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The Week in Ransomware - August 19 2016 - Cerber, FSociety, PokemonGo, and More
Wow... it has been a really busy week for ransomware. The top stories this week are the rise of Pop Culture Ransomware, as seen by two Pokemon variants and a Mr. Robot variant, and Check Point's Cerber report and short-lived, but useful, decryption service. [...]
The Week in Ransomware - August 19 2016 - Cerber, FSociety, PokemonGo, and More
Wow... it has been a really busy week for ransomware. The top stories this week are the rise of Pop Culture Ransomware, as seen by two Pokemon variants and a Mr. Robot variant, and Check Point's Cerber report and short-lived, but useful, decryption service. [...]
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How to Trick Facial Recognition Tech with a Facebook Photo
Security researchers have demonstrated a system by which they can use publicly available photographs of an individual to trick facial recognition technology and achieve successful authentication. [...]
How to Trick Facial Recognition Tech with a Facebook Photo
Security researchers have demonstrated a system by which they can use publicly available photographs of an individual to trick facial recognition technology and achieve successful authentication. [...]
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New Alma Locker Ransomware being distributed via the RIG Exploit Kit
A new ransomware called Alma Locker has been discovered by Proofpoint? researcher Darien Huss that encrypts a victim's data and then demands a ransom of 1 bitcoin within five days. [...]
New Alma Locker Ransomware being distributed via the RIG Exploit Kit
A new ransomware called Alma Locker has been discovered by Proofpoint? researcher Darien Huss that encrypts a victim's data and then demands a ransom of 1 bitcoin within five days. [...]
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Encrypted App Makers Need to Help Fight IS, Argue Germany and France
Germany and France feel the makers of encrypted messaging apps like Telegram and Signal should help fight Islamic State terrorists, and they're pushing for Europe-wide rules to make that happen. [...]
Encrypted App Makers Need to Help Fight IS, Argue Germany and France
Germany and France feel the makers of encrypted messaging apps like Telegram and Signal should help fight Islamic State terrorists, and they're pushing for Europe-wide rules to make that happen. [...]
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Epic Games Forums hacked and info for 800K Accounts Leaked
According to a representative from LeakedSource.com, an alleged data dump of accounts from Unreal Engine and Epic games are being traded on the darkweb and underground communities.These data dumps consist of 530,590 leaked user accounts from the Unreal Engine forum and 277,944 leaked user accounts from the Epic Games forum. [...]
Epic Games Forums hacked and info for 800K Accounts Leaked
According to a representative from LeakedSource.com, an alleged data dump of accounts from Unreal Engine and Epic games are being traded on the darkweb and underground communities.These data dumps consist of 530,590 leaked user accounts from the Unreal Engine forum and 277,944 leaked user accounts from the Epic Games forum. [...]
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The Globe Ransomware wants to Purge your Files
With both Pokemon and Mr. Robot based ransomware released this month, integrating pop culture into ransomware is a dominant theme this month. The new Globe Ransomware is no exception with malware developers basing their ransomware on the popular Purge movies. [...]
The Globe Ransomware wants to Purge your Files
With both Pokemon and Mr. Robot based ransomware released this month, integrating pop culture into ransomware is a dominant theme this month. The new Globe Ransomware is no exception with malware developers basing their ransomware on the popular Purge movies. [...]
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Did Russia Hack The New York Times? The FBI Seems to Think So
U.S. intelligence officials think hackers working for Russia perpetrated a series of alleged intrusions targeting reporters at The New York Times and other media outlets. [...]
Did Russia Hack The New York Times? The FBI Seems to Think So
U.S. intelligence officials think hackers working for Russia perpetrated a series of alleged intrusions targeting reporters at The New York Times and other media outlets. [...]
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Dutch Police seize WildFire Locker Command and Control Servers. Decryptors Released.
As part of the NoMoreRansom.org initiative, the National High Tech Crime Unit of the Dutch Police were able to seize the Command & Control server for the WildFire Locker ransomware. This allowed them to recover approximately 5,800 decryption keys that were used by McAfee and Kaspersky to create free decryptors for WildFire victims. [...]
Dutch Police seize WildFire Locker Command and Control Servers. Decryptors Released.
As part of the NoMoreRansom.org initiative, the National High Tech Crime Unit of the Dutch Police were able to seize the Command & Control server for the WildFire Locker ransomware. This allowed them to recover approximately 5,800 decryption keys that were used by McAfee and Kaspersky to create free decryptors for WildFire victims. [...]
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C&C Servers? Too Risky! Android Botnet Goes with Twitter Instead
For the first time ever, researchers have detected an Android botnet leveraging a Twitter command-and-control (C&C) account to manage communications across all enslaved devices. [...]
C&C Servers? Too Risky! Android Botnet Goes with Twitter Instead
For the first time ever, researchers have detected an Android botnet leveraging a Twitter command-and-control (C&C) account to manage communications across all enslaved devices. [...]
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Fantom Ransomware Encrypts your Files while pretending to be Windows Update
A new ransomware called Fantom was discovered by AVG malware researcher Jakub Kroustek that is based on the open-source EDA2 ransomware project. The Fantom Ransomware uses an interesting feature of displaying a fake Windows Update screen that pretends Windows is installing a new critical update while its encrypting files. [...]
Fantom Ransomware Encrypts your Files while pretending to be Windows Update
A new ransomware called Fantom was discovered by AVG malware researcher Jakub Kroustek that is based on the open-source EDA2 ransomware project. The Fantom Ransomware uses an interesting feature of displaying a fake Windows Update screen that pretends Windows is installing a new critical update while its encrypting files. [...]