The Kelihos botnet has switched to dropping ransomware onto targeted computers, and is currently spreading the Troldesh malware family, security researchers warn.
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Shamoon Wiper Attacks Return to the Gulf
Destructive Malware Hit Targets in Saudi Arabia Set to Wipe Disks on Nov 17.
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Microsoft Experts Launch Anti-Recon Tool for Windows 10, Server 2016
Itai Grady and Tal Be’ery of the Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics (ATA) research team have released a new tool designed to help security teams harden the Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 machines on their network against reconnaissance attempts.
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Making the Grade When It Comes to Incident Response
This fall, millions of students entered colleges or universities for the first time. As final exams approach, many are coming to the realization that a syllabus is more than an email you skip over or delete. The assignments, lecture schedule, labs – you name it – are key to your success in class. For those who haven’t adequately prepared, winging it will only take them so far.
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Mozilla Patches Firefox Zero-Day Exploited to Unmask Tor Users
Security updates released on Wednesday for Firefox and the Tor Browser address a zero-day vulnerability exploited to deanonymize Tor users. Evidence suggests that the exploit may have been used by a law enforcement agency in an operation targeting child pornography distributors.
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“Gooligan” Android Malware Steals Authentication Tokens to Hack User Accounts
"Gooligan" Android Malware Steals Authentication Tokens to Compromise More Than 1 Million Google User Accounts
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“PluginPhantom” Android Trojan Uses Plugins to Evade Detection
A recently discovered Android Trojan dubbed “PluginPhantom” abuses a legitimate plugin framework to update itself and evade static detection, Palo Alto Networks reported on Wednesday.
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FireEye Unveils Helix Platform to Streamline Security Operations
Just weeks after launching new cloud-based network security and threat intelligence offerings, FireEye on Tuesday unveiled a new platform designed to help customers efficiently integrate and automate security operations functions.
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Thousands of UK National Lottery Accounts Breached
Camelot, the company that runs the UK National Lottery, announced today that approximately 26,500 customer accounts had been fraudulently accessed. The activity was discovered on Monday.
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Cerber Ransomware Delivered via Google, Tor2web
A new version of the Cerber ransomware has been delivered by cybercriminals using spam emails, Google links, the Tor2web proxy service and malicious macro-enabled Word documents.
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