Malware
Glass Class: How to Detect Malware
This post was originally published by Will Houcheime. Malware can be a serious threat to organizations that don’t have the proper security tools to protect against it. Some forms of malware can force enterprises to pay sums of dollars, freeze current operations, and more depending on the type of attack. To make matters worse, some malware attacks can lead to sensitive data being leaked, which has caused some companies to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in fines over the past few years. In our latest Glass Class, we discuss how to classify malware, and the type of tools organizations can use to put a halt to malicious attacks in real time. Read more here: https://www.bitglass.com/blog/how-to-detect-malware Photo:www.bankinfosecurity.com
Malware turning Microsoft PCs into Zombie Proxies n new details on Baltimore ransomware attack
Researchers from Cisco Talos in commission with Microsoft have discovered a new kind of malware strain which is being dubbed as Zombie Proxies. News is out that the malware has already infected thousands of PCs across the US and Europe and is being technically called as Nodersok and Divergent by Microsoft respectively. According to the […]
Varenyky malware hits French Orange Customers
Varenyky malware which is new to the online world is found to be infecting French Orange customers for now and is said to have already victimized more than 1400 people so far through phishing email attacks. Security researchers at ESET have revealed that the said malware has the potential to take S#$tortion to a new […]
Cyber Attack on German companies BASF, Siemens, Henkel, and Roche
German media is buzzing with news headlines that a group of companies operating in its region was targeted by a cyberattack launched by Chinese hacking group. Public Broadcaster ARD has specified in its news post that hackers targeted Hotels group Marriott, BASF, airliner Lion Air, Chemical firm Shin-Etsu, Siemens, Shampoo maker Henkel and Pharma company […]
Fake FaceApp triggers Mobile Security fears
FaceApp which allows its users to transform their faces in their photographs is back in news for all wrong reasons. Security analysts from Kaspersky have discovered that a fake application with a similar name has managed to creep into the mobile app stores and is reported to be filled with an adware module called MobiDash. […]
Malware attack on Yandex Search engine of Russia by ‘Five Eyes’ Intelligence
Russian Internet Search Company ‘Yandex’ was cyber attacked by a malware named ‘Regin’ and the nation’s intelligence is pointing fingers at ‘Five Eyes’ Intelligence sharing alliance formed by Australia, New Zealand, Britain, United States, and Canada. Reuters which 1st shared the news piece with the world on Friday last week says that the attack was […]
Google admits advanced backdoors installed on Android devices
Google has declared on an official note that some of the low-end smartphones operating on Android OS might have advanced backdoors preinstalled in them from manufacturing factories. The internet juggernaut failed to address the names of the manufactures but said that it will take action against those which release mobiles into the market with Trojans […]
Cybersecurity news trending on Google
1.) Cloud Storage vendor Dropbox suffered a business drawback last week when security researchers participating at the ‘HackerOne’ bug hunt program in Singapore discovered over 264 vulnerabilities on its data storage platform. According to those familiar with the news from the company, the data storage firm had already been alerted by its internal engineers about […]
Ransomware attack on Medical Billing company Wolverine Solutions Group
A Ransomware attack which took place on Medical Billing company called Wolverine Solutions Group (WSG) is said to have compromised data of more than 120,000 Health Alliance Plan(HAP) clients. However, the company spokesperson said on Wednesday that only the data was encrypted on the servers and none of the information was gone outside the network. […]
Cyber Attack news for the day
1.) To all those who are still using Windows 7 operating system loaded PCs and Laptops, here’s a piece of bad news. Microsoft has announced that it is going to end support to its popular operating system from news January and so PCs which run on the said obsolete OS will become vulnerable to cyber […]
