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Labs report: summer ushers in unprecedented season of breaches

October 12, 2017 admin 3rd quarter, Android malware, astrum, breach, Cerber, cybercrime, cybercrime tactics and techniques, emotet, Equifax, exploit kit, francophone, fruitfly, globeimposter, Locky, mac malware, malicious spam, malspam, Malwarebytes, malwarebytes labs, Malwarebytes news, National Health Service, NHS, oceanlotus, q3 2017, report, RIG, smartscreen, sonic, tech support scams, trickbot, trojan.clicker.hyj, whole foods

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:00:27 +0000

In this edition of the Malwarebytes Cybercrime Tactics and Techniques report, we saw a number of high profile breaches targeting the personal information of hundreds of millions of people. We also observed shifts in malware distribution, the revival of some old families, and found cases of international tech support scams.

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U.K. Hospitals Hit in Widespread Ransomware Attack

May 12, 2017 admin AVAST!, Bleeping Computer, Jakub Kroustek, Lawrence Abrams, National Health Service, Other, Telefonica, Wanna Decryptor, WannaCry

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 16:54:01 +0000

At least 16 hospitals in the United Kingdom are being forced to divert emergency patients today after computer systems there were infected with ransomware, a type of malicious software that encrypts a victim’s documents, images, music and other files unless the victim pays for a key to unlock them. It remains unclear exactly how this ransomware strain is being disseminated and why it appears to have spread so quickly, but there are indications the malware may be spreading to vulnerable systems through a security hole in Windows that was recently patched by Microsoft.