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Spora is a new and feature-rich ransomware that allows users not only pay to recover their encrypted files, but also for immunity from future attacks. [Read More]
The smartphones of dozens of Israeli soldiers were hacked by Hamas militants pretending to be attractive young women online, an Israeli military official said. [Read More]
The RIG exploit kit (EK) managed to grab nearly 35% of the overall EK activity during the last month of 2016, retaining the leading spot in the landscape for the fourth month in a row, Symantec reports. [Read More]
The newly discovered "Terror" exploit kit packs no less than eight 8 different operational exploits in order to compromise endpoints. [Read More]
E-Sports Entertainment Association (ESEA) has become the latest games entertainment company to suffer -- with systems breached in 2016, and user credentials spilled in January 2017. [Read More]
A second variant of the Shamoon 2 malware targets virtualization products, likely in an effort to make recovery more difficult and increase the impact of the attack [Read More]
A variant of the Sundown exploit kit (EK) was recently seen using a different infrastructure than previously known and distributing a cryptocurrency mining application. [Read More]
Malware designed to crash Mac OS machines is being delivered through drive-by downloads as part of a campaign designed to trick users into calling a fake tech support service. [Read More]
Exploits for a couple of Microsoft Edge vulnerabilities patched in November 2016 have been added to the Sundown exploit kit [Read More]
24-year-old man from North Carolina pleads guilty to hacking the online accounts of U.S. government officials [Read More]
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By being aware of the latest tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs), organizations can understand how to mitigate damage and thwart cyber attacks during the holidays.
Entering the Deep & Dark Web also requires highly-advanced operations security and technical skills. Not only is gaining access to these online communities extremely difficult, it is risky.
This election cycle has shown that state actors may also believe that some data has more value if it is made public.
Employees who have reused corporate emails and passwords for personal use can put their employers at risk of account takeovers, credential stuffing and extortion attempts.
While exploit kits are certainly contributing to the steady rise in the number of cyberattacks, in the end, the methods they use to infect endpoints and networks can be stopped provided the proper steps are taken.
Developing awareness about dual revenue attacks is the first step in preparing your organization to deal with these threats.
With good security hygiene and a few basic measures you’ll be able to more effectively block, contain, and negate the impact of ransomware.
There are computers within our computers that are largely beyond the scope of security, yet control everything we think we know about the device.
As recent events have shown, you shouldn’t let your guard down because a threat actor or operation appears to have been shut down.
Hackers are humans, too, and most humans tend to veer toward the path of least resistance. So why wouldn’t they choose an easy—and lucrative—target like a hospital?
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