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Cybersecurity is a chess marathon with hackers: Carl Herberger

Issued by: CSO

Apps are an integral part of any business today. Radware, a security and availability solutions provider, is protecting the organizations globally from cybercrime, including DDoS attacks. “We have a phenomenal track record of innovating in security and bringing great partnerships on the table for our end customers. Also we lead the availability solutions area which…

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Black market medical record prices drop to under $10, criminals switch to ransomware

Issued by: CSO

The black market value of stolen medical records dropped dramatically this year, and criminals shifted their efforts from stealing data to spreading ransom ware, according to a report released this morning. Hackers are now offering stolen records at between $1.50 and $10 each, said Anthony James, CMO at San Mateo, Calif.-based security firm TrapX, the…

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Explained: Domain-Generating Algorithms

Issued by: Dark Reading

Cybercriminals use domain-generating algorithms to prevent their servers from being blacklisted or taken down. A domain-generating algorithm (DGA) is a program or subroutine that provides malware with new domains on demand or on the fly. Kraken was the first malware family to use a DGA (in 2008) that we could find. Later that year, Conficker made…

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Rakos Malware Takes Over Embedded Linux Devices

Issued by: Security Week

A recently observed piece of malware targeting embedded Linux systems can provide attackers with full control over the infected devices, ESET security researchers warn. Dubbed Rakos, the newly discovered malware is attacking vulnerable devices via brute force SSH login attempts, a method already observed in various other Linux threats. The new malicious program is looking to infect…

Malware & Threats, Network Security

The year ransomware became one of the top threats to enterprises

Issued by: CSO

On Feb. 5, employees at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, started having network access problems that prevented electronic communications. Over the next few days, they learned that the hospital was the victim of a ransomware attack that encrypted files on multiple computers. After several days during which staff had to resort to pen…

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Organizations in the Dark as Most Networks Actively Breached: Analysis

Issued by: Security Week

While most of the security industry is looking forward and making threat predictions for 2017, one vendor has stopped to analyze what has been happening in 2016 — and the reality is, we aren’t even aware of what is happening in our networks today. Breach detection firm SS8 used its BreachDetect platform to analyze 20…

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Ukraine Power Outage Possibly Caused by Cyberattack

Issued by: Security Week

In a statement published on its website on Sunday, Ukrenergo said the outage occurred on Saturday, near midnight, at the North (Petrivtsi) substation, causing blackouts in the capital city of Kiev and the Kiev region. Ukrenergo Acting Director Vsevolod Kovalchuk said workers switched to manual mode and started restoring power after 30 minutes. Power was…

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Highly lucrative Ransomware as a Service attacks poised to accelerate in 2017

Issued by: Help Net Security

Ransomware can be likened to global warming. It’s been around for years, but it’s now becoming an epidemic which needs serious attention. According to a recent survey conducted by Osterman Research, nearly 50% of U.S. companies experienced a “ransomware incident” over the last year. Without taking into account the number of unreported ransomware incidents, the…

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Phishing email scams 108 government employees, 756,000 people affected by breach

Issued by: CSO

On Friday, The LA County Chief Executive Office issued a public notice that 756,000 Californians were going to be receiving breach notification letters, after a single Phishing email scammed more than one hundred county employees. The notice also said a warrant has been issued for the Nigerian responsible for the Phishing attack.

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Fighting Advanced Ransomware Attacks Requires Game-Changing Technology

Issued by: Security Intelligence

Ransomware is one of the fastest-growing cyber-security threats facing organizations and individuals today. Attackers are holding everything from government records to health care equipment and even the keys to entire transit systems for ransom. According to new data from IBM, victims are paying up. More than half of the business executives that responded to the…