PrincessLocker ransomware is back, although it's less demanding than it used to be, with attackers decreasing the quantity of bitcoins they require to unlock forcibly encrypted files. Unusually, the ransomware is being spread by the RIG exploit kit.
A massive Locky ransomware campaign has been infecting devices via malware-laced spam messages as well as through fake Dropbox phishing pages. More than 23 million Locky spam email have been seen in just one 24-hour period.
A report on advances in authentication to secure a cashless economy leads the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report. Also, we analyze the record-shattering Anthem data breach settlement.
Angler phishing targets customers of financial services firms more often than any other industry. When a customer tries to connect to with you, the attacker responds through a lookalike social media account and tries to obtain your customer's account credentials. This can lead to real monetary losses, a damaged brand,...
Hospitals in Lanarkshire, Scotland, are continuing to recover following an outbreak involving a new variant of Bitpaymer ransomware. Security experts say the malware often gets spread via brute-force attacks against endpoints running remote desktop protocol software.
Admitted Mirai malware attacker Daniel Kaye has been extradited from Germany to the United Kingdom, where he faces charges that he launched DDoS attacks and extortion attempts against the U.K.'s Lloyds Banking Group and Barclays banks.
Verizon has made a strong case for continual PCI DSS awareness with its new study of payment card data security. But like many vendors that conduct their own studies supporting their business cases, Verizon makes suspect logical stretches.
Security teams commonly lament that reducing fraud in the enterprise would be a whole lot more effective if only the products could understand the business better. This is especially true with websites, the primary interface of the business with customers, partners and employees.
Account takeover, automated...
There is no greater challenge for customer-facing organizations than finding the balance between security and convenience. In fact, 72% of consumers state that they have abandoned a transaction due to security concerns.
3D Secure 2.0 was designed to put the shopper's experience front and center. While the...
Ransomware attackers are implementing new, innovative techniques that employ unknown binaries and non-malware tactics to evade and bypass traditional defenses. Their encryption techniques go beyond simple files and shares to make it even harder to restore using backups. And their primary targets are increasingly...
Organizations share common concerns and frustrations about security incident response. The scope of what you need to protect has expanded significantly - more users, more endpoints, more everything. At the same time, internal and external scrutiny has skyrocketed due to the increasing coverage of large scale security...
A list of weak credentials for vulnerable Internet of Things devices has prompted a new effort to notify their owners. The fear is of another mass, IoT-fueled DDoS attack along the lines of last year's Mirai attacks.
Yes, malware commonly targets the Windows operating system. But if you limit malware analysis to Windows OS, you're leaving gaping vulnerabilities, says Christopher Kruegel of Lastline Inc. Here's how to maximize your analysis.
The FBI has arrested Chinese national Yu Pingan on charges that he was a "malware broker" for a remote-access Trojan called Sakula that was used in the massive breaches of Anthem and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, among other organizations.
Analyzing Donald Trump's cybersecurity policy seven months into his administration highlights the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report. Also, Cybersecurity Coordinator Rob Joyce disses Kaspersky Lab on network TV.
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