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Thanatos Ransomware Is First to Use Bitcoin Cash. Messes Up Encryption

Ransomware developers continue to release infections that are clearly not tested well and contain bugs that may make it difficult, if not impossible, for victims to recover their files. Such is the case with the new in the wild ransomware called Thanatos that has been discovered by security research MalwareHunterTeam. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/thanatos-ransomware-is-first-to-use-bitcoin-cash-messes-up-encryption/
The Rig Exploit Kit Has Forsaken Ransomware for Coinminers

The exploit kit landscape has continued its downfall started in the summer of 2016 and its leading player โ€”the RIG exploit kitโ€” has stopped delivering any ransomware strains in 2018, focusing now on spreading cryptocurrency miners (coinminers) and information-stealing trojans (infostealers). [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-rig-exploit-kit-has-forsaken-ransomware-for-coinminers/
Apple Dropping iTunes Support for Apple TV 1st Gen, Windows XP, & Vista

Apple has announced that starting on May 25th 2018, iTunes will no longer be supported on Windows XP, Vista, and on Apple TV 1st generation. According to Apple this is because of security changes that will prevent Windows XP, Vista, and Apple TV 1st from using certain features of the iTunes store. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apple-dropping-itunes-support-for-apple-tv-1st-gen-windows-xp-and-vista/
New Mirai Variant Focuses on Turning IoT Devices into Proxy Servers

Security researchers have spotted a new variant of the Mirai malware that focuses on infecting IoT and networking equipment with the main purpose of turning these devices into a network of proxy servers used to relay malicious traffic. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-mirai-variant-focuses-on-turning-iot-devices-into-proxy-servers/
EITest HoeflerText Scam Distributing GandCrab & Netsupport Manager

Even though Bitdefender released a GandCrab decryptor today, it is not stopping the GandCrab developers from continuing to use new methods to distribute their ransomware. Today malware traffic analysis nao_sec discovered that EITest was being used to distribute the GandCrab ransomware as part of the HoeflerText Font Update scam. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/eitest-hoeflertext-scam-distributing-gandcrab-and-netsupport-manager/
23,000 Users Lose SSL Certificates in Trustico-DigiCert Spat

Over 23,000 users will have their SSL certificates revoked by tomorrow morning, March 1, in an incident between two companies โ€”Trustico and DigiCertโ€” that is likely to have a huge impact on the CA (Certificate Authority) industry as a whole in the coming months. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/23-000-users-lose-ssl-certificates-in-trustico-digicert-spat/