NHS Lanarkshire Infected with Malware — Again The NHS Lanarkshire hospital, located in Scotland was the victim of yet another ransomware attack. The malware variant that infected the system is reported to be different than the WannaCry ransomware that infiltrated the system in May. The attack took down the facility’s email systems and left staff […]
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Phishing Attacks – One of the largest cyber threats facing users today A phishing attack, or email that includes a malicious link or attachment, has been a growing threat throughout this year. Why? Because email addresses are very easy to obtain. Whether it is through a security breach of a business or a website leak,
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Locky Ransomware is Back Locky, a ransomware variant that was once upon a time one of the most popular types of ransomware, is back. This return is not surprising. Cyber criminals would rather make slight alterations to existing malware and reuse it, then have to create it from scratch. By making even the simplest changes,
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ETERNALBLUE, DOUBLEPULSAR, Heartbleed…. Many of us have heard of these terms and possibly of their association with malware. However, the ecosystem and jargon can be confusing. How is ETERNALBLUE really related to WannaCry and Petya? What is the difference between an exploit and a malware to begin with? As a Malware Researcher, I’ve done deep
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The second quarter of 2017 is in the books and we hit a record. Year over year revenue grew a whopping 32%. I am proud of that, but we really are just beginning. It is time to grow. There are two factors driving Q2’s outstanding results. First was the worldwide ransomware news about the WannaCry
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PC Matic Customers Protected Against 2017 Global Attacks PC Matic is pleased to report that not a single one of PC Matic, PC Matic Pro or PC Matic MSP customers were impacted by the two global cyber attacks, WannaCry and NotPetya. WannaCry was the first global ransomware attack. The ransomware effectively infected approximately 250,000 endpoints
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Cyber Hero or Malware Villian? Update 8/15/2017: Marcus Hutchins plead not guity on all alleged charges yesterday. Hutchins is scheduled for court in October. While awaiting his court date, he will remain on house arrest in the United States. All of Hutchins computers will be returned to him, so he can regain access to the
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Money Wasn’t Their End-Game… Combined, WannaCry and NotPetya, the two global attacks that hit the world in the last 90 days, received payouts of approximately $150,000 USD. To some it may sound like a lot – but to cyber criminals, that’s nothing. WannaCry and NotPetya were not in corrupting company data with the end goal
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DarkHotel Hackers Find New Ways to Trick Users According to BleepingComputer, an old hacking group deemed DarkHotel is back with a few new tricks up their sleeves. The group first began targeting high level executives in 2011. The cyber criminals would wait for these individuals to connect to a hotel’s WiFi and trick them into downloading
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Application Whitelisting — The Future of Cyber Security After the recent global attacks, WannaCry and NotPetya, application whitelisting has made its way into the news as the future of cyber security. First, CSO Online featured a piece on dynamic whitelisting capabilities. Maria Korolov, the author of the article stated, “We are in an age of
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