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Credit to Author: Naked Security| Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 12:46:40 +0000

SophosLabs ha detectado una nueva botnet DDoS que se centra en servidores SSH mal protegidos. Llamada Chalubo (o ChaCha-Lua-bot) en referencia al uso del cifrador de flujo ChaCha, el malware comenzó a circular en agosto antes de que se viera un pico en su actividad a comienzos de septiembre. El objetivo del malware es comprometer […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/rf6SexyPgsM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

MalwareBytes Security

September 17, 2018 admin

A week in security (September 10 – 16)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 15:56:14 +0000

A roundup of the security news from September 10–16, including omnichannel fraud, ways to get back at scammers, the security of 2FA, and partnerstrokas.

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QuickHeal Security

December 26, 2017 admin

Cybersecurity Predictions: What to expect in 2018

Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2017 13:08:50 +0000

At the risk of being pessimistic, I’d say that 2017 wasn’t such as a great year for cybersecurity. Why? Well, where do I begin? Before we get on with the cybersecurity predictions for 2018, let’s take a quick flashback of 2017 2017 was riddled with cybersecurity mayhems: WannaCry – the…

QuickHeal Security

December 26, 2017 admin

Cybersecurity Predictions: What to expect in 2018?

Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2017 13:08:50 +0000

At the risk of being pessimistic, I’d say that 2017 wasn’t such as a great year for cybersecurity. Why? Well, where do I begin? 2017 – a quick flashback 2017 was riddled with cybersecurity mayhems: WannaCry – the biggest ransomware attack in history; took down over 300,000 computers worldwide, closely…

Kaspersky Security

December 1, 2017 admin

Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 13

Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2017 15:47:59 +0000

In this week’s edition Kaspersky Lab’s Transatlantic Cable podcast, Dave and Jeff discuss the company’s security predictions for 2018.

MalwareBytes Security

October 30, 2017 admin

Know your threats: the nine scariest malware monsters

Credit to Author: Wendy Zamora| Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2017 20:31:14 +0000

It’s been a particularly ghoulish year in cybersecurity, from Russian hacks to ransomware outbreaks. The bad boogey man in the black hoodie has been pulling one over the collective public. It’s dark and creepy, but users refuse to stop peeking behind the door. It’s enough to make even the most grizzled IT admin run for…

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Security Wired

May 19, 2017 admin

Hackers Are Trying to Reignite WannaCry With Nonstop Botnet Attacks

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 17:05:33 +0000

The “sinkhole” domain that’s held the ransomware in check is coming under repeated denial-of-service attacks. The post Hackers Are Trying to Reignite WannaCry With Nonstop Botnet Attacks appeared first on WIRED.

Security Wired

May 19, 2017 admin

Hackers Are Trying to Reignite WannaCry With Non-Stop Botnet Attacks

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 17:05:33 +0000

The “sinkhole” domain that’s held the ransomware in check is coming under repeated denial-of-service attacks. The post Hackers Are Trying to Reignite WannaCry With Non-Stop Botnet Attacks appeared first on WIRED.