Antivirus Software Can Be Spreading Malware Florian Bogner, a security consultant, found an issue within the antivirus software. This is called AVGater and it will take a piece of malware from the quarantined folder and place it on the victim’s computer, allowing the malware to attack. Mr. Bogner notified the antivirus vendors that contained the […]
What is BadRabbit Ransomware? This new ransomware seems to be a variation of Petya with a similar lockout screen. As of October 24, 2017, BadRabbit has hit Russia and Eastern Europe, but is expected to spread to other countries. The attackers are asking the victim to pay a ransom in bitcoins to recover their files. It will […]
By Morgan Chalfant, TheHill.com, 10/23/2017 “National Cybersecurity Awareness month will enter its final stage this week as October comes to a close (that was fast!). There are a slew of cyber-focused events planned for this week, including Mozilla’s Cyber(in)security policy summit scheduled for Tuesday, which includes remarks by Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and Christopher Krebs, a top cybersecurity and infrastructure […]
There is a new, sophisticated email scam you need to watch out for. The sophisticated attackers are targeting potential victims in an email sequence that starts with pornography and adult dating links, which are then followed up with extortion attempts. IT security company Forcepoint says it picked up more than 33,500 such emails in August, […]
MS-ISAC has noticed a registration of over 743 domain names including the phrase “Irma “in the past few weeks. These new domains contain other words such as help, relief, victims, recover, claims and lawsuits. We all need to be cautious in the next few months of emails, any links or visiting websites pertaining to Irma. […]
According to a recent Cybersecurity Advisory from the Multi-state Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), “Multiple Vulnerabilities in Google Android OS Could Allow for Arbitrary Code Execution” MS-ISAC OVERVIEW: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Google Android operating system (OS), the most severe of which could allow for arbitrary code execution. Android is an […]
The IRS issued a warning on a FBI and IRS ransomware scam taking computer data hostage. The scam uses the IRS and FBI crests. The letter asks the user to complete the questionnaire and click the “here” link. This link will download a ransomware that will prevent the user from accessing data stored on their […]
Cyber scammers are using the Hurricane Harvey disaster to trick people to click on links on Facebook, Twitter and phishing emails. Some Examples to watch out for: Facebook pages dedicated to victim relief that contain links to scam websites. Tweets are going out with links to charitable websites soliciting donations, but in reality include links […]
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