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Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 15:17:02 +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, learn about the banking malware Anubis that has been retooled for use in fresh attack waves. Also, read about a new phishing campaign that uses OneNote audio…

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June 28, 2019 admin

This Week in Security News: Malvertising and Internet of Things Malware

Credit to Author: katerid| Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 14:24:11 +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, learn about a new Internet of Things malware that’s bricked thousands of devices. Also, read about a ransomware family that’s using malvertising to direct victims to a…

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Kaspersky Security

May 31, 2019 admin

Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 94

Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Fri, 31 May 2019 10:36:12 +0000

Dave and Jeff tackle the latest on the Baltimore ransomware attack, Amazon’s new Alexa patent, recent wins against cybercrime, and more.

MalwareBytes Security

May 23, 2019 admin

Microsoft pushes patch to prevent ‘WannaCry level’ vulnerability

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 15 May 2019 16:57:16 +0000

This month marks two years since the infamous WannaCry attack. Now a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) vulnerability has been discovered that could be used in a similar large-scale attack—though Microsoft has released a patch. Have you updated yet?

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Tags: exploit patching rdp remote desktop protocol vulnerability WannaCry windows 7 windows 8 windows server 2003 windows server 2008 windows xp worm

MalwareBytes Security

May 22, 2019 admin

Governments increasingly eye social media meltdown

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 16:10:14 +0000

It seems problems never quite go away for social media platforms, and more governments of the world are taking keen interest. Will the tech giants be able to sort things out before legislators steps into the fray?

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Tags: EU facebook governments hate speech Instagram Mastodon Myanmar social media trolls twitter ukgov

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MalwareBytes Security

May 21, 2019 admin

Skimmer acts as payment service provider via rogue iframe

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 15:38:42 +0000

Even e-commerce sites that do not take payment information themselves can be abused by crooks. In this post, we show how a web skimmer is able to inject an artificial iframe into the checkout page to prompt users for their credit card information. Victims will only realize something’s not right when they are redirected to the real (and external) payment form.

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Tags: credit card e-commerce hacked website hacking iframe Magecart magento phishing skimmer