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Healthcare sector warned of Venus ransomware attacks
PRIVACY PRIVACY Healthcare organisations in the United States are being warned to be on their guard once again, this time against a family of ransomware known as Venus. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog. Read More
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Microsoft’s Edge over Popups (and Google Chrome)
PRIVACY PRIVACY Following up on our previous blog, How to Stop the Popups, McAfee Labs saw a sharp decrease in the number of deceptive push notifications reported by McAfee consumers running Microsoft’s Edge browser on Windows. Such browser-delivered push messages appear as toaster pop-ups in the tray above the system clock and are meant to…
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Remote Code Execution Discovered in Spotify’s Backstage
PRIVACY PRIVACY Spotify ranked the vulnerability as critical, with a CVSS score of 9.8 Read More
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Lazarus Backdoor DTrack Evolves to Target Europe and Latin America
PRIVACY PRIVACY DTrack has not changed substantially, but Lazarus made some “interesting” modifications Read More
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Top Zeus Botnet Suspect “Tank” Arrested in Geneva
PRIVACY PRIVACY Vyacheslav “Tank” Penchukov, the accused 40-year-old Ukrainian leader of a prolific cybercriminal group that stole tens of millions of dollars from small to mid-sized businesses in the United States and Europe, has been arrested in Switzerland, according to multiple sources. Wanted Ukrainian cybercrime suspect Vyacheslav “Tank” Penchukov (right) was arrested in Geneva, Switzerland.…
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Global 2000 companies failing to adopt key domain security measures
PRIVACY PRIVACY Forbes Global 2000 companies are failing to adopt key domain security measures, exposing them to significant security risks, according to CSC’s Domain Security Report 2022. The enterprise-class domain registrar and Domain Name System (DNS) threats mitigator found that 75% of Global 2000s have implemented fewer than half of all domain security measures with…
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Another Event-Related Spyware App
PRIVACY PRIVACY Last month, we were warned not to install Qatar’s World Cup app because it was spyware. This month, it’s Egypt’s COP27 Summit app: The app is being promoted as a tool to help attendees navigate the event. But it risks giving the Egyptian government permission to read users’ emails and messages. Even messages…
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Meta’s new kill chain model tackles online threats
PRIVACY PRIVACY In April 2014, Lockheed Martin revolutionized the cyber defense business by publishing a seminal white paper Intelligence-Driven Computer Network Defense Informed by Analysis of Adversary Campaigns and Intrusion Kill Chains. This document sparked a new wave of thinking about digital adversaries, specifically, nation-state advanced persistent threat groups (APTs). The authors of the paper…
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As volumes continue to rise, precious metal traders must be cyber vigilant
PRIVACY PRIVACY The content of this post is solely the responsibility of the author. AT&T does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article. In times of economic volatility, precious metals are a safe harbor for investors of all sizes. This has been reflected in…
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China-Based Campaign Uses 42,000 Phishing Domains
PRIVACY PRIVACY Operation designed to spread malware and generate ad revenue Read More