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WannaCry & The Reality Of Patching

May 14, 2017 admin Current News, cybercrime, encryption, ransomware

Credit to Author: Mark Nunnikhoven (Vice President, Cloud Research)| Date: Mon, 15 May 2017 00:46:55 +0000

[Editors note: For the latest WannaCry information as it relates to Trend Micro products, please read this support article.] The WannaCry ransomware variant of 12-May-2017 has been engineered to take advantage of the most common security challenges facing large organizations today. Starting with a basic phish, this variant uses a recent vulnerability (CVE-2017-0144/MS17-010) to spread…

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WanaCrypt0r ransomware hits it big just before the weekend

May 12, 2017 admin cybercrime, malware, NHS WanaCryptor, nhs wannacryptor, ransomware, Telefonica, WanaCrypt0r, WannaCry, Wcry

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 18:07:55 +0000

Reports of two massive ransomware attacks by a ransomware that Malwarebytes detects as Ransom.WanaCrypt0r. attacks in Europe are dominating the news.

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Tags: NHS WanaCryptor nhs wannacryptor ransomware telefonica WanaCrypt0r WannaCry Wcry

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New ‘Jaff’ ransomware via Necurs asks for 2 BTC

May 11, 2017 admin cybercrime, Jaff, Jaff ransomware, Locky, Locky ransomware, malware, necurs, ransomware, spam

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 17:11:12 +0000

The dreaded Necurs botnet delivers a new ransomware with a high ransom ask in this newest spam campaign.

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Tags: Jaff Jaff ransomware Locky Locky ransomware necurs ransomware spam

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Pawn Storm – A Look Into this Cyberespionage Actor Group

May 8, 2017 admin cybercrime, hacks, Security, Targeted Attacks

Credit to Author: Jon Clay| Date: Mon, 08 May 2017 18:13:50 +0000

In April 2017 my monthly threat webinar focused on a cyberespionage group our Forward-Looking Threat Researcher, Feike Hacquebord, has been following for many years and recently published a report into the most recent two years of activities. In this post I want to focus on their tools and tactics versus who they target since this…

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OAuth Phishing On The Rise

May 3, 2017 admin Current News, cybercrime, phishing

Credit to Author: Mark Nunnikhoven (Vice President, Cloud Research)| Date: Wed, 03 May 2017 22:59:29 +0000

Recently there was a significant volume of new phishing emails aimed at capturing access to Google accounts…specifically your email and contacts. You can read more about it at The Verge, Quartz, and Ars Technica. This phish is a great—evil !?!—example of a sophisticated attempt to gain access to a large number of users accounts. In…

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Google Docs App spam goes phishing

May 3, 2017 admin cybercrime, google, google docs, Mailnator, phish, phishing, Social engineering, spam

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 03 May 2017 19:51:53 +0000

There’s a very clever phishing scam going around at the moment involving Google Docs App. Originally thought to be targeting journalists given the sheer number of them mentioning it on their Twitter feeds, it’s also been slinging its way across unrelated mailboxes – from orgs to schools/campuses.

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Tags: Google google docs Mailnator phish phishing spam

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System optimizers turning to Tech Support Scams

April 27, 2017 admin cybercrime, potentially unwanted programs, PUP, system optimizer, tech support, tech support scam, TSS

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 15:00:25 +0000

PUPs and more specifically system optimizers have been found turning to tech support scams to increase the amount of money they can take from their unsuspecting customers.

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Tags: potentially unwanted programs PUP system optimizer tech support tech support scam TSS

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A story of fonts by the EITest HoeflerText campaign

April 26, 2017 admin chrome, cybercrime, eitest, font, hoeflertext, malware, ransomware, Social engineering, Spora Ransomware

Credit to Author: Jérôme Segura| Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 19:45:58 +0000

The HoeflerText campaign is known for a fake font download that delivers the Spora ransomware. But did you know it also uses special characters in the dropper’s file name?

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Tags: chrome eitest font hoeflertext malware ransomware Spora Ransomware