MalwareBytes – Page 292 – Computer Security Articles

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2019 16:47:11 +0000

There’s been some huge leaks and breaches over the last few days, impacting everything from regular logins to important financial documents. What’s the fallout?

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Privacy

Tags: Amazingco breaches Business Email Compromise Canva data data breach data leaks First American Financial Corp Flipboard impersonation attempts leaks privacy

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May 31, 2019 admin

Hidden Bee: Let’s go down the rabbit hole

Credit to Author: hasherezade| Date: Fri, 31 May 2019 17:32:57 +0000

The complex and sophisticated custom malware, Hidden Bee, is a Chinese cryptominer that recently released an updated sample. We unpack the sample to look at the functionality of its loader and compare it against earlier versions.

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Threat analysis

Tags: exploit kits exploits hidden bee loader mellifera reverse engineering security research Underminer Underminer EK

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May 31, 2019 admin

Ransomware isn’t just a big city problem

Credit to Author: Adam Kujawa| Date: Fri, 31 May 2019 15:00:00 +0000

The city of Baltimore has experienced a very public ransomware attack. But in a season of increasing ransomware detections among organizations, they’re not alone. See which cites have been most impacted by ransomware and what organizations can do to develop resilience against attacks.

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Ransomware

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May 30, 2019 admin

Everything you need to know about ATM attacks and fraud: Part 1

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 15:00:00 +0000

If you’re familiar with skimming, you may have also heard of shimming, card trapping, and cash trapping. These are attacks and scams targeted at ATMs. Part 1 of our series explores various ATM attack scenarios and explains what users should look out for when using an ATM.

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May 29, 2019 admin

NIST’s privacy framework lets privacy tell its own story

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 18:51:40 +0000

As the Senate sits on no fewer than four data privacy bills that their own members wrote—with no plans to vote on any—and as the world’s largest social media company braces for an anticipated multibillion-dollar privacy blunder, the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published what it calls a “privacy framework” draft.

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Privacy

Tags: Access Now amazon Business Roundatble cybersecurity cybersecurity framework Enterprise Strategy Group facebook Google Information Systems Security Association Information Technology Industry Council Internet Association National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST privacy privacy framework twitter Uber US Chamber of Commerce

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May 28, 2019 admin

Employee education strategies that work to change behavior

Credit to Author: Kacy Zurkus| Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 15:25:52 +0000

Using technology alone to combat cyberattacks is not enough. That’s why employee education on security awareness should be an integral part of any company’s cybersecurity policy.

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How-tos

Tags: culture of security cybersecurity cybersecurity awareness cybersecurity policy employee education employee training security training

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May 27, 2019 admin

A week in security (May 20 – 26)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 27 May 2019 07:03:21 +0000

A roundup of the last week’s security news, including admin changes, phishing in Canada, smart AI images and more.

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May 24, 2019 admin

Medical industry struggles with PACS data leaks

Credit to Author: Vasilios Hioureas| Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 18:05:21 +0000

PACS servers are often used to store and transmit patient data. But how is their security implemented? We take a look at case of how poor setup can easily lead to data leaks.

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Threat analysis

Tags: %USERNAME%data data leaks Data privacy default credentials healthcare security medical industry medical records PACS servers passwords patient data servers

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