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If users have an impacted devices, they need to immediately run a backup of their files and restore their operating system to factory settings, said ASUS Continue reading ASUS Patches Live Update Bug That Allowed APT to Infect Thousands of PCs
Unknown attackers have compromised an update server belonging to Taiwanese computer and electronics maker ASUS and used it to push a malicious backdoor on a huge number of customers, Kaspersky Lab researchers discovered. Judging by information hard-cod… Continue reading Attackers compromised ASUS to deliver backdoored software updates
The Taiwan-based tech giant ASUS is believed to have pushed the malware to hundreds of thousands of customers through its trusted automatic software update tool after attackers compromised the company’s server and used it to push the malware to machines. Continue reading Hackers Hijacked ASUS Software Updates to Install Backdoors on Thousands of Computers
Microsoft on Tuesday pushed out software updates to fix more than five dozen security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems, Internet Explorer, Edge, Office and Sharepoint. If you (ab)use Microsoft products, it’s time once again to start thinking about getting your patches on. Malware or bad guys can remotely exploit roughly one-quarter of the flaws fixed in today’s patch batch without any help from users. Continue reading Patch Tuesday, March 2019 Edition
Microsoft’s March Patch Tuesday updates include 64 fixes, 17 of which are rated critical. Continue reading Microsoft Patches Two Win32k Bugs Under Active Attack
A Russian court has handed down lengthy prison terms for two men convicted on treason charges for allegedly sharing information about Russian cybercriminals with U.S. law enforcement officials. The men — a former Russian cyber intelligence official and an executive at Russian security firm Kaspersky Lab — were reportedly prosecuted for their part in an investigation into Pavel Vrublevsky, a convicted cybercriminal who ran one of the world’s biggest spam networks and was a major focus of my 2014 book, Spam Nation. Continue reading Former Russian Cybersecurity Chief Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison
Premium-access credentials to porn sites are hot in the cyber-underground, as credential-harvesting malware proliferates. Continue reading ThreatList: Porn-Focused Malware Triples, Dark Web Loves It
Global revenue for Moscow-based cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky Lab increased by 4 percent last year despite sales in North America falling by 25 percent, the company said. The privately-owned Kaspersky reported an unaudited revenue of $726 million in 2018, thanks mostly to 27 percent growth in the Middle East, Turkey and Africa. Kaspersky also reported 55 percent growth in non-endpoint products and services. But the company also acknowledged that “the challenging geopolitical situation resulted in an overall slowdown in the North American market,” where sales fell by a quarter. Kaspersky’s sales announcement, published Tuesday, offers a glimpse at how scrutiny from the U.S. government has affected the company. President Trump in 2017 signed legislation prohibiting the use of Kaspersky software on computers and devices on military and civilian networks. The FBI also pushed private sector companies away from using Kaspersky products. U.S. officials have alleged Kaspersky is vulnerable to Russian influence, […]
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This is the third update to the prolific GandCrab malware within the past year. Continue reading New GandCrab Decryptor Unlocks Files of Updated Ransomware
Trends in DDoS attacks show a evolution beyond Mirai code and point to next-gen botnets that are better hidden and have a greater level of persistence on devices – making them “far more dangerous.” Continue reading ThreatList: Latest DDoS Trends by the Numbers