March 21, 2016 Mightier Than the Sword? Pen Testing Tools Used as Ransomware Delivery Device 2 min read - Cybercriminals are leveraging pen testing tools and white-hat best practices to deliver advanced ransomware that has longer life spans and bigger payouts.
March 18, 2016 TeslaCrypt Ransomware 3.0.1 No Longer Leaves Keys Around to Sniff 2 min read - TeslaCrypt ransomware 3.0.1 is an improvement over previous versions, making the malware highly resistant to decryption efforts.
March 17, 2016 Radamant Ransomware Can Be Tricked Into Decrypting Data Without Compensation 2 min read - Researchers recently discovered a possible solution for a Radamant ransomware variant. Here's what you need to know about this threat.
March 17, 2016 Going Under? Alert Avalanche Impacts Incident Response 2 min read - Recent studies showed that incident response teams are suffering from an overload of security alerts, which are a major drain on the team's resources.
March 16, 2016 Bad Ads? Angler-Based Malvertising Reels in Mainstream Sites 2 min read - Security vendors recently discovered a massive malvertising campaign linked to the Angler exploit kit targeting top-tier websites.
March 16, 2016 Fileless Malware Loaded Into Memory via PowerShell 2 min read - Malicious macros used in phishing emails can load fileless malware, which goes into a machine's program memory and can wreak havoc.
March 14, 2016 Research Finds Libotr Can Be Exploited Remotely 2 min read - Researchers recently discovered that libotr is vulnerable, so secure instant messaging apps such as Pidgin, ChatSecure, Adium and others are at risk.
March 14, 2016 Locky Sends You an Invoice and Makes You Pay 3 min read - The recently discovered Locky ransomware encrypts data using AES encryption and then demands hundreds of dollars. Here's what you need to know.
March 14, 2016 Password Strength May Trump Frequent Changes, FTC Expert Says 2 min read - Lorrie Cranor, the chief technologist of the FTC, urged users to increase password strength rather than rely on frequent changes.
March 14, 2016 Old Java Flaw Boils Over as Security Pros Pierce Patch 2 min read - A Java flaw that originally surfaced in 2013 is back again, and this time, the patch isn't enough to fix the vulnerability and secure users.