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April 23, 2019
Consumers have few legal options for protecting privacy
There are no promises in the words, “We care about user privacy.” Yet, these words appear on privacy policy after privacy policy, serving as disingenuous banners to hide potentially invasive…
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April 23, 2019
PayPal receives patent for ransomware detection technology
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted this week a patent to online payments company PayPal for a technique for detecting and stopping ransomware attacks.
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April 22, 2019
Who’s Behind the RevCode WebMonitor RAT?
The owner of a Swedish company behind a popular remote administration tool (RAT) implicated in thousands of malware attacks shares the same name as a Swedish man who pleaded guilty…
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April 22, 2019
Of hoodies and headphones: a spotlight on risks surrounding audio output devices
More than a decade ago, cardiologists from the Beth Israel Medical Center in Boston presented their findings at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2008 about MP3 headphones causing…
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April 22, 2019
A week in security (April 15 – 21)
Last week, Malwarebytes Labs revealed multiple giveaway online scam campaigns banking on the popularity (and generosity) of Ellen DeGeneres, weighed in on the hack that compromised legacy Microsoft email service…
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April 21, 2019
Riesbeck’s, Cardinal Health taking back unwanted drugs – News – The Daily Jeffersonian
Riesbeck’s, Cardinal Health taking back unwanted drugs – News The Daily Jeffersonian ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Local law enforcement agencies and the Drug Enforcement Administration will give the public its 17th opportunity…
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April 20, 2019
[InfoGraphic] 56 Must Know Data Breach Statistics for 2019
Varonis spent a lot of time compiling a whole bunch of data breach stats that are very good ammo for budget requests. They also created an infographic with a quick executive summary. Did you know that Boeing actually had an inside data breach that lasted for 30 years and cost over $2 billion?
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April 19, 2019
“Funky malware format” found in Ocean Lotus sample
Recently, at the SAS conference I talked about “Funky malware formats”—atypical executable formats used by malware that are only loaded by proprietary loaders. Malware authors use them in order to…
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April 19, 2019
Marcus “MalwareTech” Hutchins Pleads Guilty to Writing, Selling Banking Malware
Marcus Hutchins, a 24-year-old blogger and malware researcher arrested in 2017 for allegedly authoring and selling malware designed to steal online banking credentials, has pleaded guilty to criminal charges of…
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April 18, 2019
Here are few Game of Thrones phishing scams you should know about and how to avoid them
With the Game of Thrones (GoT) Season 8 finally airing, bad guys are using a variety of social engineering tactics to trick your end-users.
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April 18, 2019
Why a Furniture Maker Had to Report a Health Data Breach – GovInfoSecurity.com
Why a Furniture Maker Had to Report a Health Data Breach GovInfoSecurity.com Sometimes, even a furniture manufacturer must report a health data breach to comply with the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule….
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April 18, 2019
Explained: like-farming
Like-farming, aka like-harvesting, is a method used by commercial parties and scammers alike to raise the popularity of a site or domain. The ultimate dream of every like-farmer is for…
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April 17, 2019
How Not to Acknowledge a Data Breach
I’m not a huge fan of stories about stories, or those that explore the ins and outs of reporting a breach. But occasionally I feel obligated to publish such accounts…
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