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New Mac Malware-as-a-Service offerings

Credit to Author: Thomas Reed| Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 15:00:01 +0000

A couple weeks ago, two new Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) offerings for the Mac became available. We take a closer look at these two offerings – a backdoor named MacSpy and a ransomware app named MacRansom.

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InfoSec 2017: uno sguardo all’album di famiglia del ransomware

Credit to Author: Sophos Italia| Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2017 15:35:00 +0000

Anche se è ormai considerato dagli addetti ai lavori un argomento ormai trito e ritrito, il ransomware è tra gli argomenti principali di InfoSec Europe 2017. La ragione? Continua a rappresentare un problema esasperante per le aziende e non smette di farla da leone nell’agenda di moltissime conferenze. Recentemente i SophosLabs hanno preso in considerazione [&#8230;]<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&#038;blog=834173&#038;post=37709&#038;subd=sophos&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/b-z-U5XTX-I” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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InfoSec Europe 2017: ‘It’s all about ransomware and IoT’

Credit to Author: Bill Brenner| Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2017 13:47:52 +0000

What’s buzzing at InfoSec 2017 in London? We’ve got the lowdown<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&#038;blog=834173&#038;post=37676&#038;subd=sophos&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/Pkga5CyceGA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Watch out for Android Ransomware – It’s rising!

Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2017 12:39:16 +0000

It’s not only PC ransomware that you should be worrying about. Android ransomware too is on the rise… Android ransomware has grown by 200% according to the study done by Quick Heal Security Labs for its Q1 Threat Report. Click here to read the full report Android ransomware work in…

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WannaCry: come è avvenuto l’attacco

Credit to Author: Sophos Italia| Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 05:49:59 +0000

Lo scorso venerdì l’epidemia informatica del ransomware worm WannaCry ha infettato centinaia di migliaia di computers in tutto il globo. Un tipico attacco ransomware inizia con una email phishing con allegati ovvero link fraudolenti, che l’utente è indotto con l’inganno ad aprire. Tuttavia, i SophosLabs hanno stabilito che l’attacco WannaCry non è verosimilmente iniziato in [&#8230;]<img alt=”” border=”0″ src=”https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=news.sophos.com&#038;blog=834173&#038;post=36825&#038;subd=sophos&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1″ width=”1″ height=”1″ /><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/2Za-kHtbT34″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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WannaCry ransomware recap: Some important facts you need to know

Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 13:27:03 +0000

Ransomware is a malware that locks your computer making it inaccessible or it encrypts your data. It then demands you to pay a ransom for unlocking the computer or decrypting the data. This post talks about the file encrypting ransomware called WannaCry – the biggest ransomware attack in history! 1….

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