Poisoned Search Results Deliver Banking Malware
Zeus Panda, a banking Trojan designed to steal credentials, is being distributed via poisoned Google search results.
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Free Speech Advocates Blast Amazon Over Threats Against Signal
Secure-messaging firm Signal was told by Amazon not to use its AWS servers for domain-fronting, a technique used to enable communications in countries such as Egypt, Oman, Qatar and UAE where...
Dashlane, Researcher at Odds Over Potential Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Researcher Paulos Yibelo said that Dashlane elected not to patch a vulnerability he disclosed more than a year ago in all versions of the password manager application.
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Bad Rabbit Linked to ExPetr/Not Petya Attacks
Researchers have linked the Bad Rabbit ransomware attack to this summer's ExPetr/Not Petya outbreak.
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Comcast Patches Router Bug That Leaked Some Wi-Fi Passwords
A bug in Comcast’s activation website for its Xfinity routers leaked sensitive customer data.
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IT threat evolution Q3 2018. Statistics
These statistics are based on detection verdicts of Kaspersky Lab products received from users who consented to provide statistical data.
Q3 figures
According to Kaspersky Security Network:
Kaspersky Lab solutions blocked 947,027,517 attacks...
Few Victims Reporting Ransomware Attacks to FBI
The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) identified ransomware as one of 2016's top threats, but a relatively small number of attacks were reported.
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Microsoft Addresses NTLM Bugs That Facilitate Credential Relay Attacks
Microsoft today addressed two NTLM-related vulnerabilities privately disclosed by Preempt Security. The flaws allow for credential relay attacks.
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Emergency Update Patches Zero Day in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine
Microsoft released an emergency update for a zero-day vulnerability disclosed by Google in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine bundled with most versions of Windows.
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Equifax Says 145.5M Affected by Breach, Ex-CEO Testifies
The credit bureau Equifax said Monday the information of 145.5M Americans, was implicated in this summer's breach.
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