A new cyber espionage threat dubbed “Sandworm” was revealed today. It exploits a zero day flaw that exists in all supported versions of the Windows operating system, and has apparently been active since 2009. That was FIVE years ago. That’s […]
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Every three months or so there seems to be a new mobile malware survey or threat report citing the dramatic rise in mobile malware in circulation. Every single mobile malware report I’ve seen has indicated that somewhere between 95 and
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Blue Coat recently analyzed 660 million unique hostnames over a 90-day period, and found that more than 70 percent of the domains existed for less than a day. Cyber criminals use these short-lived domains–dubbed “One Day Wonders” by Blue Coat
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The evolution of malware and exploits is a myth. At face value, it seems like there was a logical progression from script kiddies pushing the envelope just for the sake of pushing the envelope, to malware for malicious intent, to
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One of the fundamental problems with the traditional model of network and computer security is that it is reactive. While most security solutions include some element of heuristic defense capable of identifying new threats based on suspicious behaviors, the reality
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So, you have an extra $200 laying around. Do you go grocery shopping? Do you buy yourself an entry-level Android tablet? Perhaps you scour the online black market and invest in the Neutrino Bot malware kit. That way you can
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We tend to look at the threat of malware either locally—how it affects us personally—or globally—how it affects the world as a whole. When you look at malware through a regional lens, though, you can uncover evidence about how and
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VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) macros haven’t been a significant malware threat for a few years now. Ever since Microsoft disabled VBA macro execution by default in the Microsoft Office suite, VBA macro malware can’t execute without user intervention. From
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There’s a new threat in town. A white paper from F-Secure provides intimate detail of a malware threat researchers have dubbed CosmicDuke. CosmicDuke combines elements of a popular APT (Advanced Persistent Threat) Trojan called MiniDuke, and a notorious information stealing
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Cyber criminals tend to be a fairly resourceful bunch. They’re innovations are often driven by inherent laziness, but the end result is that they generally know what they want, and they’re skilled at finding ways to get it. There has
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