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2018 Malware Forecast: questions and answers

Credit to Author: Bill Brenner| Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2017 10:00:02 +0000

Sophos principal research scientist Chester Wisniewski talks about trends covered in the 2018 Malware Forecast.<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&#038;blog=834173&#038;post=43841&#038;subd=sophos&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/VDR2U1iuXl0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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All rise! Mind these digital crimes and arm yourself against them

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2017 13:15:18 +0000

News of attacks come and go so fast, sometimes it’s hard to keep track. We’ve done the work for you, sifting through scores of reports to bring you a compilation of digital crimes that are on the rise and what you can do to protect yourself.

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Know your threats: the nine scariest malware monsters

Credit to Author: Wendy Zamora| Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2017 20:31:14 +0000

It’s been a particularly ghoulish year in cybersecurity, from Russian hacks to ransomware outbreaks. The bad boogey man in the black hoodie has been pulling one over the collective public. It’s dark and creepy, but users refuse to stop peeking behind the door. It’s enough to make even the most grizzled IT admin run for…

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Mobile payments are on the rise, but are they safe?

Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2017 09:18:31 +0000

Several non-banking institutions have entered the market offering payment services and this has only boosted the consumer’s readiness to adopt digital payments; particularly, mobile payments. The following statistics easily paint the picture of the exponential growth of digital transactions in the country. Cashless payments in October 2016 increased 22% when…

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Our computers, ourselves: digital vs. biological security

Credit to Author: Chris Fistonich| Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 23:12:05 +0000

People often wonder how computer and biological viruses are the same. We compare the two, and what our computers and bodies do to fight them—it’s digital vs. biological security.

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Neue Ransomware: Dieses Mal ist der Wolf im Hasenpelz unterwegs

Credit to Author: Jörg Schindler| Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 06:50:10 +0000

Seit gestern ist eine neue Ransomwarewelle unterwegs, die bislang vor allem Russland, die Ukraine und Teile von Europa im Visier hat. Unser SophosLabs-Spezialist Chester Wisniewski hat sich „Bad Rabbit“ einmal näher angeschaut und ist nicht wirklich überrascht über dessen Auftritt. „Es war wohl tatsächlich nur eine Frage der Zeit, bis irgendjemand die Ideen und Techniken, [&#8230;]<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&#038;blog=834173&#038;post=43685&#038;subd=sophos&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/xL2LnfgxZzs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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