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How Digital Extortion Impacts Today’s Enterprises

August 22, 2018 admin cybercriminals, Digital extortion, ransomware, Security, WannaCry

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 14:47:42 +0000

By now, many enterprise decision-makers are familiar with the concept of digital extortion, particularly in the form of ransomware. These encryption-based attacks lock users out of their sensitive and valuable data, applications and operating systems. Attackers demand a ransom in the form of untraceable digital currency for the decryption key – which may or may…

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A week in security (June 4 – June 10)

June 11, 2018 admin APT, Botnet, IoT, malware, Mobile, ransomware, Security world, WannaCry, Week in security

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 16:02:13 +0000

A roundup of the security news from June 4 – June 10, including IoT botnets, government attacks, dodgy Wi-Fi, and more.

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Kaspersky Security

The evolution of ransomware — and the tools to combat it

June 1, 2018 admin Business, encryptors, ExPetr, ransomware, synack, WannaCry

Credit to Author: Nikolay Pankov| Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2018 21:16:01 +0000

For the last few years, ransomware has been evolving into a sophisticated cyberweapon. You need cutting-edge technologies to stop it.

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This Week in Security News: ePrivacy and Hack Back

June 1, 2018 admin cryptocurrency, Current News, ePrivacy, trojan (RAT), WannaCry, WhatsApp

Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2018 14:16:27 +0000

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, the Council of the European Union reviewed a bill dubbed the “ePrivacy” Regulation, which targets message-sharing services like WhatsApp and Skype. Also, a failed Georgian cybersecurity bill…

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This Week in Security News: Hacker Reports and Router Reboots

May 25, 2018 admin Current News, GDPR, Public Cloud, routers, VPNFilter, WannaCry, Zero Browser

Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Fri, 25 May 2018 13:00:42 +0000

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, hackers warn Congress that internet security across software and computer networks are insecure. Also, a malware, dubbed VPNFilter, infected more than 500,000 routers worldwide. Read on to learn…

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The Role That IT Security Teams Need to Play in Connected Hospitals

April 17, 2018 admin Business, business security, healthcare, healthcare industry technology, hipaa, Security, WannaCry

Credit to Author: Ed Cabrera (Chief Cybersecurity Officer)| Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 13:00:00 +0000

The WannaCry outbreak that reportedly raked in US$1B in damage costs also forced doctors to cancel scheduled appointments, among other things, brought on warranted concern over pervasive ransomware attacks that could stem from oft-overlooked components of healthcare networks—exposed medical cyber assets and third-party partners. It’s a well-known fact that advances in medical technology and information…

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Microsoft Security

A worthy upgrade: Next-gen security on Windows 10 proves resilient against ransomware outbreaks in 2017

January 16, 2018 admin bad rabbit, cloud protection service, cybersecurity, EternalBlue, EternalRomance, Exploits, Hypervisor Code Integrity (HVCI), machine learning, malware research, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Intelligent Security Graph (ISG), Petya, ransomware, research, Security Intelligence, Security Response, WannaCry, Windows 10, Windows Defender Antivirus, Windows Defender ATP, Windows Defender AV

Credit to Author: Windows Defender ATP| Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 14:00:31 +0000

Adopting reliable attack methods and techniques borrowed from more evolved threat types, ransomware attained new levels of reach and damage in 2017. The following trends characterize the ransomware narrative in the past year: Three global outbreaks showed the force of ransomware in making real-world impact, affecting corporate networks and bringing down critical services like hospitals,

Kaspersky Security

Threat of the year

December 28, 2017 admin BadRabit, Business, ExPetr, ransomware, WannaCry

Credit to Author: Nikolay Pankov| Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2017 07:40:53 +0000

2017’s threat of the year was no contest (and no surprise)