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Ransomware on Steroids: Cryptowall 2.0
Ransomware on Steroids: Cryptowall 2.0
This post was authored by Andrea Allievi and Earl Carter. Ransomware holds a user’s data hostage. The latest ransomware variants encrypt the user’s data,
Jan. 6, 2015
Wiper Malware – A Detection Deep Dive
Wiper Malware – A Detection Deep Dive
This post was authored by Christopher Marczewski with contributions from Craig WIlliams *This blog post has been updated to include Command and Control IP
Dec. 17, 2014
Ancient Mac Site Harbors Botnet that Exploits IE Vulnerability
Ancient Mac Site Harbors Botnet that Exploits IE Vulnerability
This post was authored by Alex Chiu and Shaun Hurley. Last month, Microsoft released a security bulletin to patch CVE-2014-6332, a vulnerability within
Dec. 15, 2014
MS14-063 A Potential XP Exploit
MS14-063 A Potential XP Exploit
This post was written by Marcin Noga with contributions by Earl Carter and Martin Lee. New vulnerabilities for old operating systems may not seem
Dec. 1, 2014
Talos Discovered Three More Vulnerabilities in Pidgin
Talos Discovered Three More Vulnerabilities in Pidgin
This post was authored by Yves Younan and edited by Armin Pelkmann Table of contents CVE-2014-3697, VRT-2014-0205 CVE-2014-3696, VRT-2014-0204
Nov. 7, 2014
Threat Spotlight: Group 72
Threat Spotlight: Group 72
This post is co-authored by Joel Esler, Martin Lee and Craig Williams Everyone has certain characteristics that can be recognised. This may be a way of
Oct. 14, 2014
Help! My IP Address Has Been Hijacked!
Help! My IP Address Has Been Hijacked!
SpamCop is a free, community-based spam email reporting service provided by Cisco. SpamCop analyzes reported spam, and extracts details about the sending
Sept. 17, 2014
Danger at the Retail Point of Sale
Danger at the Retail Point of Sale
This blog post was authored by Martin Lee and Jaeson Schultz. With the announcement that yet another major retailer has allegedly been breached, it is
Sept. 5, 2014
Snowshoe Spam Attack Comes and Goes in a Flurry
Snowshoe Spam Attack Comes and Goes in a Flurry
This post is co-authored by Jaeson Schultz and Craig Williams. Every so often, we observe certain spam campaigns that catch our interest. On August 15, we
Aug. 20, 2014