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Teen Arrested for Creating Malware That Steals Cryptocurrency Wallet Passwords

Japanese police have arrested a 17-year-old boy on suspicion of creating malware that steals private keys (passwords) that are used to access cryptocurrency wallets. He's also under investigation for using these passwords to steal funds from victims, albeit no charges have been filed. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/cryptocurrency/teen-arrested-for-creating-malware-that-steals-cryptocurrency-wallet-passwords/
Scarabey Ransomware - A Scarab Version Targeting Enterprises

A new version of the Scarab ransomware has been spotted in the wild, but instead of being distributed via email spam campaigns, crooks are brute-forcing computers with weakly-secured RDP connections and are installing the ransomware manually on each system. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/scarabey-ransomware-a-scarab-version-targeting-enterprises/
System Cryptomix Ransomware Variant Released

Michael Gillespie discovered a new Cryptomix variant uploaded to ID-Ransomware this week. Today, I was able to find a sample so we can see what has changed. For the most part, it is the same as previous variants except it now appends the .SERVER extension to encrypted files and changes the contact emails used by the ransomware.  [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/system-cryptomix-ransomware-variant-released/
The Week in Ransomware - February 2nd 2018 - TOR Sites Stealing Ransom Payments & GandCrab

This has been an interesting week in ransomware news. We had the GandCrab ransomware being released and distributed by exploit kits, TOR gateways stealing ransom payments from ransomware devs, and a bunch of towns getting hit with ransomware.  [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-week-in-ransomware-february-2nd-2018-tor-sites-stealing-ransom-payments-and-gandcrab/
LKRG: Linux to Get a Loadable Kernel Module for Runtime Integrity Checking

Members of the open source community are working on a new security-focused project for the Linux kernel. Named Linux Kernel Runtime Guard (LKRG), this is a loadable kernel module that will perform runtime integrity checking of the Linux kernel. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/linux/lkrg-linux-to-get-a-loadable-kernel-module-for-runtime-integrity-checking/
Ransomware Victims Hit on Average by Two Attacks per Year

A study of 2,700 IT professionals across the globe has revealed that 54% of organizations suffered a ransomware attack in the last year, and most organizations were hit more than twice, with the average number of ransomware per attacks being two. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-victims-hit-on-average-by-two-attacks-per-year/
CSS Code Can Be Abused to Collect Sensitive User Data

With the recent upgrades to the CSS language, CSS code has become a powerful tool that could be abused to track users on websites, extract and steal data from a web page, collect data entered inside form fields (including passwords), and even deanonymize Dark Web users in some scenarios. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/css-code-can-be-abused-to-collect-sensitive-user-data/
Bitdefender Ironically Stopped Working on Safer Internet Day

Ironically on what has become known as Safer Internet Day, users of Bitdefender Antivirus are reporting today that the security software has suddenly stopped working. After installing an update, Bitdefender users are seeing errors that state "The Bitdefender Security Service (vsserv.exe) is unavailable". [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/bitdefender-ironically-stopped-working-on-safer-internet-day/