Maybe it’s a good time to just delete the thing By Iain Thomson Adobe will next week emit patches to squash a security bug in Flash that can be exploited by…
Month: February 2018
Over 500,000 Windows Machines Infected with Monero Mining Software
Michael Hill More than 526,000 Windows hosts – mostly Windows servers – have been infected by a Monero miner known as Smominru, according to researchers at Proofpoint. In a blog on its website…
Fortune 500 Staff Spill 2.7 Million Log-Ins to Dark Web
Phil Muncaster Researchers have discovered a massive 2.7 million stolen online account log-ins from Fortune 500 employees on the dark web, representing a major security risk to the companies involved,…
Navigating ASEAN’s patchy cyber security landscape
Aaron Tan Cyber resilience remains low across Southeast Asia, a regional economic powerhouse that is increasingly susceptible to cyber threats as its digital economy grows At the recent World Economic…
Lazarus Group, Fancy Bear Most Active Threat Groups in 2017
Kelly Sheridan Lazarus, believed to operate out of North Korea, and Fancy Bear, believed to operate out of Russia, were most referenced threat actor groups in last year’s cyberattacks. The…
Scarab ransomware: new variant changes tactics
The Scarab ransomware was discovered in June 2017. Since then, several variants have been created and discovered in the wild. The most popular or widespread versions were distributed via the…