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Tampa Bay Times hit with Ryuk ransomware attack

January 24, 2020 admin chicago tribune, CrowdStrike, dch health system, emotet, imperial county, imperial county california, lake city, lake city florida, Los Angeles Times, ProPublica, ransom, ransom.ryuk, ransomware, ryuk, Ryuk Ransomware, tampa bay times, tribune publishing, trickbot, Trojan.TrickBot, us coast guard

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 20:11:10 +0000

Florida newspaper The Tampa Bay Times suffered a Ryuk ransomware attack Thursday, making it the latest major victim of the notorious ransomware family that continues to rise in popularity.

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Ransomware

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MalwareBytes Security

A decade in cybersecurity fails: the top breaches, threats, and ‘whoopsies’ of the 2010s

December 19, 2019 admin ashley madison, Ashley Madison hack, awareness, badrabbit, cambridge analytica, cryptolocker, cryptolocker ransomware, Data Privacy, Edward Snowden, emotet, Exploits, Facebook, Hacktivism, Mat Honan, NotPetya, NSA, nsa spying, nsa surveillance, NSA tools, playstation breach, playstation hack, ransomware, ryuk, Ryuk Ransomware, security fails, Shadow Brokers, social media, Sony, sony pictures hack, SURVEILLANCE, target breach, target hack, trickbot, triple threat, WannaCry

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 18:03:33 +0000

As the 2010s come to a close, we take a snarky walk down memory lane, listing the craziest, most impactful, or simply just awful cybersecurity fails of the decade.

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Awareness

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MalwareBytes Security

Threat spotlight: The curious case of Ryuk ransomware

December 12, 2019 admin AES, average ransom amount, bitpaymer, BitPaymer ransomware, cryptotech, death note, emotet, far eastern international bank, feib, gabriela nicolao, gandcrab, Hermes, hermes 2.1, luciano martins, pseudo-ransomware, ransom.ryuk, RDP, Remote Desktop Protocol, RSA, russian threat actors, ryuk, Ryuk Ransomware, shinigami’s revenge: the long tail of the ryuk ransomware, threat spotlight, tribune publishing, trickbot, wake-on-lan, wizard spider, wol

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 22:33:53 +0000

From comic book death god to ransomware baddie, Ryuk ransomware remains a mainstay when organizations find themselves in a crippling malware pinch. We look at Ryuk’s origins, attack methods, and how to protect against this ever-present threat.

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Threat spotlight

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MalwareBytes Security

New version of IcedID Trojan uses steganographic payloads

December 3, 2019 admin backdoor, banking Trojan, banking trojans, credential stealing, downloader, hooking browsers, icedid trojan, malware, malware analysis, man-in-the-browser attacks, passwords, stealer, stealer functionality, stealing passwords, stealthy malware, Threat analysis, trickbot, trojans

Credit to Author: Threat Intelligence Team| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 18:06:13 +0000

We take a deep dive into the IcedID Trojan, describing the new payloads of this advanced malware.

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Threat analysis

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MalwareBytes Security

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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Security Sophos

Emotet’s Central Position in the Malware Ecosystem

December 2, 2019 admin AZORult, bitpaymer, dridex, emotet, panda, Qbot, ryuk, SophosLabs Uncut, trickbot, Ursnif, Zeus

Credit to Author: Andrew Brandt| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2019 14:01:28 +0000

As the world rolls into another Cyber Monday, and online shoppers continue their hunt for the best deals, SophosLabs wants to remind you that there’s a metaphorical malware elephant in the room that would like nothing more than to steal financial information, and the use of your computer, for nefarious ends. The Emotet Ecosystem infographic, […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/ItFCW7TqIXw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

MalwareBytes Security

Labs report finds cyberthreats against healthcare increasing while security circles the drain

November 13, 2019 admin apis, biotech, EHR, electronic health record, emotet, health apps, Health Insurance Portability and Accessibility, health records, healthcare, healthcare cybersecurity, Healthcare security, hipaa, medical device, medical device threat, medical management apps, phishing, reports, trickbot, trojan malware

Credit to Author: Wendy Zamora| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 13:00:00 +0000

In this special edition of our quarterly CTNT report, we focus on the top attack methods and threats plaguing the healthcare industry over the last year, plus highlight recurring security challenges and reasons why cybercriminals target patient data.

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