Malwarebytes

MAY 12, 2021

Late last week, the business network systems of Colonial Pipeline , the biggest supplier of fuels on the East Coast of the United States, were compromised due to a ransomware attack , forcing the company to temporarily shut down its operations while investigations are underway. Threat profile: DarkSide ransomware.

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ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The solution is to patch Log4j immediately with the latest update, and while you’re at it maybe look at updating all your open source software as well. Fuzzing makes it possible to locate vulnerabilities even in “safe” environments like Erlang, a language designed for high availability and robust services.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

We each need to consider how these trends may affect our organizations and allocate our budgets and resources accordingly: AI will turbo-charge cybersecurity and cyberthreats: Artificial intelligence (AI) will boost both attackers and defenders while causing governance issues and learning pains.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 6, 2023

Ransomware is a type of malicious program, or malware, that encrypts files, documents and images on a computer or server so that users cannot access the data. Ransomware is the most feared cybersecurity threat and with good reason: Its ability to cripple organizations by locking their data is a threat like no other.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2022

Here’s the CBS evening news : CBS: Nearly a quarter of a million people lost power in this small Ukrainian city when it was targeted by a suspected Russian attack last December. So this power grid attack is sounding more credible. This is ransomware, starting with a phishing attack. Don’t believe me?

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

What if you discovered a flaw in a ransomware payment system that unlocked the data without paying the ransom? Would you use it? Would you help others? In this episode, Jack Cable talks about hacking the Qlocker ransomware and briefly interrupting its payment system. Usually a certain amount of Bitcoin.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

What if you discovered a flaw in a ransomware payment system that unlocked the data without paying the ransom? Would you use it? Would you help others? In this episode, Jack Cable talks about hacking the Qlocker ransomware and briefly interrupting its payment system. Usually a certain amount of Bitcoin.

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