As Necurs Botnet Falls from Grace, Emotet Rises | Threatpost
A mid-January spam campaign by criminals behind the popular Necurs botnet shows a dramatic drop in skill and savvy by perpetrators. In a shift from Read More
Trolls-For-Hire Pave Way For Sophisticated Social Media Hacks | Threatpost
NEW ORLEANS – Researchers have observed the blossoming of a new type of social media nuisance they are calling Trolling-as-a-Service. They say these rabble-rousing efforts Read More
Zoom Fixed Flaw Opening Meetings to Hackers | Threatpost
NEW ORLEANS – Enterprise video conferencing firm Zoom has issued a bevy of security fixes after researchers said the company’s platform used weak authentication that Read More
Mandatory IoT Security in the Offing with U.K. Proposal | Threatpost
The U.K. government has unveiled a proposed law aimed at securing internet of things (IoT) devices, which have historically been riddled with basic security issues. The Read More
N.Y. Could Ban Cities from Paying Ransomware Attackers | Threatpost
New York State may soon ban municipalities from paying ransomware demands in the event of a cyberattack. State Senators Phil Boyle, George M. Borrello and Read More
Google, Mozilla Ban Hundreds of Browser Extensions in Chrome, Firefox | Threatpost
Both the Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox teams are cracking down on web browser extensions that steal user data and execute remote code, among other Read More
ThreatList: Ransomware Costs Double in Q4, Sodinokibi Dominates | Threatpost
Ransomware costs more than doubled in the fourth quarter of 2019, with the average ransom payment skyrocketing to $84,116, a 104 percent surge up from Read More
Fake Smart Factory Honeypot Highlights New Attack Threats | Threatpost
A honeypot set up to observe the current security landscape in smart manufacturing systems observed numerous threats—including cryptomining malware and ransomware—in just a few months, Read More
New Bill Proposes NSA Surveillance Reforms | Threatpost
A newly-introduced bill is proposing sweeping privacy reforms to a controversial government surveillance program, which has been previously used by the National Security Agency (NSA) Read More
Critical, Unpatched ‘MDhex’ Bugs Threaten Hospital Devices | Threatpost
A collection of six cybersecurity vulnerabilities in a range of GE Healthcare devices for hospitals has been discovered. Dubbed “MDhex” by the researchers at CyberMDX Read More