State and local government agencies, as well as K-12 educational institutions are being targeted in a newly discovered spam email campaign aimed at distributing a new ransomware variant, Proofpoint researchers warn.
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Android Malware Improves Resilience
Android malware is becoming more resilient courtesy of newly adopted techniques that also allow malicious programs to avoid detection, Symantec reveals.
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Ransomware Attack Hits Cape Cod Police Department
Ransomware Can be Stopped and Removed Through Disaster Recovery
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Users File Lawsuit Against Yahoo Over Data Breach
Several class actions have been filed against Yahoo in California and Illinois over the recently disclosed data breach that affected at least 500 million accounts.
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Live Webinar: Tuesday, Sept. 27th at 1PM ET
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OpenSSL Patch for Low Severity Issue Creates Critical Flaw
A fix included in the OpenSSL updates released last week introduced a critical vulnerability that could potentially lead to arbitrary code execution, the OpenSSL Project warned on Monday.
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UK Man Involved in 2012 Yahoo Hack Sentenced to Prison
The U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA) announced last week that one of the members of an international cybercrime group has been given a two-year jail sentence.
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Microsoft Removes Windows Journal Due to Security Flaws
Microsoft has decided to remove the Windows Journal application from its operating systems due to the discovery of several vulnerabilities that can be exploited through specially crafted Journal files.
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Necurs Botnet Fuels Jump in Spam Email
The volume of spam email has increased significantly this year, being comparable to record levels observed in 2010. Researchers from Cisco Talos believe the increase has been driven mainly from increased activity of the Necurs botnet.
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Russia? China? Who Hacked Yahoo, and Why?
Yahoo's claim that it is the victim of a gigantic state-sponsored hack raises the question of whether it is the latest target for hackers with the backing of Russia, China or even North Korea, experts say.
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