Troy Hunt

MARCH 31, 2019

From last week's update in Seattle to home to Sydney to back home and a late update (again). But regardless, I'm committed to continuing the cadence of doing these updates each week and 132 of them in, I'm yet to miss a week.

Data breaches 152

Data breaches Cyber Attacks Ransomware 152

Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Not only had the infrastructure been dismantled, but previously infected computers had received a special update that would effectively remove the malware at a specific date. Out of the woods again. On November 15, security researchers who’ve tracked Emotet announced that the threat was back. A return of malspam waves and ransomware?

InfoSec 85

InfoSec Ransomware Malware 85

BH Consulting

MAY 23, 2023

The research combined an initial lab study of 27 people with a subsequent study online of 132 participants. This knowledge could also help security professionals with developing or updating security awareness programmes. The second study repeated this effect and found no change in people’s associated concerns about their privacy.

Artificial Intelligence 52

Artificial Intelligence Identity Theft Social Engineering InfoSec 52

Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2019

We can note below, in Technical Analysis, that the malware was uploaded again later into another web folder on March 21st — maybe an update/change performed by its operators to improve their functionalities or to fix some bug. From a total of 1089 infections, 175 victims were impacted in Chile, 162 in USA, 137 in Germany and 132 in France.

Banking 60

Banking Malware Antivirus Cyber threats 60

SecureList

JANUARY 20, 2022

As a safety measure against this attack and similar ones, it is recommended to update the UEFI firmware regularly and verify that BootGuard, where applicable, is enabled. 132 – Go malware. In addition to the above cluster, we detected two servers related to Microcin’s activity on the same network: Domain. m.necemarket[.]com.

Firmware 144

Firmware Malware Encryption Passwords 144