Researchers at BAE Systems have observed an improved version of the Qbot malware being used in attacks aimed at public institutions in the United States and other countries.
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Citadel-Derivative Atmos Targeting French Banks
Atmos, a derivative of the ZeuS/Citadel stable, has been detected targeting banks in France. The malware has been active since late 2015, but this seems to be its first concerted use.
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Philippines Probes Hacking of Poll Agency Ahead of Election
Manila – Philippine authorities are investigating a computer security breach at the state election agency, officials said Tuesday, less than a month before the nation goes to the polls.
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Links Found Between Different Ransomware Families
Researchers have identified possible links between Rokku and Chimera, and between PowerWare and PoshCoder ransomware.
PowerWare and PoshCoder
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Locky Ransomware Gets New Infection Vector, Improved Evasion
The developers behind the Locky ransomware are tireless in their quest to evade security controls and gain a higher infection rate, and they have recently implemented a variety of changes to the ransomware’s code to support their mission.
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Why Ransomware is Winning – and How to Turn the Tide
Every week we hear of several new high profile ransomware incidents affecting hospitals, schools, businesses and government. It’s gotten so bad that cybersecurity agencies in the U.S. and Canada recently issued an alert about the growing number of ransomware attacks affecting health care organizations.
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Ramdo Click-Fraud Malware Continues to Evolve
Researchers at Dell SecureWorks and Palo Alto Networks have teamed up to analyze the Ramdo click-fraud malware, a threat that has been infecting computers around the world since late 2013.
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SecureWorks Prepares for $180 Million IPO
SecureWorks plans to offer 9 million shares in an upcoming initial public offering (IPO) at a price between $15.50 and $17.50 per share.
Combined with the underwriter’s option to purchase up to 1,350,000 additional shares, the IPO could net the company upwards of $181 million.
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ARRIS SURFboard Modems Plagued by CSRF Flaw
Several ARRIS SURFboard broadband cable modem models suffer from cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability that allows an attacker to reboot them without authentication.
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3 Steps to Thriving in One of Cybersecurity’s 1 Million Open Positions
Cisco's John Stewart believes there are roughly a million security role vacancies, and this gap is now officially a crisis. We are about a million brains and bodies short of what we need to plug the many growing holes that perforate our highly internetworked environments.
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