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The malware’s sole purpose was to take down systems, not steal data, Cisco Talos researchers say. Continue reading ‘Olympic Destroyer’ Malware Behind Winter Olympics Cyberattack, Researchers Say
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 sho… Continue reading A worthy upgrade: Next-gen security on Windows 10 proves resilient against ransomware outbreaks in 2017
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 sho… Continue reading A worthy upgrade: Next-gen security on Windows 10 proves resilient against ransomware outbreaks in 2017
It might not be seasonally appropriate — aren’t bunnies the mascots of spring? — but a new malware named Bad Rabbit has exploded across Russia and Eastern European countries. Following in the footsteps of WannaCry and NotPetya, Bad Ra… Continue reading Bad Rabbit Arrives in Time for the Holidays
October’s Bad Rabbit ransomware attacks were back in the news this week due to a report that a series of phishing attacks occurred at the same time as the Bad Rabbit outbreak, and the parallel attacks may have been carried out by the same group. The discovery also suggests that Ukraine may have been a… Read More
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Vol 07 Issue 98 November 2017 In This Issue October Had Some Large Security Incidents Social-Engineer News Upcoming classes As a member of the newsletter you have the option to OPT-IN for special offers. You can click here to do that. Check out the schedule of upcoming training on Social-Engineer.com 5-9 February, 2018 – […]
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SophosLabs looks at the summer of 2017’s most prolific ransomware families Continue reading 2018 Malware Forecast: learning from the long summer of ransomware
The ONI ransomware attacks targeting organizations in Japan are also dropping wiper malware which is being used to delete logs and cover the attackers’ tracks. Continue reading Devilish ONI Attacks in Japan Use Wiper to Cover Tracks
The week’s top trending event was the outbreak of Bad Rabbit ransomware, which quickly spread across Russia and Eastern Europe before most of the infrastructure behind the attack was taken offline hours later. Bad Rabbit was largely spread via watering hole attacks using compromised news media websites that prompted users to install a fake “Flash… Read More
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Security researchers warned last week that attackers are building a massive botnet of more than a million routers and wireless cameras. However, additional research has revealed that the number of devices actually enslaved by the botnet is only around 20,000, for now. “Over a million organizations have already been affected worldwide, including [in] the U.S.,..
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