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Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 163

September 24, 2020 admin 0 Comments Facebook, news, podcast, privacy, ransomware

Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2020 16:17:12 +0000

On this episode of the Kaspersky podcast, Jeff and Dave take a look at the film The Social Dilemma, Facebook’s standoff with Ireland, and more.

Independent Krebs

Govt. Services Firm Tyler Technologies Hit in Apparent Ransomware Attack

September 23, 2020 admin 0 Comments ransomware, tyler technologies, tylertech.com

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 23:06:38 +0000

Tyler Technologies, a Texas-based company that bills itself as the largest provider of software and technology services to the United States public sector, is battling a network intrusion that has disrupted its operations. The company declined to discuss the exact cause of the disruption, but their response so far is straight out of the playbook for responding to ransomware incidents.

Security Sophos

MTR Casebook: Blocking a $15 million Maze ransomware attack

September 22, 2020 admin 0 Comments Corporate, maze, mtr, ransomware, sophos managed threat response (mtr)

Credit to Author: Greg Iddon| Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2020 08:48:31 +0000

A real-world story from the Sophos Managed Threat Response team<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/2bZNwkcYkjw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

MalwareBytes Security

A week in security (September 14 – 20)

September 21, 2020 admin 0 Comments a week in security, apt41, blurtooth, charities, Chinese, chrome extensions, danny palmer, DDos attack, domain name abuse, Fintech, ransomware, tax scam, us department of the interior, web-phishing, zerologon

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 16:16:34 +0000

A round up of cybersecurity news from September 14 – 20, including the Zerologon exploit, BLURtooth vulnerability, APT41, and phishing scams.

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A week in security

Tags: apt41 blurtooth charities Chinese chrome extensions danny palmer DDos attack domain name abuse fintech ransomware tax scam us department of the interior web-phishing zerologon

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Security Sophos

Maze attackers adopt Ragnar Locker virtual machine technique

September 17, 2020 admin maze, ragnar locker, ransomware, sdrsmlink, SophosLabs Uncut, troj/ransom-gav, troj/swrort-eg, virtual machine, VM

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 13:00:51 +0000

Under pressure to evade detection by endpoint protection, ransomware criminals try a more radical approach<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/Sl7s3Pwxoc8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security TrendMicro

Ransom from Home – How to close the cyber front door to remote working ransomware attacks

September 16, 2020 admin Anti-Ransomware, Antivirus, Consumer, Current News, Endpoint security, Home Network Security, Mobile Security, password management, ransomware, Security, Uncategorized, VPN

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2020 12:27:25 +0000

Coronavirus has caused a major shift to our working patterns. In many cases these will long outlast the pandemic. But working from home has its own risks. One is that you may invite ransomware attacks from a new breed of cyber-criminal who has previously confined his efforts to directly targeting the corporate network. Why? Because…

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MalwareBytes Security

PCI DSS compliance: why it’s important and how to adhere

September 3, 2020 admin awareness, data breach, data securit standard, payment card industry, pci, ransomware, security standards council, work from home

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2020 20:57:25 +0000

PCI DSS compliance is an important topic for those in the online payment and credit card industries. But if it’s so crucial, why is it so hard to maintain?

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Awareness

Tags: data breach data securit standard payment card industry pci ransomware Security standards council work from home

Security TrendMicro

1H 2020 Cyber Security Defined by Covid-19 Pandemic

September 2, 2020 admin covid-19 scams, email threats, ransomware, roundup, Security

Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2020 17:36:58 +0000

When we published our 2020 Predictions report in December, we didn’t realize there was a global pandemic brewing that would give cybercriminals an almost daily news cycle to take advantage of in their attacks against people and organizations around the world. Malicious actors have always taken advantage of big news to use as lures for…

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