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Latest Intelligence for June 2017

Jul 11, 2017 / in Uncategorized

A rise in instances of a particular bitcoin mining malware for Macs, the chaos causing Petya outbreak, and an increase in phishing emails for the third month in a row. Publish to Facebook:  No Twitter Card Style:  summary Some of the key takeaways from June’s Latest Intelligence, and the threat landscape in general, include an…

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Petya ransomware outbreak: Here’s what you need to know

Jun 27, 2017 / in Uncategorized

Petya ransomware impacting large organizations in multiple countries Publish to Facebook:  No Twitter Card Style:  summary A new strain of the Petya ransomware started propagating on June 27, 2017, infecting many organizations.  Similar to WannaCry, Petya uses the Eternal Blue exploit to propagate itself. Click to Tweet:  What we know so far about the #Petya…

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday – June 2017

Jun 14, 2017 / in Uncategorized

This month the vendor has released 94 vulnerabilities, 18 of which are rated Critical. Publish to Facebook:  No Twitter Card Style:  summary Hello, welcome to this month’s blog on the Microsoft patch release. This month the vendor has released 94 vulnerabilities, 18 of which are rated Critical. As always, customers are advised to follow these…

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Latest Intelligence for May 2017

Jun 13, 2017 / in Uncategorized

The WannaCry outbreak dominated the news cycle, while the phishing rate reached a high for 2017. Publish to Facebook:  No Twitter Card Style:  summary Some of the key takeaways from May’s Latest Intelligence, and the threat landscape in general, include another increase in the number of web attacks blocked, a peculiar Google phishing scam, and…

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Financial malware more than twice as prevalent as ransomware

Jun 1, 2017 / in Uncategorized

Three Trojans dominated the financial threat landscape in 2016 and attackers increased their focus on corporate finance departments Publish to Facebook:  No Twitter Card Style:  summary Click to Tweet:  Financial threat space 2.5 times bigger than that of ransomware 38% of financial threats were detected in business locations in 2016 Click to Tweet Acct:  @threatintel…

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WannaCry: Ransomware attacks show strong links to Lazarus group

May 22, 2017 / in Uncategorized

Similarities in code and infrastructure indicate close connection to group that was linked to Sony Pictures and Bangladesh Bank attacks Background Image on Blogs "Quilted" Page:  wannacry.jpg Publish to Facebook:  No Twitter Card Style:  summary Tools and infrastructure used in the WannaCry ransomware attacks have strong links to Lazarus, the group that was responsible for…

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Adylkuzz Cryptocurrency Miner Is Not The Next WannaCry

May 17, 2017 / in Uncategorized

Adylkuzz impact and prevalence is much lower than WannaCry Background Image on Blogs "Quilted" Page:  commandcenter.jpg Publish to Facebook:  No Twitter Card Style:  summary There have been reports of another threat, known as Adylkuzz, leveraging MS17-010 to propagate to vulnerable machines. read more Source: Symantec

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What you need to know about the WannaCry Ransomware

May 12, 2017 / in Uncategorized

The WannaCry ransomware struck across the globe in May 2017. Learn how this ransomware attack spread and how to protect your network from similar attacks. Background Image on Blogs "Quilted" Page:  WannaCry-SR-Header-image43_5.jpg Publish to Facebook:  No UPDATE: May 23, 2017 00:30 GMT: read more Source: Symantec

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