The Many Faces of Necurs: How the Botnet Spewed Millions of Spam Emails for Cyber Extortion

IBM X-Force researchers observed the Necurs botnet spewing millions of spam emails from more than 30,000 malicious IPs to extort bitcoin from victims who may or may not have viewed adult content.

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What’s In a (Threat Intelligence) Name?

A lot of things in the threat intelligence world have multiple names, and these aliases often complicate the process of researching and dealing with security threats.

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Goal! Spam Campaigns Capitalize on the World Cup Craze

IBM X-Force researchers observed several ongoing spam campaigns tied to the World Cup — many of which used the official branding of tournament sponsors to lure victims.

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IBM Resilient Delivers Robust Integrations Through Our Orchestration Ecosystem

Today we unveiled the next generation of incident response with the Resilient Incident Response Platform with Intelligent Orchestration.

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Security Pros Get an IBM Security Community They Can Call Their Own

The new IBM Security Community enables cybersecurity professionals to connect with peers, share threat intelligence and glean insights from subject matter experts.

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The Journey to Security and Cyber Resiliency

At Think 2018, attendees will learn how an integrated approach to security and resiliency can help them prevent cyberattacks and effectively respond to the ones that slip through their defenses.

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Necurs Spammers Go All In to Find a Valentine’s Day Victim

The cybergang behind the Necurs botnet launched a massive romance-themed spam campaign in the lead up to Valentine’s Day, impersonating single Russian women looking for dates online.

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No Rest for the Weary: Applying Security Lessons From 2017 in the New Year

How can it be that we are already through January and moving into February of the new year? I don’t know about you, but I still have a long list of resolutions to accomplish and I need to focus on what I can realistically get done in 2018. This makes me think about how everyone […]

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What’s Behind the Rising Tide of Ransomware?

The rate of ransomware is rising, largely due to the availability of exploit kits and ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) packages in underground marketplaces.

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