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In Jan 2018, Greenfield, Indiana-based Hancock Health (healthcare network) was attacked by SamSam ransomware. It encrypted the files containing patients’ data which disrupted their critical services. Even though SamSam is not a new ransomware, it has evolved over a...Information Technology, Network Security & Cybersecurity Updates
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Since WannaCry swept the world in 2017, ransomware has become a network administrator’s worst nightmare. It’s not without any reason: the devastating WannaCry ransomware attack affected more than 200,000 computers across 150 countries with huge damages. Other notable ransomware attacks...
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Ransomware threats have long been plaguing the online space and are usually considered to be extremely disruptive in nature. Unlike other malware threats which keep a low profile, ransomware attacks announce themselves before crippling a system for diverse benefits....
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Cryptocurrency is the current buzzword of this day and age. Not a day goes by when there’s not a news item about cryptocurrency, either with warnings about its danger or breathless coverage of its fluctuating value. Without doubt, it’s...
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No wonder malspam campaigns are a major medium to spread malware. Previously, we have written about such campaigns making use of MS Office malware such as malicious macro, CVE-2017-0199, CVE-2017-8759 and DDE-based attack. Recently, we have started observing various malspam campaigns...
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It wouldn’t be wrong to assume that login credentials and other confidential user-specific insights are the most frequently compromised data sets, extensively targeted by the malicious parties. Since 2017 witnessed hackers breaching 711 million users records; thereby accessing around...
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The recent zero-day vulnerability CVE-2018-4878 in Adobe Flash Player enables attackers to perform a Remote Code Execution on targeted machines. Adobe has released a security advisory APSA18-01 on February 2, 2018 to address this issue. According to Adobe, the...
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In today’s fast-changing world, the cyber threat landscape is getting increasingly complex and signature-based systems are falling behind to protect endpoints. All major security solutions are built with layered security models to protect endpoints from today’s advanced threats. Machine...
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When it comes to enlisting the most unrecognizable forms of cyber-attacks, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) features on top of the pecking order. While DDoS attacks started off as simple and volumetric threats for creating disruptions, they have amplified...