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Fileless Powershell malware uses DNS as covert communication channel

06

Mar

2017

Targeted attacks are moving away from traditional malware to stealthier techniques that involve abusing standard system tools and protocols, some of which are not always monitored. The latest example is an attack dubbed DNSMessenger, which was analyzed by researchers from Cisco Systems’ Talos team.

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Ransomware ‘customer support’ chat reveals criminals’ ruthlessness

24

Feb

2017

Ransomware criminals chatting up victims, offering to delay deadlines, showing how to obtain Bitcoin, dispensing the kind of customer support that consumers lust for from their cable and mobile plan providers, PC and software makers? What’s not to love? Finnish security vendor F-Secure yesterday released 34 pages of transcripts from the group chat used by […]

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When real-time threat detection is essential

17

Jan

2017

While organizations always want to find threats as quickly as possible, that ideal is far from being met. On average, dwell times last months and give cyber criminals all the time they need to peruse a network and extract valuable information that can impact a company, its customers and its employees. There are times when […]

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