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What Happens When Victims Pay Ransomware Attackers?

December 10, 2018 admin Current News, decryption, decryptor tool, encryption, file decryptor, ransomware, Security

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 15:00:16 +0000

For many hackers around the globe, ransomware infections have become a lucrative business. Although these types of malware samples have been around for years now, they continue to spur success – and high monetary profits – for attackers. In fact, according to a statement from U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein during the 2017 Cambridge…

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Marriott breach impacts 500 million customers: here’s what to do about it

November 30, 2018 admin 101, Advanced Encryption Standard, AES, Aloft, breach, Brian Krebs, Business, data breach, data loss, Design Hotels, Element, encryption, Four Point, Four Points by Sheraton, FYI, hack, Le Meridien, Marriott, Security world, Sherato, St. Regis, Starwood, Starwood Preferred Guest, The Luxury Collection, Tribute Portfoloi, W Hotels, Westin

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2018 19:17:33 +0000

Marriott disclosed a large-scale data breach impacting up to 500 million customers who have stayed at a Starwood-branded hotel within the last four years.

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Ransomware Threat Continues: How Infections Take Place

October 30, 2018 admin Current News, encryption, ransomware, ransomware infection, ransomware protection, Security

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 14:00:20 +0000

If cybersecurity consultants and IT admins have learned anything of the current threat environment, it’s that ransomware will continue to be a pervasive and dangerous threat to individual users, enterprises and organizations at large. When they first emerged, these infections were unlike anything that tech experts had ever seen, combining strong encryption and blackmail tactics…

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The many faces of omnichannel fraud

September 12, 2018 admin 101, auth methods, Business, card not present fraud, card testing fraud, click and collect fraud, cnp fraud, cybersecurity software, encryption, fraud, fraud prevention, mfa, mobile payment fraud, multi-factor authentication, omnichannel, omnichannel fraud, return fraud, Security, SMS fraud, track fraud

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2018 15:00:00 +0000

There’s a new kind of fraud out there, and it’s after organizations that have embraced omnichannel, a strategy that focuses on improved user experience. We take a look at what omnichannel is, the kinds of fraud that can affect businesses using this approach, and how they can protect themselves—and their clients.

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Kaspersky Security

KeyPass: Ravenous ransomware

August 15, 2018 admin AMR, cryptors, encryption, KeyPass, malware, news, ransomware, Threats, trojans

Credit to Author: Leonid Grustniy| Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2018 17:22:31 +0000

KeyPass ransomware is infecting computers worldwide, encrypting almost everything in its path. And it all starts with downloading a seemingly innocuous installer.

QuickHeal Security

Again! A New .NET Ransomware Shrug2

August 10, 2018 admin Cyber crime, Data backup, data loss prevention, encryption, malware, ransomware

Credit to Author: Ghanshyam More| Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2018 09:35:21 +0000

For several months, Quick Heal Security Labs has been observing an increase in ransomware which are built in .NET framework. Ransomware like SamSam, Lime and now Shrug was found to be built in .NET framework. Malware authors are finding it very easy to build and obfuscate malware in .NET framework rather than making them in…

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A Look at Scan4You and the Counter Antivirus Service Landscape

August 2, 2018 admin Antivirus, cybercrime, cybercriminals, encryption, HawkEye, keylogger, law enforcement, Scan4You, Security

Credit to Author: Jon Clay (Global Threat Communications)| Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2018 17:30:09 +0000

The concept of antivirus (AV) scanning within IT security is simple and effective. These programs, which have become part and parcel of typical infrastructure and data protection strategies, scan enterprise networks for known malware signatures and other processes associated with suspicious hacker activity. If and when these signatures or processes are detected, the antivirus program…

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Rakhni Trojan: To encrypt and to mine

July 6, 2018 admin Business, cryptocurrencies, cryptors, Dashcoin, encryption, Mining, monero, Monero Original, Rakhni, ransomware, Social engineering, Threats, trojans

Credit to Author: Julia Glazova| Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2018 09:00:43 +0000

The Rakhni encrypting ransomware, known since 2013, is now trying its hand at mining Monero.