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Targeted ransomware attacks – SophosLabs 2019 Threat Report

Targeted ransomware attacks – SophosLabs 2019 Threat Report

Cybercriminals have returned to old-school manual hacking tactics to boost the efficiency of targeted extortion, according to research conducted for the SophosLabs 2019 Threat Report.

Ransomware attacks are nothing new, but well known examples like CryptoLocker or WannaCryhave tended to be opportunistic and indiscriminate. To penetrate their targets they rely on simple automation, such as…

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McAfee Lab Report Previews 2015 Developments in Exploits and Evasion

Intel® Security has released its McAfee Labs‘ November 2014 Threats Report, including an analysis of threat activity in the third quarter of 2014, and the organisation’s annual 2015 Threats Predictions for the coming year.

McAfee Labs foresees the following trends in 2015:

1. Increased use of cyber warfare and espionage tactics

2. Greater Internet of Things attack frequency, profitability, and severity

3. Privacy debates intensify

4. Ransomware evolves into the cloud

5. New mobile attack surfaces and capabilities

6. PoS attacks increase and evolve with digital payments

7. Shellshock sparks Unix, Linux attacks

8. Growing exploitation of software flaws

9. New evasion tactics for sandboxing

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By:SYMANTEC CORPORATION

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Top 6 Things you can do for secure your tablet or mobile phones

F-Secure Labs’ Mobile Threat Report finds that 99% of the new mobile threats that emerged in Q1 2014 targeted the the Android operating system. This continues a trend that allows us to say, mobile malware is essentially Android malware.

Here is top 6 things you can do for your mobile or tablet security:

1. Just lock it!

2. Use anti-theft protection

3. Stick to trusted sources

4. Check those permissions

5. Turn on message barring

6. Scan your apps.

For more details: http://safeandsavvy.f-secure.com/2014/04/28/1-way-android-is-keeping-mobile-trojans-from-costing-you-money-and-6-things-you-can-do/