Akamai this week shared additional details on the massive 665 gigabit per second (Gbps) distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that targeted Brian Krebs’ website.
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Mirai IoT Botnet Wasn’t Alone in Massive DDoS Attack: Akamai
Akamai this week shared additional details on the massive 665 gigabit per second (Gbps) distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that targeted Brian Krebs’ website.
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WildFire Ransomware Revived as “Hades Locker”
The actor behind WildFire, a piece of ransomware that emerged earlier this year, has decided to rebrand the malware after security researchers created a decryption tool for it.
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Card Data Stolen From eCommerce Sites Using Web Malware
Researchers have been monitoring a campaign in which cybercriminals compromised many ecommerce websites in an effort to steal payment card and other sensitive information provided by their customers.
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Hitting the Right Note With a Security Delivery Platform
In 1985, F. Murray Abraham won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his masterful performance as the cynical Salieri in the movie Amadeus. I loved that movie. From Wolfie’s maniacal and childlike laughter throughout to the choice scene when Salieri recounts his sneak peek at Mozart’s Serenade for Winds, K.361: 3rd Movement:
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FastPOS Malware Adopts Modular Design
FastPOS, a piece of point-of-sale (PoS) malware that emerged in early summer, has recently received a series of updates designed to make it more efficient just in time for the holiday season.
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Mac Malware Can Abuse Legitimate Apps to Spy on Users
OS X Malware Can Silently Record Video by Piggybacking on Webcam Streams
Mac malware could silently spy on users by piggybacking on webcam sessions initiated by legitimate applications such as FaceTime, Skype and Google Hangouts, a researcher has warned.
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NSA Contractor Arrested for Theft of Classified Material
The Department of Justice announced on Wednesday that a government contractor resident in Maryland with a top secret national security clearance was arrested in late August. According to the complaint unsealed today, a search of his home and car found "property of the United States." More specifically, this included "six classified documents obtained from sensitive intelligence and produced by a government agency in 2014."
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Want Better Security? Be a Pragmatist.
I’ve always considered myself a pragmatist. Perhaps not surprisingly, I have also always been a big fan of pragmatism. I guess one goes along with the other. A pragmatist is defined as “a person who is oriented toward the success or failure of a particular line of action, thought, etc.; a practical person.”
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Iran-Linked Attackers Target Government Organizations
An Iran-linked group previously observed attacking organizations in Saudi Arabia has been improving its malware tools and expanding its target list to include other countries.
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