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Credit to Author: Mark Nunnikhoven (Vice President, Cloud Research)| Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 20:35:43 +0000

Security startup Cybellum recently announced a new attack that they’re calling “DoubleAgent”. They’ve labelled this a zero day “attack for taking full control over major antiviruses and next-generation antiviruses”. There’s a lot to unpack here. When you’re assessing the risk any issue poses it’s always best to clearly define the issue. Let’s start there. The…

Independent Krebs

February 19, 2017 admin

February Updates from Adobe, Microsoft

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2017 21:09:22 +0000

A handful of readers have inquired as to the whereabouts of Microsoft’s usual monthly patches for Windows and related software. Microsoft opted to delay releasing any updates until next month, even though there is a zero-day vulnerability in Windows going around. However, Adobe did push out updates this week as per usual to fix critical issues in its Flash Player software

Security Wired

February 18, 2017 admin

Security News This Week: Yahoo Got Hacked Again. No, Seriously

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2017 15:00:29 +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: Yahoo Got Hacked Again. No, Seriously appeared first on WIRED.

Kaspersky Security

January 24, 2017 admin

Happy New Quantum Year!

As we see from recent news, quantum computing is evolving faster than anyone could’ve expected. What does this mean for us, the average users?

Microsoft Security

January 23, 2017 admin

No payment necessary: Fighting back against ransomware

Any IT professional who’s ever had an experience with malware knows how fast an intrusive attack can happen, and how difficult it can be to educate employees to be vigilant against such threats. And with ransomware attacks only growing, having information, tools and technologies to help protect your network can mean the difference between serious…

Microsoft Security

January 23, 2017 admin

Fake fax ushers in revival of a ransomware family

“Criminal case against you” is a message that may understandably cause panic. That’s what a recent spam campaign hopes happens, increasing the likelihood of recipients opening the malicious attachment. We recently discovered a new threat that uses email messages pretending to be fax messages, but in truth deliver a ransomware downloader. The attachment used in this…

Microsoft Security

January 23, 2017 admin

A brief discourse on ‘Changing browsing experience’

In response to questions we’ve received from the software distribution and monetization industry, and following our blog announcing our browser modifier policy update, we’d like to provide some details on what we refer to in our policy as “changing browsing experience”. For us, “changing browsing experience” means behaviors that modify the content of webpages. We…

Microsoft Security

January 23, 2017 admin

No mas, Samas: What’s in this ransomware’s modus operandi?

We’ve seen how ransomware managed to become a threat category that sends consumers and enterprise reeling when it hits them. It has become a high-commodity malware that is used as payload to spam email, macro malware, and exploit kit campaigns. It also digs onto victims’ pockets in exchange for recovering files from their encrypted form. …