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Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Losing trust in financial institutions can have a disrupting effect on society. And malware authors love to target these direct sources of money. How can we protect them?

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Security Sophos

May 3, 2019 admin

“MegaCortex” ransomware wants to be The One

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Fri, 03 May 2019 19:45:43 +0000

By Andrew Brandt A new ransomware that calls itself MegaCortex got a jolt of life on Wednesday as we detected a spike in the number of attacks against Sophos customers around the world, including in Italy, the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Ireland, and France. The attackers delivering this new malware campaign employed sophisticated techiques […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/pFdm0BTbxug” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security TrendMicro

May 3, 2019 admin

This Week in Security News: BEC Attacks and Botnet Malware

Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 03 May 2019 14:00:25 +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 prevalence and impact of BEC attacks. Also, find out how botnet malware can perform remote code execution, DDoS attacks and cryptocurrency mining. Read on:…

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ComputerWorld Independent

May 1, 2019 admin

Wayback Wednesday: At least he asked

Credit to Author: Sharky| Date: Wed, 01 May 2019 03:00:00 -0700

Malware from the web is slowly becoming a problem where this support pilot fish works.

“We have about two tickets a week with users saying they have thousands of viruses and they need to download software,” says fish.

“Now, every machine has virus protection, and everyone runs locked-down in user-only mode to prevent the rogue installation of software. But we have decided we need to increase our user awareness after the following ticket was received at the help desk:

“‘I just received an ominous warning that my computer was infected with several viruses. I tried running the program to remove these viruses (as it indicated for me to do), but I’m not sure it worked.

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MalwareBytes Security

April 30, 2019 admin

Sophisticated threats plague ailing healthcare industry

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Black hat hackers are after patient healthcare data, and such breaches will only intensify. Which forms of malware are behind the attacks? We take a look at the advanced threats targeting a sector struggling to keep up.

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Security Sophos

April 30, 2019 admin

Perfider Angriff: Verschlüsselung durch Remote Ransomware

Credit to Author: Jörg Schindler| Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 08:06:19 +0000

Jeder kann Opfer eines Ransomware-Angriffs werden. Hat sich der erste Schock gelegt – idealerweise nachdem man seine Daten aus dem gesicherten Backup zurückgewonnen hat statt Lösegeld zu zahlen – stellt sich die entscheidende Frage: Wie habe ich mir das eingefangen? Insbesondere dann, wenn selbst die gründlichste Recherche und Durchsicht potenzieller Einfallstore keinerlei Spur für Schadsoftware […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/d0p_P6fxQt4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

MalwareBytes Security

April 29, 2019 admin

A week in security (April 22 – 28)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 15:31:03 +0000

A roundup of security news from April 22–28, covering phishing, CCTV evasion, VPNs, and keeping data safe.

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QuickHeal Security

April 25, 2019 admin

Miners snatching open source tools to strengthen their malevolent power!

Credit to Author: Anant Pulgam| Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 07:02:51 +0000

From the last one year, Quick Heal Security Labs has been observing a boost in the number of mining malware. One of the ways to earn cryptocurrencies is to mine them. Nowadays cryptocurrency miner malware have become hot attack vectors for cybercriminals due to its ease of deployment and instant…