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Physician, protect thyself: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

April 6, 2018 admin 101, Data Privacy, ddos, FYI, healthcare, healthcare cybersecurity, HIPPA, physician

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2018 18:33:25 +0000

In this final installment of “Physician, protect thyself,” we take a look at two key roles in small- to medium-sized hospitals and outpatient clinics that must step up their cybersecurity game to protect patients and staff alike.

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DDoS attacks are growing: What can businesses do?

March 22, 2018 admin attack, Business, ddos, DDos attack, IoT, memcached, Pieter Arntz, protection, Technology

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2018 15:49:51 +0000

How do DDoS attacks work? And how do we protect our organizations from the growing size and number of attacks?

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Powerful New DDoS Method Adds Extortion

March 2, 2018 admin 0Kee Team, A Little Sunshine, Akamai, ddos, ddos-for-hire, imperva, Matt Ploesell, memcached attack, Ofer Gayer, Qrator, The Coming Storm, UDP

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2018 22:41:55 +0000

Attackers have seized on a relatively new method for executing distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks of unprecedented disruptive power, using it to launch record-breaking DDoS assaults over the past week. Now evidence suggests this novel attack method is fueling digital shakedowns in which victims are asked to pay a ransom to call off crippling cyberattacks.

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Massive DDoS attack washes over GitHub

March 2, 2018 admin criminals, ddos, DDos attack, GitHub, memcached, memcrashed, memcrashing, Threat analysis

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2018 19:26:48 +0000

We take a look at the colossal DDoS attack on GitHub, the largest-ever on record. How did threat actors do it, and what can companies do to protect against it?

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A week in security (February 19 – February 25)

February 26, 2018 admin avzhan, ddos, deepfakes, fraud, GDPR, impersonation, KrebsOnSecurity, recap, secuity, Security world, Week in security, weekly blog roundup

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 17:36:02 +0000

A roundup of notable news stories from February 19–25, including drive-by download attacks on Chinese websites, Deepfakes programs being paired with cryptominers, and a review of GDPR guidelines.

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Avzhan DDoS bot dropped by Chinese drive-by attack

February 23, 2018 admin avzhan, Bot, Botnet, ddos, drive-by attack, exploit kit, malware, Threat analysis

Credit to Author: hasherezade| Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 18:00:00 +0000

The Avzhan DDoS bot is back in the wild again, this time being dropped by a Chinese drive-by attack. In this post, we’ll take a deep dive into its functionality and compare the sample we captured with the one described in the past.

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Presenting: Malwarebytes Labs 2017 State of Malware Report

January 25, 2018 admin 2017 State of Malware Report, banking trojans, crypto miners, cryptomining, cybercrime tactics and techniques, cybersecurity, ddos, IoT, malware, Malwarebytes news, ransomware, State of Malware, state of malware report

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 13:00:00 +0000

In our 2017 State of Malware report, we examined attack methods, malware developments, and distribution techniques used by cybercriminals over the last 12 months.

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Expert: IoT Botnets the Work of a ‘Vast Minority’

January 24, 2018 admin A Little Sunshine, Allison Nixon, Bricker bot, ddos, FBI, Flashpoint, Internet of Things, IoT security, Josiah White, LiteSpeed, Mirai, the Janit0r, U.S. Justice Department

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 15:38:52 +0000

In December 2017, the U.S. Department of Justice announced indictments and guilty pleas by three men in the United States responsible for creating and using Mirai, a malware strain that enslaves poorly-secured “Internet of Things” or IoT devices like security cameras and digital video recorders for use in large-scale cyberattacks. The FBI and the DOJ had help in their investigation from many security experts, but this post focuses on one expert whose research into the Dark Web and its various malefactors was especially useful in that case. Allison Nixon is director of security research at Flashpoint, a cyber intelligence firm based in New York City. Nixon spoke with KrebsOnSecurity at length about her perspectives on IoT security and the vital role of law enforcement in this fight.