ransomware – Page 57 – Computer Security Articles

Credit to Author: Manisha Prajapati| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 09:45:17 +0000

Ransomware authors keep exploring new ways to test their strengths against various malware evasion techniques. The ransomware known as “Ouroboros” is intensifying its footprint in the field by bringing more and more advancements in its behavior as it updates its version. This analysis provides the behaviour of version 6, few…

QuickHeal Security

February 13, 2020 admin

A Deep Dive Into Wakeup On Lan (WoL) Implementation of Ryuk

Credit to Author: Goutam Tripathy| Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 09:57:14 +0000

Quick Heal Security Labs recently came across a variant of Ryuk Ransomware which contains an additional feature of identifying and encrypting systems in a Local Area Network (LAN). This sample targets the systems which are present in sleep as well as the online state in the LAN. This sample is packed with…

Kaspersky Security

February 12, 2020 admin

Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 129

Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 10:38:02 +0000

Cybercriminals employing office cleaners to gain access into companies, the city of Racine hit with ransomware, Kaspersky SAS, the latest headaches for Twitter, and more.

MalwareBytes Security

February 11, 2020 admin

Malwarebytes Labs releases 2020 State of Malware Report

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 08:01:00 +0000

The 2020 State of Malware Report reveals how cybercriminals upped the ante on businesses, Mac threats outpaced PCs, and ransomware continued its targeted, deadly assault with new families in 2019. Learn all this and more in the full report, linked in our blog.

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Reports

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Kaspersky Security

February 6, 2020 admin

Backing up is no panacea when blackmailers publish stolen data

Credit to Author: Sergey Golubev| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 00:22:54 +0000

Ransomware makers seem to be following a new trend, publishing data from companies that refuse to pay them.

MalwareBytes Security

February 5, 2020 admin

Fintech security: the challenges and fails of a new era

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 19:24:35 +0000

The fintech industry has gone through some dramatic changes during the last decade and is still trying to adapt. Is security still one of their priorities?

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Vital infrastructure

Tags: cryptocurrency finacials fintech gdpr green padlock identity management Magecart payment requests ransomware vital infrastructure web skimmers

QuickHeal Security

February 4, 2020 admin

HorseDeal Riding on The Curveball!

Credit to Author: Jayesh kulkarni| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 06:17:49 +0000

It’s surprising to see how quickly attackers make use of new vulnerabilities in malware campaigns. Microsoft recently patched a very interesting vulnerability in their monthly Patch Tuesday update for January 2020. It’s a spoofing vulnerability in Windows CryptoAPI (Crypt32.dll) validation mechanism for Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) certificates. An attacker could…

Kaspersky Security

January 29, 2020 admin

Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 127

Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 13:39:58 +0000

On this podcast, Dave and Jeff discuss an unsecured support server from Microsoft, Mozilla banning malicious extensions, Tinder sharing big data, and more.