Doctor Chaos

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

The authors of this malware must be “Mr. Malware malwareA new ransomware variant, named “Fsociety Locker” (“Fsociety ALpha 1.0”), showed up recently seeking a place in the threat marketplace. Robot” fans, as the name “Fsociety” refers to the fictional group of hackers in that show. Security researchers at Sarah (Qi) Wu and He Xu at Fortinet described the the […].

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Computer Weekly

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Security researchers have identified a new strain of support scam malware and a way of clearing up infected machines

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Computer Weekly

JULY 20, 2017

A Russian man believed to be one of the developers of the Citadel malware used to steal millions by infecting around 11 million computers around the world

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CTOvision

JULY 29, 2014

Three Questions on Automated Malware Removal with Bob Gourley, Cognitio Corp and CTOVision. While there’s still an emphasis – and related spending – on malware detection, most incident response teams are actually overwhelmed by vast number of security alerts they receive.

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CTOvision

AUGUST 21, 2017

In hindsight, the blog post should have been titled “Are you ready for state-sponsored zombie malware attacks?” Zombie malware combines the most deadly aspects of malware and zombie computers into one horrible mess. Typically malware gets […]. Artificial Intelligence CTO Cyber Security Cyber Threats Internet of Things News Robots Cybersecurity Malware

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Doctor Chaos

JULY 15, 2016

Well it is finally here … a MAC malware being coined as Backdoor.MAC.Elanor. This malware is embedded into a fake file converter application. Malware Apple MacOS malwareOnce infected they can steal data, control your camera and so on. The original post can be foundHERE. After the first ever example of Mac ransomware was found in the wild earlier […].

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Computer Weekly

AUGUST 9, 2017

The US court appearance of British WannaCry hero on charges of writing and distributing malware has been postponed

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Computer Weekly

MAY 22, 2017

What strategies should organisations follow to block malware attachments which continue to account for two-thirds of malware infections that result in data breaches

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Doctor Chaos

JULY 15, 2016

Well it is finally here … a MAC malware being coined as Backdoor.MAC.Elanor. This malware is embedded into a fake file converter application. Malware Apple MacOS malwareOnce infected they can steal data, control your camera and so on. The original post can be foundHERE. After the first ever example of Mac ransomware was found in the wild earlier […].

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Computer Weekly

AUGUST 4, 2017

The Briton credited with stopping the WannaCry global malware attacks in their tracks in May has been arrested in the US on malware charges

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Computer Weekly

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Major tech firms were targeted by malware hidden in Avast’s Piriform CCleaner software, researchers have found, leading to speculation that it may have been state-sponsored espionage attack

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IT Manager Daily

OCTOBER 4, 2017

If you’ve been using CCleaner for 32-bit Windows machines, you might want to evaluate those systems and run an actual malware scan. In a spooky twist, recent versions of CCleaner have been installing malware programs rather than getting rid of them.

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Computer Weekly

AUGUST 24, 2017

Malware targeting the Mac operating system has seen a significant growth in the first half of this hear, according to security firm Malwarebytes

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CTOvision

JUNE 21, 2014

The video at this link and embedded below provides an overview of conclusions from CTOvision research into ways to automate the removal of cyber threats (including malware) from your enterprise. By Bob Gourley.

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Computer Weekly

JUNE 2, 2017

What strategies should organisations follow to block malware attachments which continue to account for two-thirds of malware infections that result in data breaches

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Computer Weekly

JANUARY 12, 2018

Security researchers have discovered new malware code hidden in game apps, mainly aimed at youngsters

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IT Manager Daily

MAY 16, 2018

Thousands of websites, including WordPress and SquareSpace, are unwitting victims in a banking malware scheme. These fake updates are then used to install malware and remote access trojans onto users’ systems. The post Hacked websites install banking malware appeared first on IT Manager Daily. In this week's e-newsletter Latest News & Views banking hacking malware

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IT Manager Daily

JANUARY 10, 2018

Emergency shutdown systems have been targeted by a new malware attack. Threat: A malware attack called TRITON targeted control systems that provide emergency shutdowns for industrial processes. Damage risk: The malware can reprogram the SIS to allow unsafe conditions, leading to physical hazards and threats to human safety. The post New malware attacks safety systems appeared first on IT Manager Daily. IT Security Special Report malware triton

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Computer Weekly

MARCH 30, 2017

Companies could be missing up to third of malware that is targeting them, according to a report by WatchGuard

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IT Toolbox

APRIL 25, 2017

The buzzword "fileless malware" is increasingly causing fear, uncertainty, and doubt. But we should already have controls in place

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Computer Weekly

MAY 23, 2017

What strategies should organisations follow to block malware attachments which continue to account for two-thirds of malware infections that result in data breaches

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Computer Weekly

AUGUST 15, 2017

Four key exploits at the heart of hacking tools leaked by the Shadow Brokers have given malware authors a lot of power, say security researchers

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Computer Weekly

AUGUST 3, 2017

IT professionals are focusing on endpoint security in the face of custom malware that is bypassing traditional perimeter defences, a survey shows

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Computer Weekly

MARCH 29, 2017

Malware-free cyber attacks are on the rise and artificial intelligence in cyber security is still far from replacing humans, according to most cyber security researchers

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Computer Weekly

AUGUST 12, 2016

Financial malware attacks increased 16% in the second quarter of the year, driven by collaboration between the developers of two banking Trojans in the top the financial malware threats, says Kaspersky Lab

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IT Toolbox

OCTOBER 10, 2017

In today’s world of endless malware infections, most response efforts are reactive. They always seem to happen to the worst possible people or during the worst possible times – typically to a C-level executive late on a Friday afternoon. As it relates to these type of response efforts, I’m often asked whether you should leave the system running or should you just shut

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Galido

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Information Technology Blog - - How to Remove Malicious Code, Malware from Websites? The main reasons how website get hacked or infected with malware are: Phishing. Malware. Do you want to remove malware, malicious code and from a website and clean it? Malware injections.

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Computer Weekly

MAY 25, 2017

What strategies should organisations follow to block malware attachments which continue to account for two-thirds of malware infections that result in data breaches

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IT Manager Daily

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Google Apps may be allowing bad actors to install malware on your device via a security flaw. Threat: The Google Apps Script, used for apps like Google Drive, has a security vulnerability that could allow hackers to deliver malware to a user’s computer using Google Drive URLs.

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IT Manager Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

A hacker in southern Russia was arrested for using malware to steal gasoline and resell it. Denis Zayev sold malware to gas station employees that could be installed to divert fuel to an empty gas tank, where it could then be resold after cheating customers out of the gas they paid for. The malware corrupted the gas pumps, cash registers and entire IT systems for the affected stations, making it difficult for police to identify Zayev as the culprit.

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Computer Weekly

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

How can businesses best prepare their cyber defences in light of the fact that attackers are increasingly using malware designed to evade detection and analysis

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Computer Weekly

AUGUST 8, 2016

Symantec security researchers have uncovered a spying campaign by a previously unknown group using modular malware as stealthware

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CTOvision

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Malware exists even there - and it spreads fast. And like any system with a physical backend, the cloud can easily be subject to a wide range of vulnerabilities - including malware. But malware on the cloud is a very real, and very present threat. The problem is that the malware components aren’t identifiable through traditional scanning simply because they aren’t assembled as malware until the moment of attack.Some exploits appear to be benign.”.

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Computer Weekly

APRIL 20, 2017

Hotel group InterContinental (IHG) reveals that malware attempting to glean payment card details sat undetected on its network in the US for three months

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Computer Weekly

OCTOBER 25, 2017

A ransomware attack that has commonalities with WannaCry NotPeya is reportedly hitting organisations in Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, Bulgaria and Germany

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