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A new variant of a sophisticated Android locker family used an innovative sequence to load its ransom note on infected devices. On October 8, Microsoft Defender Research Team revealed that it had spotted a new Android locker variant using novel techniq… Continue reading Android Locker Variant Uses Innovative Sequence to Load Ransom Note
Researchers uncovered a new toolset they’ve dubbed “MontysThree” that has played a role in targeted industrial espionage attacks stretching back to 2018. In the summer of 2020, Kaspersky Lab discovered that an unknown actor had been using a modular C++… Continue reading New ‘MontysThree’ Toolset Used in Targeted Industrial Espionage Attacks
Dealing with the aftermath of ransomware attacks is like Russian roulette. Submitting the ransom might seem like it’s the sole option for recovering locked data. But paying the ransom doesn’t mean that your organization will get its affected data back…. Continue reading 30 Ransomware Prevention Tips
Victims of ransomware attacks could potentially receive civil penalties for making ransom payments to a growing list of threat actors. On October 1, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) revealed that it could ch… Continue reading Ransom Payments Could Result in Civil Penalties for Ransomware Victims
A Russian man received a seven-year prison sentence for having hacked into computers belonging to LinkedIn, Dropbox and Formspring. On September 30, Honorable William H. Alsup, U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of California, sentenced Yevg… Continue reading Russian Gets 7 Years in Prison for Linkedin, Dropbox & Formspring Hacks
A federal jury convicted the owner of a bitcoin exchange for his role in a multi-million dollar scheme involving online auction fraud. On September 28, a federal jury in Frankfort, Kentucky found Bulgarian national Rossen Iossifov, 53, guilty of one co… Continue reading Bitcoin Exchange Owner Convicted for Role in Web Auction Fraud Scheme
Tyler Technologies, Inc., revealed it suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted access to some of its internal systems. On September 26, Tyler Technologies published a statement on its website in which it disclosed that it had detected a security inc… Continue reading Tyler Technologies Reveals Ransomware Affected Some Internal Systems
A computer programmer pleaded guilty to making false statements about his involvement with the Silk Road underground web marketplace. On Setpember 21, Michael R. Weigand (also known as “Shabang”) surrendered himself and told U.S. District Judge William… Continue reading Computer Programmer Pleads Guilty to Lying about Silk Road Involvement
Canadian multinational e-commerce company Shopify disclosed a security incident that involved the information of some of its merchants. On September 22, Shopify published an incident update on its website. This bulletin explained that “two rogue member… Continue reading Shopify Discloses Security Incident Involving Some Merchants’ Data
By now, we know a lot about secure configuration management (SCM). We know the way it works, the integral processes of which it consists, the areas of your IT infrastructure that it can help secure as well as the different types of best practice framew… Continue reading Stop Wasting Your Time and Money with a “Checkbox” SCM Solution