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Phishing, malware, and cryptojacking continue to increase in sophistication
Attackers are constantly trying new ways to get around established defenses. The data, collected throughout 2017 by Webroot, illustrates that attacks such as ransomware are …
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Atlanta government systems hit by ransomware
The city of Atlanta has suffered a ransomware attack on Thursday, which resulted in outages of some of its customer facing applications, including some that customers may use …
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1 in 10 targeted attack groups use malware designed to disrupt
Cyber criminals are rapidly adding cryptojacking to their arsenal and creating a highly profitable new revenue stream, as the ransomware market becomes overpriced and …
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Top cybersecurity evasion and exfiltration techniques used by attackers
SS8 released its 2018 Threat Rewind Report, which reveals the top cybersecurity evasion and exfiltration techniques used by attackers and malicious insiders. During the past …
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Record surges in healthcare attacks, fileless malware, cryptocurrency mining
During Q4 2017, McAfee Labs saw on average eight new threat samples per second, and the increasing use of fileless malware attacks leveraging Microsoft PowerShell. The Q4 …
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Robots hijacked by ransomware may soon become a reality
How soon will we see our home, office or industrial robots being hijacked and held ransom by attackers? If they dedicate their efforts to research, that day may come sooner …
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Not all who pay a ransom successfully recover their compromised data
A new report by the CyberEdge Group found that 55 percent of responding organizations were compromised by ransomware in 2017, down from 61 percent in 2016. How victims …
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Cyber attacks becoming No. 1 business risk
SonicWall recorded 9.32 billion malware attacks in 2017 and saw more than 12,500 new Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) reported for the year. “The cyber arms race …
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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 advent of GDPR could fuel extortion attempts by criminals
The number of exploit kit attacks is, slowly but surely, going down, and malware peddlers are turning towards more reliable tactics such as spam, phishing, and targeting …
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How to prepare for the future of digital extortion
Digital extortion has evolved into the most successful criminal business model in the current threat landscape, and Trend Micro researchers predict that it will continue to …
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Dridex gang follows trends, also created FriedEx ransomware
The gang behind the infamous banking Trojan Dridex has also created the FriedEx (aka BitPaymer) ransomware, ESET researchers confidently claim. The similarities between Dridex …
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