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DoJ Indicts 19 People in Global Fraud, Money-Laundering Schemes

3rd March 2017  By Dark Reading Staff   Federal indictments charged 19 people for participating in international fraud and money laundering operations including the use of BEC schemes, which led to $13M in losses.   Nineteen people were charged today for participating in international fraud and money-laundering schemes, which led to the loss of $13M… Continue reading DoJ Indicts 19 People in Global Fraud, Money-Laundering Schemes

Australians beware: myGov phishing on the prowl

March 2, 2017 by Christopher Boyd                                                In Australia, myGov is a “simple and secure way to access government services online”.   Secure access to a range of government services using one username and password A single inbox for your messages from Centrelink, Medicare, Child Support… Continue reading Australians beware: myGov phishing on the prowl

Researchers uncover PowerShell Trojan that uses DNS queries to get its orders

Delivered by “secure” Word doc, pure PowerShell malware fetches commands from DNS TXT records.                                Sean Gallagher – 3/2/2017   Researchers at Cisco’s Talos threat research group are publishing research today on a targeted attack delivered by a malicious Microsoft Word document that goes to great lengths to conceal its operations. Based entirely… Continue reading Researchers uncover PowerShell Trojan that uses DNS queries to get its orders

Technology Bytes Podcast – March 1, 2017 – FINAL SHOW

The final episode of Technology Bytes. It was a show for the ages. So many people stopped by the station and called in to wish us well and reminisce about the last 22 years. Tears and laughter all around. Thank you to everyone who has participated in any way. Whether as a listener, a caller,… Continue reading Technology Bytes Podcast – March 1, 2017 – FINAL SHOW

5 Tips to increase the security of your computer

Computer security, we all know, is of paramount importance these days, whether it be a personal computer, used solely for personal purposes or one used for official or business purposes. Every computer needs to be kept secure, especially since much of our day-to-day life today is centered around the computer and the internet. Here are… Continue reading 5 Tips to increase the security of your computer

Over 130 Google Play Apps Tried to Infect Users with Windows Malware

The developers seem to be victims themselves                                    March 1, 2017 21:57 GMT  ·  By Gabriela Vatu   For some reason or another, 132 Android apps found in the official Google Play marketplace are attempting to infect users with Windows malware.    This is a rather head-scratching moment, because the two don’t really… Continue reading Over 130 Google Play Apps Tried to Infect Users with Windows Malware

New TorrentLocker Ransomware Variant Targets Denmark

The new variant can steal your usernames and passwords and infect other computers by sharing corrupted files                                        Mar 1, 2017 15:46 GMT  ·  By Gabriela Vatu   In the past few days, two large spam waves have crashed into Denmark, carrying TorrentLocker ransomware, the famous malware. … Continue reading New TorrentLocker Ransomware Variant Targets Denmark

Cisco warns of NetFlow appliance vulnerability

March 1st, 2017 By Michael Cooney   Cisco NetFlow appliances typically sit in campus and data center locations and monitor high-throughput Gigabit Ethernet networks.   Cisco today issued a security warning about a potential vulnerability in its NetFlow traffic monitoring device that could cause the system to lock-up.   Specifically, Cisco wrote: “A vulnerability in… Continue reading Cisco warns of NetFlow appliance vulnerability

Aruba Patches Vulnerabilities in AirWave Product

By Eduard Kovacs on March 01, 2017   HPE-owned network access solutions provider Aruba has patched XML external entity (XXE) and cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in its AirWave network management platform.   The vulnerabilities were reported to Aruba by Pichaya Morimoto of SEC Consult and independently by two other researchers. Both weaknesses affect AirWave’s VisualRF… Continue reading Aruba Patches Vulnerabilities in AirWave Product

Unholy trinity of AKBuilder, Dyzap and Betabot used in new malware campaigns

1st March 2017  By Bill Brenner   In recent weeks, SophosLabs has published papers outlining threats from AKBuilder and Betabot. Now, it appears the bad guys are combining the two in new attack campaigns.   SophosLabs principal researcher Gábor Szappanos said the lab has received and analyzed a handful of AKBuilder-generated documents in the past week. The documents initially… Continue reading Unholy trinity of AKBuilder, Dyzap and Betabot used in new malware campaigns