The new Spora ransomware strain has now been dissected by more malware researchers and the team from G Data discovered that Spora uses an "innovative" way to spread itself via USB sticks. ...
We all had the nagging suspicion that antivirus is not cutting it anymore, but the following numbers confirm your intuition. I have not seen more powerful ammo for IT security budget to ...
It's unbelievable, but the new tax season is around the corner and the bad guys are already at it. This is a two-phase phishing scam of the week you need to watch out for: PHASE 1: ...
Emsisoft researchers dissected a new ransomware strain that demands users not only pay to recover their encrypted files, but also for immunity from future attacks. The threat is called ...
Did I get your attention? The picture here raised my eyebrows, because of its patent nonsense. Elizabeth Holmes stated this in an interview about being an entrepreneur. It's a bit like ...
Why are organizations in the West subjected to relentless phishing and ransomware attacks? We need to go back in history for a bit to understand what caused this, and determine how we can ...
I got alerted by a Slashdot story about we have been covering here several times. An FBI agent based in India says the country has now become a major hub for call-center fraud, blaming "a ...
Jan Sirmer at the Avast blog wrote: "Based on analysis of past Locky ransomware attacks, experts in the Avast Threat Labs predict that another attack is imminent. Locky has taken a ...
Wednesday Jan 4th, the SANS Internet Storm Center warned about an active phishing campaign that has malicious PDF attachments in a new scam to steal email credentials. The SANS bulletin ...
Our friends at www.Social-Engineer.org sent me some interesting news in their January newsletter: "Adobe recently announced Project VoCo at the November Adobe Max conference.
Healthcare records of an Arizona clinic have not been available for months after a ransomware infection. The Desert Care clinic got infected in August, and they were not able to recover ...
Intel Security's McAfee Threat Predictions for 2017 (PDF) observes that advances in technology are essentially neutral and that developments like machine learning should be welcomed, but ...
Happy New Year! I'd like to thank all our customers for your support. 2016 has been fantastic. Our year-over-year sales increase was 298% for Q4 2016, with a record number of over 750 new ...
Breathlessly, the Washington Post reports that the Russian Grizzly Steppe malware was found within the system of a Vermont power utility. Nah, they just dodged a bullet. This time someone ...
As one of his last actions in office, President Obama expelled 35 Russian diplomats spies in retaliation for Russia interfering with the U.S. election process, after intelligence agencies ...
