Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2020 15:30:09 +0000
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| A roundup of cybersecurity news from July 6 – 12, including a look at pre-installed malware on some Android phones, and a Mac malware mystery. Categories: Tags: Androidawismalwarephishingransomwarescamssecuritysocial mediaweek in security |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2020 18:10:37 +0000
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| WastedLocker ransomware, attributed to the Russian Evil Corp gang, is such a targeted threat, you might call it a custom-built ransomware family. Categories: Tags: evil corpRansom.BinADSransomwarewastedwastedlocker |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2020 17:20:00 +0000
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| We discovered a new Mac malware, ThiefQuest, that appeared to be ransomware at first glance. However, once we dug in deeper, we found out its true identity—and intention. Categories: Tags: Appledecryptionmacmac antivirusmac malwaremac ransomwaremacOSmalwareransomwarestolen dataThiefQuestviruswiper |
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2020 01:10:45 +0000
We’ve seen an ugly trend recently of tech news stories and cybersecurity firms trumpeting claims of ransomware attacks on companies large and small, apparently based on little more than the say-so of the ransomware gangs themselves. Such coverage is potentially quite harmful and plays deftly into the hands of organized crime. Often the rationale behind couching these events as newsworthy is that the attacks involve publicly traded companies or recognizable brands, and that investors and the public have a right to know. But absent any additional information from the victim company or their partners who may be affected by the attack, these kinds of stories and blog posts look a great deal like ambulance chasing and sensationalism.
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Credit to Author: Mike Elgan| Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2020 08:06:00 -0700
Security, yes. But the biggest problem to adoption is staring us all in the mirror. Here's what that means for you and your organization.
Read moreCredit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2020 16:09:35 +0000
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| We analyze a new Mac ransomware that appears to encrypt user files with a bit of a time delay. Categories: Tags: AbletonAbleton LiveencryptFindzipFindzip ransomwareLittle Snitchmacmac malwareMixed In Keyransomwaretime delay |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Preksha Saxena| Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 09:17:55 +0000
Maze is a recently highlighted ransomware among the ever-growing list of ransomware families. The ransomware is active from the past one year, although it came into limelight due to its new approach of publishing sensitive data of infected customers publicly. The malware uses different techniques to gain entry like the…
Read moreCredit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2020 17:24:27 +0000
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| Deepfake ransomware is a mighty combination that several security experts fear would happen soon. But what is it exactly? Is it deepfake with a ransomware twist? Or ransomware with a sprinkling of deepfake tech? Categories: Tags: AIartificial intelligencebackupcybercrime-waiting-to-happendeepfake ransomwaredeepfakesextortion-based ransomwaremozillaPaul Andre BricmanPaul Bricmanpost-COVID19RansomFakeransomwareREALRegistrul Educațional Alternativscam campaignssextortiontiktokTrend Microunderground marketvideo scams |
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