ransomware – Page 69 – Computer Security Articles

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 15:57:29 +0000

A roundup of security news from May 13–19, including ransomware attacks on the upswing, website hacking, pseudo-VPNs, bloatware, and more.

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Tags: Android bloatware breaches crysis ransomware DDos attack dharma hacking healthcare cybersecurity mds Meltdown microsoft ransomware server vulnerabilities Spectre typosquatting vpn vulnerabilities whatsapp

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QuickHeal Security

May 16, 2019 admin

CVE-2019-0708 – A Critical “Wormable” Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Windows RDP

Credit to Author: Sushmita Kalashikar| Date: Fri, 17 May 2019 06:06:20 +0000

This is an important security advisory related to a recently patched Critical remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Service (RDP). The vulnerability is identified as “CVE-2019-0708 – Remote Desktop Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability”. MSRC blog mentions This vulnerability is pre-authentication and requires no user interaction. In other…

MalwareBytes Security

May 15, 2019 admin

Threat spotlight: CrySIS, aka Dharma ransomware, causing a crisis for businesses

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 15 May 2019 16:02:13 +0000

CrySIS, aka Dharma, is a ransomware family making waves over the last two months, often being used in targeted attacks through RDP access. What other tricks are up its sleeve?

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Tags: Anti-Ransomware crysis dharma malware ransom ransomware rdp rdp access

Security Sophos

May 14, 2019 admin

How Intercept X stops MegaCortex ransomware

Credit to Author: Seth Geftic| Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 11:02:25 +0000

Ransomware continues to evolve, but Sophos Intercept X is one step ahead.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/-oHomaSrm-8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

May 10, 2019 admin

MegaCortex, deconstructed: mysteries mount as analysis continues

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 17:52:11 +0000

An update to last week’s late-breaking information about this novel ransomware<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/kiEZb_dZSkk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

May 7, 2019 admin

„Matrix“-Fans lassen „MegaCortex“-Ransomware weltweit attackieren

Credit to Author: Jörg Schindler| Date: Mon, 06 May 2019 07:58:43 +0000

Seit Anfang Mai haben die Sophos Labs eine bislang eher unbedeutende Ransomware auf dem Radar, die vor drei Tagen plötzlich durch explosionsartig ansteigende, geblockte Infektionen bei Kunden rund um die Welt aufgefallen ist. Die unter dem Titel „MegaCortex“ agierende Verschlüsselungs-Malware ist wohl von Fans der Kultfilmreihe „Matrix“ losgelassen worden, dort hatte das Software-Unternehmen, bei dem Filmfigur […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/LL9QrZhdgo8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

May 3, 2019 admin

“MegaCortex” ransomware wants to be The One

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Fri, 03 May 2019 19:45:43 +0000

By Andrew Brandt A new ransomware that calls itself MegaCortex got a jolt of life on Wednesday as we detected a spike in the number of attacks against Sophos customers around the world, including in Italy, the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Ireland, and France. The attackers delivering this new malware campaign employed sophisticated techiques […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/pFdm0BTbxug” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

MalwareBytes Security

April 30, 2019 admin

Sophisticated threats plague ailing healthcare industry

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Black hat hackers are after patient healthcare data, and such breaches will only intensify. Which forms of malware are behind the attacks? We take a look at the advanced threats targeting a sector struggling to keep up.

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