Petya ransomware global threat
McAfee Labs provided a good update late yesterday on the nature of the Petya ransomware and how it is “spreading like wildfire” around the globe.
Cybersecurity Attacks
Securezoo Cybersecurity Threat Center blog posts of new cybersecurity attacks.
Pinkslipbot banking malware takes control of systems
McAfee Labs warns of a banking malware Pinkslipbot used to infect machines and turn them into HTTPS-based control servers.
QakBot malware locks out thousands of AD accounts
Security researchers have spotted QakBot malware used to lockout hundreds to thousands of Active Directory (AD) accounts across a number of enterprises.
WannaCry ransomware variant attacks
Over the weekend, the WannaCry ransomware variant cyber attack appears to be spreading across the globe as the number of victims have now surpassed 200,000 in over 150 countries.
WannaCrypt ransomware global cyber attack
A global cyber attack using WannaCrypt ransomware worm hit 74 countries, infecting hospitals, businesses, universities and other organizations.
Highlights From The 2017 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR)
Verizon has released the tenth edition of its Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) for 2017. The 2017 DBIR report includes the latest data on real-world data breaches and security incidents investigated by Verizon or by one their data contributors (such as security vendors and law enforcement agencies). This year’s report also includes data specific to key industries and who targets such verticals and why.
IoT Cyber Attack Methods And Ways To Defend Them
In a recent cyber threat report, McAfee provided some good intelligence on how cybercriminals use Mirai attacks to infect poorly configured Internet of Things (IoT) devices and turn them into bots used for large scale network attacks.
How a University Fought Off an IoT Attack and 12 Lessons Learned
The Verizon security team recently announced the first Data Breach Digest, a series of 18 cybercrime cases the team investigated. The Verizon team starts with a sneak peek of one of the case studies that describes how a university was attacked by an IoT botnet consisting of over 5,000 infected hosts. The study concludes with 12 good lessons learned from the attack.
New Locky ransomware campaign
A new malware campaign was responsible for sending 23 million emails containing Locky ransomware in just 24 hours earlier this week.