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Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2018 13:00:10 +0000

Is your phone infected?

Submitted by Ian Grutze If mobile threats diversified and expanded in 2016, they matured in 2017. Mobile ransomware continued to rear its head, burgeoning into the platform’s most prevalent threat. Simple screen lockers, for instance, evolved into file-encrypting malware, some of which even seemed to keep pace with their desktop counterparts in terms of malicious routines….

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QuickHeal Security

April 24, 2018 admin

Ransomware Alert! Follow these steps to secure your system against an ongoing ransomware attack

Credit to Author: Rajiv Singha| Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 05:42:11 +0000

Quick Heal has detected an ongoing ransomware attack. This post outlines the important steps you must take to protect your computer(s) against this threat. What to do to stay safe from the attack? Most of the steps mentioned below are technical in nature. If you need any assistance, please call…

QuickHeal Security

April 22, 2018 admin

How important are security patches and updates

Credit to Author: Quick Heal Security Labs| Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2018 05:32:44 +0000

Security vulnerabilities are increasing and just not so long before, we had to deal with so many of them. Remember WannaCry? In this post, we will discuss some important case in points with respect to security vulnerabilities and how important are security patches and updates. The WannaCry scare The biggest…

MalwareBytes Security

April 19, 2018 admin

Perspectives on Russian hacking

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 16:42:51 +0000

Malware research analyst Chris Boyd recently had an in-depth chat with SCMagazine about Russian hacking, malware, and social engineering. Here, he summarizes some of the key findings from his discussion and the other researchers interviewed.

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Tags: APT funding nation state ransomware russia social networks spam bots twitter uk

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MalwareBytes Security

April 17, 2018 admin

Magnitude exploit kit switches to GandCrab ransomware

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 16:58:26 +0000

After being faithful to its own Magniber ransomware for several months, Magnitude EK joins others to adopt GandCrab.

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Tags: EK exploit kit gandcrab Magnitude ransomware

Kaspersky Security

April 11, 2018 admin

Kaspersky Lab answers the newest challenges

Credit to Author: Marvin the Robot| Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 15:33:05 +0000

How Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business counters the latest threats.

MalwareBytes Security

April 9, 2018 admin

A week in security (April 02 – April 08)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2018 15:16:54 +0000

A roundup of the security news from April 02 – April 08, including postal scams, ransomware, fake phone apps, and more.

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Tags: health LinkedIn malware ransomware roundup security week in security

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MalwareBytes Security

April 9, 2018 admin

Labs CTNT report shows shift in threat landscape to cryptomining

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2018 13:00:00 +0000

What did we learn about cybercrime in the quarterly Labs CTNT report? Malicious cryptomining has taken over in 2018, and it’s leaving all other malware families behind.

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Tags: cryptocurrency cryptomining CTNT report cybercrime tactics and techniques gandcrab malspam ransomware spyware