The cybercriminals behind a piece of ransomware known as Samas or SamSa collected roughly $450,000 in ransom payments over the past year, according to Palo Alto Networks researchers.
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What Lies Ahead for Cybersecurity in 2017?
Looking back at the big cybersecurity news stories of 2016, several trends stand out, which may provide a peek into what we, as cybersecurity professionals, should be preparing for in 2017.
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Unpatched Flaw Exposes Netgear Routers to Hacking
Netgear has launched an investigation following reports that some of its routers are affected by a critical vulnerability that can be remotely exploited to hijack the devices.
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Zero to One Security Innovation
The increasing volume and sophistication of cyberattacks over the last few years has resulted in millions of dollars of investments in new cybersecurity startups, in more and more security tools created by cybersecurity companies and in huge investments in these new security solutions by enterprises.
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Germany Accuses Russia of Hybrid Warfare
Russia has been accused of waging its own brand of cyber hybrid warfare against Germany, with specific focus on next year's elections. In particular, the APT28 (Fancy Bear) hacking group — thought to be linked to the Russian government — is accused of spreading propaganda and disinformation under the guise of 'hacktivists'.
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CASC Releases Minimum Requirements for Code Signing Certificates
The Certificate Authority Security Council (CASC) this week announced that the Code Signing Working Group released a set of minimal requirements that Certificate Authorities (CAs) should use for code signing.
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Yahoo Pays Out $10,000 Bounty for Critical Mail Flaw
A researcher has earned $10,000 for finding a critical Yahoo! Mail vulnerability that could have been exploited simply by getting the targeted user to open a specially crafted email.
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Cyber Insurance Market to Top $14 Billion by 2022: Report
The global cyber insurance market is expected to generate $14 billion by 2022, according to a new report published by Allied Market Research (AMR). That figure represents an impressive compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 28% from 2016 to 2022.
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Russia Says Thwarted Fresh Cyber Attacks on Major Banks
Russia's telecom operator on Friday said that it had blocked a series of cyber attacks on the country's leading banks this week, the latest to target the country's financial sector.
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Most External PowerShell Scripts Are Malicious: Symantec
PowerShell, the scripting language and shell framework that is installed by default on most Windows computers, is becoming a favored attack tool for malware infections.
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