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IBM X-Force Research has uncovered a new Brazilian, Delphi-based malware active in the wild in a recent campaign dubbed MnuBot.
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The goal of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is, among other things, to standardize data protection laws applicable to EU data subjects. Aimed at enhancing privacy protection, the enforcement of the regulation becomes effective on May 25. GDPR’s implementation on an issue relevant to the cybersecurity industry may well have negative consequences […]
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Gozi took a larger slice of the financial malware pie and become the most active banking Trojan in 2017, according to the IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2018.
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The latest IBM X-Force report highlighted threats stemming from misconfigured cloud servers and inadvertent insider negligence and examined malware trends from 2017 that could continue into 2018.
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XMRig is popular among cybercriminals because it is open source, meaning threat actors can make relatively simple changes to its code to convert the tool into a cryptojacking mechanism.
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IBM X-Force IRIS observed a widespread business email compromise (BEC) campaign targeting many Fortune 500 companies that exploits flaws in common accounts payable processes.
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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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The start of February is a great time for organizations and individuals to sweep away the confetti and dig into the most significant cybersecurity news stories from the past month.
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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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As security tools improve, malicious actors are increasingly operating as organized cybergangs and less sophisticated actors are falling behind, according to X-Force analysis of malware trends.
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