Credit to Author: Goutam Tripathy| Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 09:57:14 +0000
Quick Heal Security Labs recently came across a variant of Ryuk Ransomware which contains an additional feature of identifying and encrypting systems in a Local Area Network (LAN). This sample targets the systems which are present in sleep as well as the online state in the LAN. This sample is packed with…
Read moreCredit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 16:56:49 +0000
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Read moreCredit to Author: Viraj Talikotkar| Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 11:23:42 +0000
Very recently, the Coronavirus that apparently originated from the Wuhan province in China has created pandemonium across the world creating an atmosphere of a health crisis for the global populace. As the news of the deadly Coronavirus creates waves of panic across the globe, cyberattackers are lurking into this phenomenon…
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Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 16:35:28 +0000
When you need a vulnerability to exploit, but there isn’t one… why not simply bring your own, along with your malware?<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/x9tpCryFXTA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 16:35:28 +0000
When you need a vulnerability to exploit, but there isn’t one… why not simply bring your own, along with your malware?<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/x9tpCryFXTA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 12:14:48 +0000
Version 80 of the Chrome browser is out with some new features designed to save your security and your sanity.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/yYDlj-wH94I” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 11:35:36 +0000
The malware-infected apps used to harvest data and sign users up to premium services have been downloaded more than 382 million times.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/8tR9brfQrYs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreCredit to Author: Jayesh kulkarni| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 06:17:49 +0000
It’s surprising to see how quickly attackers make use of new vulnerabilities in malware campaigns. Microsoft recently patched a very interesting vulnerability in their monthly Patch Tuesday update for January 2020. It’s a spoofing vulnerability in Windows CryptoAPI (Crypt32.dll) validation mechanism for Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) certificates. An attacker could…
Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 19:00:50 +0000
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Read moreCredit to Author: Anant Pulgam| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 09:17:12 +0000
Phishing email still remains one of the top malware propagation medium. Recently, we came across an interesting phishing email containing couple of Jumpshare links pointing to malicious components. Jumpshare is an online file sharing service and often cyber criminals abuse these kind of file sharing services. Upon clicking on one of the links in…
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