Control (C2) servers and hundreds of compromised websites, including government portals.

Security Wired

April 23, 2017 admin

All About the US Missile Defense That’ll Protect South Korea—And Tick Off China

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2017 12:20:55 +0000

As South Korea builds up its missile defense, China keeps a close eye. The post All About the US Missile Defense That’ll Protect South Korea—And Tick Off China appeared first on WIRED.

Security Wired

April 22, 2017 admin

Security News This Week: A Coachella Smartphone Thief Forgot About ‘Find My iPhone’

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2017 12:00:50 +0000

Each weekend we round up the news stories that we didn’t break or cover in depth but that still deserve your attention. The post Security News This Week: A Coachella Smartphone Thief Forgot About ‘Find My iPhone’ appeared first on WIRED.

ComputerWorld Independent

April 22, 2017 admin

There's now a tool to test for NSA spyware

Credit to Author: Michael Kan| Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2017 04:43:00 -0700

Has your computer been infected with a suspected NSA spying implant? A security researcher has come up with a free tool that can tell.

Luke Jennings of security firm Countercept wrote a script in response to last week’s high-profile leak of cyberweapons that some researchers believe are from the National Security Agency. It’s designed to detect an implant called Doublepulsar, which is delivered by many of the Windows-based exploits found in the leak and can be used to load other malware.

The script, which requires some programming skill to use, is available for download on GitHub.

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MalwareBytes Security

April 21, 2017 admin

Locky ransomware is back, but we already protect against it

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2017 23:38:53 +0000

For a while, it appeared that Locky ransomware had completely disappeared and allowed for Cerber to take the number one spot as the most distributed piece of ransomware. But after a long absence, Locky returns in full swing.

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Security Wired

April 21, 2017 admin

Encrypted Chat Took Over. Let’s Encrypt Calls, Too

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2017 13:00:24 +0000

Encrypted calling is tricky to get right, but that’s changing fast. The post Encrypted Chat Took Over. Let’s Encrypt Calls, Too appeared first on WIRED.

Independent Krebs

April 21, 2017 admin

How Cybercrooks Put the Beatdown on My Beats

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2017 19:29:36 +0000

Last month Yours Truly got snookered by a too-good-to-be-true online scam in which some dirtball hijacked an Amazon merchant’s account and used it to pimp steeply discounted electronics that he never intended to sell. Amazon refunded my money, and the legitimate seller never did figure out how his account was hacked. But such attacks are becoming more prevalent of late as crooks increasingly turn to online crimeware services that make it a cakewalk to cash out stolen passwords.