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Malware
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Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
VPNFilter Worse Than Previously Reported
We previously reported that the FBI has warned consumers about a nasty malware, known as VPNFilter and believed to have been launched by a Russian government hacking group is infecting…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
FBI Warning: Russian Hackers Attacking Routers
Late last week, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a warning to U.S. consumers that Russian hackers (dubbed Sofacy and a/k/a Fancy Brear and APT28, and believed to be…
Health Care and Life Sciences
New threat targeting old medical imaging equipment
By Jon Washburn
Health care providers and suppliers should be wary of the “Orangeworm” threat, an implementation of malware out in the wild that’s gathering information off of compromised medical equipment, especially old…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Privacy Tip #130 – Smartphones Targeted by Dark Caracal Attack
There is a global malware campaign that is targeting mobile devices across the world. It is called Dark Caracal, which is believed to be sourced in Beirut by the Lebanese…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Another Hitch in the Crypto Boom? North Korean Malware Hijacks Computers to Mine Monero Cryptocurrency
Researchers at cybersecurity firm AlienVault have discovered a computer virus of North Korean origin which infects and hijacks computers in order to mine Monero, a private digital currency which styles…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Beware of New Ransomware—Spider Virus
There is no relief in sight for combating new strains of ransomware. One new ransomware, dubbed the Spider virus, was discovered by researchers at Netskope on December 10, 2017, and…
Washington Energy Report
FERC Proposes to Direct NERC to Revise Cyber Proposal on Malware Risks
By Meghan Mandel, Daniel Archuleta
On October 19, 2017, FERC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NOPR”) proposing to direct the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (“NERC”) to modify the Critical Infrastructure Protection (“CIP”) Reliability…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Oops! Malware distributed with antivirus software to more than 2.27 million users!
By Peter Vogel
My good friend Kevin Campbell (SVP/CIO at Hunt Consolidated, Inc.) shared this bad news that “Antivirus firm Avast has admitted inadvertently distributing a trojanised version of CCleaner, a popular PC…
Password Protected
Computer Viruses Have Evolved: Have Your Antivirus Contract Warranties Kept Up?
By Steve Gold
By many accounts, 2017 is the 35th anniversary of widely propagating computer viruses. The recent “WannaCry” and “NotPetya” ransomware outbreaks demonstrate that computer viruses (or more broadly, “malware”) are still…
Internet, IT & e-Discovery
Guess what? There will be increased cyber problems in 2017 including Ransomware, Malware, and IoT!
By Peter Vogel
Malwarebytes examined almost “one billion malware detections/incidences…in nearly 100 million Windows and Android devices…in over 200 countries” to make its 2017 State of Malware Report which included these three takeaways:…