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NotPetya and Olympic Destroyer Malware: 6 Russian Officers Charged

SecureWorld News

But the GRU members being charged in this case started with other strains of malware and a narrow target: Ukraine's power grid. Assistant Attorney General For National Security, John Demers, says the power grid attacks in 2015 and 2016 were the first known destructive attacks against civilian critical infrastructure. and a large U.S.

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Here is how to fix the “Vcruntime140.dll Not Found” error

Dataconomy

The reason behind this error can be different things—like a missing file your programs need to run, a glitch from updating software, or even a virus. Visual Studio 2015 Troubles: The DLL file is part of Visual Studio 2015; if something’s wrong with these files, you’ll likely encounter the error.

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Security and Windows 10 Will Cross Paths for Enterprises

CTOvision

1 area of spending increase in 2015, with nearly half (46%) planning to invest more in access control, intrusion prevention, and virus and malware protection. Windows 10, with its new Enterprise-focused features, will knock Windows 7 out of its majority position by the end of 2015. Windows 10.

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Security attacks and countermeasures

Cloud Musings

The resulting breaches occur primarily through malware, including Trojan horses, adware, worms, viruses and downloaders [6]. Malware is malicious software created for egregious objectives. Malware is intended to be quiet and hidden as it enters environments and is executed. Most Active Malware Today.

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Ransomware spreads through weak remote desktop credentials

Network World

Stolen or weak remote desktop credentials are routinely used to infect point-of-sale systems with malware, but recently they've also become a common distribution method for file-encrypting ransomware. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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KillDisk cyber sabotage tool evolves into ransomware

Network World

A malicious program called KillDisk that has been used in the past to wipe data from computers during cyberespionage attacks is now encrypting files and asking for an unusually large ransom. Instead of wiping the data from the disk, the malware encrypts it and displays a message asking for 222 bitcoins to restore them.

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ACC Foundation Releases Extensive State of Cybersecurity Report

CTOvision

Among in-house counsel whose companies experienced a breach, 47% said it had occurred in 2014 or 2015. Employee error was the most frequent cause of a breach (24%), followed by inside jobs (15%), phishing (12%), access through a third party (12%), lost laptop or device (9%), application vulnerability (7%), and malware (7%).

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