Collaborate Disseminate
Wireless Protected Access, Version 2 (WPA2) is the version of Wi-Fi security used in most cases today. This diagram illustrates the general layout of the security data used by WPA2. There’s a new version coming out, WPA3, but it doesn’t see… Continue reading WPA2 Packet Frame Format
The Internet keeps getting weirder, and users are getting harder to protect. Yet Menlo Security continues to keep users safe.
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Mac users can’t ignore the need to protect their computers from malware with up-to-date anti-virus software and other security tools.
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Thanks to USENIX for publishing the USENIX Enigma 2019
outstanding conference videos on their YouTube Channel
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In my previous post, we witnessed how a bidding process can be abused in an online auction marketplace.
All of us are guilty of using SaaS services in this cloud era. Our systems use services like Okta for uniauth, Stripe for payments, Sendgrid for em… Continue reading Case Files: Pusher in Coinbase cookie
The story of how a scumbag named n1ghtm4r3 polluted our inbox with Bitcoin Phishing emails. Let’s have a little fun today and talk about some Bitcoin phishing emails that have…
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Last week, in a little-noticed announcement, French Police disclosed they’d disrupted a large malware command-and-control infrastructure, remotely disinfecting the PCs that connected to the C&C servers.
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Cybercriminals may be partially responsible for driving up the price of Bitcoin.
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Before we get into the details of “Cryptocurrency Mining Malware”, we need to understand first what cryptocurrency is and what miners are.
What is Cryptocurrency?
Cryptocurrency is best thought of as digital currency and it only exis… Continue reading What is Cryptocurrency Mining Malware?
A joint investigatory effort neutralized more than 850,000 unique infections of Retadup, a worm known for targeting Windows machines in Latin America. In March 2019, Avast came across an interesting cryptomining payload that arrived with a advanced ste… Continue reading Joint Effort Neutralized Over 850K Infections of Retadup Worm