We all know that the last year has been just the bees-knees for ransomware operators; it’s just the tops, really, between the world-dominating success of WannaCry and NotPetya, the pioneering of ransomware-as-a-service offerings and the development of truly horrific strains of the stuff, like BrickerBot (tagline: The permanent ransomware!). So bad actors already have much to celebrate as they count the ...
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Cybercriminals exploiting traditional trust measures for compromises, study
Cyber-criminals are exploiting traditional measures of trust to gain a foothold on users systems by compromising trusted sites via background initiated requests, using phishing sites, and typo-squatting. While many companies have used categories such as Business and Economy, Shopping, News and Media, and Malware, to help set security policy researchers are warning it’s no longer advisable to consider any category ...
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