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News in brief: DDoS threat spam; Army logic bomber; Viacom leak

Posted on September 22, 2017 by Bill Brenner

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news Continue reading News in brief: DDoS threat spam; Army logic bomber; Viacom leak→

Posted in Data loss, Denial of Service, Hacked, Law & order, logic bomb, malware, Phantom Squad, privacy, ransom, Security threats, Viacom

How BitPaymer ransomware covers its tracks

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Bill Brenner

This BitPaymer malware variant uses tricks that you don’t usually see in ransomware – but it still scrambles your files in the end. Continue reading How BitPaymer ransomware covers its tracks→

Posted in ads, Alternate Data Stream, Bitpaymer, encryption, malware, Ransomware, Security threats, SophosLabs

News in brief: Experian PIN fail; SEC hacked; AI vs terror

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Bill Brenner

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news Continue reading News in brief: Experian PIN fail; SEC hacked; AI vs terror→

Posted in ai, Artificial Intelligence, Data loss, Equifax, Experian, Government security, Insider trading, Law & order, Machine Learning, privacy, SEC, Security threats

News in brief: Twitter stops terrorists; WhatsApp stops UK gov; Russia stops Dark Web drugs

Posted on September 20, 2017 by Bill Brenner

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news Continue reading News in brief: Twitter stops terrorists; WhatsApp stops UK gov; Russia stops Dark Web drugs→

Posted in dark web, encryption, Government security, Law & order, privacy, Russian Interior Ministry, tor, twitter, Whatsapp

News in brief: Linux advice for Equifax; fired over phish; Security.txt standard proposed

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Bill Brenner

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news Continue reading News in brief: Linux advice for Equifax; fired over phish; Security.txt standard proposed→

Posted in Data loss, Hacked, malware, Phishing, privacy, Security Leadership, Security threats, Security.txt, SELinux, Vulnerability

Beware the Kedi RAT pretending to be a Citrix file that Gmails home

Posted on September 12, 2017 by Bill Brenner

The Kedi Remote Access Trojan has some sneaky tricks up its sleeve – don’t get caught out by it Continue reading Beware the Kedi RAT pretending to be a Citrix file that Gmails home→

Posted in command and control, dns, Google, malware, Phishing, SBN

Equifax data breach: what you need to know

Posted on September 7, 2017 by Bill Brenner

With up to 143m Americans’ data potentially at risk, there are a lot of questions being asked. Here’s what we know so far Continue reading Equifax data breach: what you need to know→

Posted in data breach, Data loss, Equifax, Security threats

Fur flies over Android bootloader flaws: here’s what you need to know

Posted on September 6, 2017 by Bill Brenner

Researchers’ BootStomp utility turned up vulnerabilities in five bootloaders from four vendors Continue reading Fur flies over Android bootloader flaws: here’s what you need to know→

Posted in Android, Google, Mobile, SBN, Vulnerability

Machine learning for malware: what could possibly go wrong?

Posted on August 31, 2017 by Bill Brenner

Relying on labels can make or break machine learning-based malware analysis – here’s how to mitigate that Continue reading Machine learning for malware: what could possibly go wrong?→

Posted in SBN

Malware rains on Google’s Android Oreo parade

Posted on August 24, 2017 by Bill Brenner

It may be summer here in the northern hemisphere, but Android users face a shower of new threats Continue reading Malware rains on Google’s Android Oreo parade→

Posted in Android, Google, malware, SBN, spyware

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