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How to protect Office 365 data from ransomware attacks

Given the broad scope of services Microsoft Office 365 provides, it’s no surprise it has become one of the company’s fastest growing revenue streams. Widespread …

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The economic impact of cybercrime? Almost $600 billion

Cybercrime costs businesses close to $600 billion, or 0.8 percent of global GDP, which is up from a 2014 study that put global losses at about $445 billion, according to a …

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Counterfeit digital certificates for sale on underground forums

Signing malicious code with valid digital certificates is a helpful trick used by attackers to maximize the odds that malware won’t be flagged by antivirus solutions and …

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UK government officially blames Russia for NotPetya attack

The UK government has officially attributed the June 2017 NotPetya cyber attack to the Russian government. The statement is backed by an assessment of the UK’s National Cyber …

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Cryptomining malware continues to drain enterprise CPU power

Cryptomining malware continues to impact organizations globally as 23% were affected by the Coinhive variant during January 2018, according to Check Point’s latest Global …

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Love letters from a Black Hat to all the fools on the Internet

As an underground, “black hat” hacker, I don’t have time for significant others. I’m too busy earning stacks of cash to improve my Bitcoin mining rigs …

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Cybercrime shifts: Rise of Russian cybercrime, attacks on cryptocurrency marketplaces

Cryptocurrency marketplaces, designed to facilitate trading on the full range of digital currencies, are experiencing a range of fraudulent activity. The world of …

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Credential phishing kits target victims differently depending on location

There is a new attack vector in town – the customization of phishing kits. In a recent case uncovered by PhishMe Intelligence, a phishing kit was crafted to target …

Android
Android devices roped into new Monero-mining botnet

A new Monero-mining bot sprang up several days ago and, in just a few days, has created a botnet consisting of over 7,000 Android devices, most of which are located in China …

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2017 was extraordinary: 5,200 breaches exposed 7.8 billion records

Once again, the record has been broken for both the most breaches and the most data compromised in a year. There were 5,207 breaches recorded last year, surpassing 2015’s …

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Identity fraud enters a new era of complexity

The number of identity fraud victims increased by eight percent (rising to 16.7 million U.S. consumers) in the last year, a record high since Javelin Strategy & Research …

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Realistic, well-positioned Reddit clone is out to grab users’ login credentials

A convincing clone of the popular social news aggregation and discussion site Reddit has been spotted on the reddit.co domain. The author is obviously counting on users not to …

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