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A week in security (November 25 – December 1)

December 2, 2019 admin a week in security, ad blockers, awis, data as property, dexphot, energy sector security issues, iphone phishing, iphone phishing scam, nursing home ransomware, sextortion scammers, trickbot, universal healthcare security, venezuela cybercrime

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2019 16:23:55 +0000

A roundup of cybersecurity news from November 25 – December 1, including the concept of “data as property”, the increasing creativity of sextortion scammers, and the security risks of switching to “healthcare for all” policies in the US.

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A week in security

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Insights from one year of tracking a polymorphic threat

November 26, 2019 admin behavior monitoring, behavior-based machine learning, behavioral blocking and containment, cybersecurity, dexphot, fileless, Microsoft security intelligence, polymorphic malware

Credit to Author: Eric Avena| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 17:00:56 +0000

We discovered the polymoprhic threat Dexphot in October 2018. In the months that followed, we closely tracked the threat as attackers upgraded the malware, targeted new processes, and worked around defensive measures. One year’s worth of intelligence helped us gain insight not only into the goals and motivations of Dexphot’s authors, but of cybercriminals in general.

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