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Backdoors Found in Tools Used by Hundreds of Organizations

Issued by: Security Week

Many organizations around the world using connectivity tools from NetSarang are at risk after researchers at Kaspersky Lab discovered that malicious actors had planted a backdoor in several of the company’s products. NetSarang, which has offices in the United States and South Korea, specializes in secure connectivity solutions. Some of its most popular products are…

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US, China and the UK are top regions affected by IoT security threats

Issued by: Help Net Security

In the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem today, cyberattacks are becoming more diverse and sophisticated with cybercriminals taking over home network routers to launch attacks on smart home devices. Trend Micro’s recent report shows more than 1.8 million cyberattacks have been conducted through home network routers in the past six months. Eight percent of these…

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Elementary, My Dear Watson: Identifying and Understanding Malware With Cognitive Security

Issued by: Security Intelligence

Malware is a major cause of cyberattacks today, with fraudsters using targeted spear phishing emails and social engineering to distribute malicious files to unsuspecting employees at various organizations. To make matters worse, malware has evolved to avoid detection by traditional security tools and systems.

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Google wants iOS Gmail users to think twice about following suspicious links

Issued by: Help Net Security

Google has announced the rollout of new anti-phishing checks for the iOS Gmail app: in less than two weeks, all users will be confronted with two warnings if they attempt to follow a suspicious link from within the app. The first one is a pop-up, warning generally about untrusted nature of the site they are…

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Russian hackers used NSA’s leaked EternalBlue exploit to spy on hotel guests

Issued by: CSO

A Russian government-sponsored cyberespionage group has been accused of using a leaked NSA hacking tool in attacks against one Middle Eastern and at least seven European hotels in order to spy on guests. Why reinvent the wheel, or a hacking tool, when the NSA created such an effective one? The NSA’s EternalBlue was leaked online…

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Attacks on manufacturing industry continue to rise

Issued by: Help Net Security

The frequency and sophistication of cyber attacks continues to rise globally according to research data in the Q2 Threat Intelligence Report released by NTT Security. Four findings are of extreme interest and concern: Cyber attacks were up 24% globally during Q2 2017. Manufacturers continue to be a key target for cybercriminals. 67% of malware attacks…

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Man Who Hacked his Former Employer Gets 18-Month Prison Sentence

Issued by: Dark Reading

A Tennessee man also must pay restitution of nearly $172,400 to his former employer after hacking into its systems to gain an edge for his new company. A federal court sentenced a Tennessee man to an 18-month prison sentence and ordered him to pay $172,394 in restitution, following his breach into a former employer’s network…

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New Cerber ransomware variant steals Bitcoin wallets, passwords

Issued by: Help Net Security

Here’s a new reason to fear ransomware more than ever before: a new variant of Cerber has been modified to steal Bitcoin wallets and passwords before encrypting victims’ files and demanding ransom. Two ways to profit off of one infection The new and improved Cerber searches for wallet files of three Bitcoin wallet applications (Bitcoin…

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Black Hat 2017: Insightful, but too much hype

Issued by: CSO

Like many others in the cybersecurity community, I attended Black Hat in Las Vegas last week. Here are a few of my thoughts on the show: 1. This was the 20th edition of Black Hat, and it was absolutely packed. I’ve heard that attendance was up from last year, and I know that 2016 attendance…

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The 5 biggest ransomware attacks of the last 5 years

Issued by: CSO

While the last few years have seen a remarkable uptick in this particularly nasty genre of attack software, ransomware isn’t new. Malware that holds data for ransom has been around for years. In 1991, a biologist spread PC Cyborg, the first ever ransomware, by sending floppy disks via surface mail to other AIDS researchers, for…