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US government report highlights gaps in battle against botnets

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US government report highlights gaps in battle against botnets

The report also identifies goals that are intended to help mitigate risks associated with botnets and to increase the resilience of the internet ecosystem

Tomáš Foltýn • 13 Jun 2018

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Is “Malware of Mass Disruption” the WMD of the future? Insights from the stage at RSA 2018

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Is “Malware of Mass Disruption” the WMD of the future? Insights from the stage at RSA 2018

ESET's Global Security Evangelist Tony Anscombe expands on his theory

Editor • 26 Apr 2018

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Firms using WebEx at risk of poisoned Flash attacks

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Firms using WebEx at risk of poisoned Flash attacks

Companies should check they are running latest version of WebEx, and beware attacks via the road less travelled.

Graham Cluley • 23 Apr 2018

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ESET malware researchers awarded prize in open-source memory forensics competition

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ESET malware researchers awarded prize in open-source memory forensics competition

The Volatility Foundation, the non-profit organization behind the Volatility Framework, sponsors the yearly Volatility Plugin Contest to acknowledge the best forensic tools built on the Volatility platform.

Editor • 29 Nov 2017

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Malware campaign targets open source developers on GitHub

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Malware campaign targets open source developers on GitHub

Be on your guard if you're a developer who uses GitHub - someone could be trying to infect your computer with malware.

Graham Cluley • 30 Mar 2017

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British man arrested after 900,000 broadband routers knocked offline in Germany

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British man arrested after 900,000 broadband routers knocked offline in Germany

A 29-year-old man has been arrested at Luton airport by the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) in connection with a massive internet attack that disrupted telephone, television and internet services in Germany last November.

Graham Cluley • 24 Feb 2017

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Ransomware attack hits St Louis Public library

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Ransomware attack hits St Louis Public library

If you were trying to use the public computers at St Louis Public Library this week you may have experienced more than your fair share of problems.

Graham Cluley • 20 Jan 2017

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900,000 Germans knocked offline, as critical router flaw exploited

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900,000 Germans knocked offline, as critical router flaw exploited

As many as 900,000 Deutsche Telekom customers were knocked offline on Sunday and Monday as an attempt was made to hijack broadband routers into a botnet.

Graham Cluley • 29 Nov 2016

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MailChimp accounts hacked to spam out malicious emails

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MailChimp accounts hacked to spam out malicious emails

Hackers broke into the MailChimp accounts of some businesses, and send out malicious invoice emails to subscribers... but that doesn't mean that MailChimp suffered a serious security breach. Once again, two-factor authentication could have saved users' bacon.

Graham Cluley • 23 Nov 2016