Cyber Criminals Breach the HBO Empire Recently, hackers leaked HBO television scripts and corporate emails. Although, they claim to have breached over a terabyte of data, they have only leaked 800 megabytes of it. The cyber criminal(s) going by Kind Mr. Smith, stated it took about six months to breach the network. Therefore, they are […]
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Prior to Windows 10, converting a document into a PDF was a much bigger task than necessary. With the Windows 10 update, a PDF converter was included within the operating system. Now, any Windows 10 user is able to convert documents with just a few simple clicks. The how-to tutorial today will be using a
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We’ve recently been covering scripting attacks in more detail on the Malware Research blog. These types of attacks have the ability to be completely fileless, as explained in a previous post. However, scripts also sometimes do come in files or accompany file-based malware. The new strain of Spora malware does just this. It uses a
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Cerber is now draining bitcoin wallets, on top of encrypting files Cerber, a ransomware variant that has been notorious for making alterations to its malware to worsen the impact, has done it again. Now the ransomware variant is targeting bitcoin wallets. Once infected with Cerber, the malware will search the user’s device for different files
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Over 1M users download malicious Chrome extension Chris Pederick, the creator of the Chrome extension Web Developer, was recently phished. The cyber criminals effectively breached Pederick’s Google account, which was tied to the app. Therefore, the cyber criminals were able to access the app and make any changes they wanted. After doing just that, the
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Cyber Hero or Malware Villian? Update 8/15/2017: Marcus Hutchins plead not guity on all alleged charges yesterday. Hutchins is scheduled for court in October. While awaiting his court date, he will remain on house arrest in the United States. All of Hutchins computers will be returned to him, so he can regain access to the
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PC Matic is thrilled to announce reaching an OEM deal with NEC… In Japan, select models of PCs purchased with NEC Direct, will have PC Matic pre-installed on their device. The partnership is enhancing not only global sales, but cyber security across the world. So far, thousands of PCs have been sold with PC Matic
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Aftermath of South Dakota Medical Facility Ransomware Attack In February of 2017, Plastic Surgery Associates of South Dakota was hit with a ransomware attack. The malware left medical records encrypted, completely unavailable to staff. The medical facility reached out to third-party investigators for assistance. However, in April, all evidence was lost. Therefore, it is unclear
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SMBs Struggle to Defend Against Cyber Threats In a recent report featured by Tech Republic, 35% of SMBs were hit with ransomware in the last year. Out of those impacted, 22% had to completely cease business operations to attempt to remediate the issue. But for how long? Over half of the attacks that resulted in
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