Word and Excel documents are enlisted to disable Office macro warnings, so the Zloader banking malware can be downloaded onto systems without security tools flagging it.
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IOTW: REvil Ransomware Attack Hits Potentially Thousands of Businesses
Each business that has been disrupted by file encryption has received a ransomware notice demanding payment of thousands or millions of dollars, depending on the size of the company. The attacks threa…
How Fake Accounts and Sneaker-Bots Took Over the Internet
Jason Kent, hacker-in-residence at Cequence Security, discusses fake online accounts, and the fraud they carry out on a daily basis.
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Coursera Flunks API Security Test in Researchers’ Exam
The problem APIs included numero uno on the OWASP API Security Top 10: a Broken Object Level Authorization (BOLA) issue that could have exposed personal data.
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Privacy Preserving Analytics: Privacy-by-Design for Big Data Analytics
Though PPDA first and foremost requires an effective, mathematically robust definition of privacy, it also relies on a combination of data protection systems and technologies – most of which result in…
Critical Sage X3 RCE Bug Allows Full System Takeovers
Security vulnerabilities in the ERP platform could allow attackers to tamper with or sabotage victims’ business-critical processes and to intercept data.
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Kaseya Patches Imminent After Zero-Day Exploits, 1,500 Impacted
REvil ransomware gang lowers price for universal decryptor after massive worldwide ransomware push against Kaseya security vulnerability CVE-2021-30116.
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Western Digital Users Face Another RCE
Say hello to one more zero-day and yet more potential remote data death for those who can’t/won’t upgrade their My Cloud storage devices.
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Defeating Ransomware-as-a-Service? Think Intel-Sharing
Aamir Lakhani, cybersecurity researcher and practitioner at FortiGuard Labs, explains the rise of RaaS and the critical role of threat intel in effectively defending against it.
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Ransomware Defense: Top 5 Things to Do Right Now
Matt Bromiley, senior consultant with Mandiant Managed Defense, discusses the top tricks and tips for protecting enterprise environments from ransomware.
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