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Spoofed IRS notice delivers RAT through link updating trick

22

Sep

2017

The malware delivery trick involving updating links in Word documents is apparently gaining some traction: the latest campaign to use it likely takes the form of fake emails from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The fake email includes an attachment, supposedly a CP2000 notice, which is sent by the IRS when the income and/or payment […]

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The global impact of ransomware

20

Oct

2016

We’ve had a lot to say about ransomware over the last few months. We’ve looked at the relationship between ransomware and malvertising, discussed how ransomware is dominating the threat landscape, and talked about how to protect your business from this threat. We’re taking a hard look at ransomware for good reason: the return on investment […]

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Hackers exploit OS X zero-day vulnerability

05

Aug

2015

Hackers have been taking advantage of a serious zero-day vulnerability in the latest version of Apple’s OS X (Yosemite), allowing them to install malware and adware on Macs without the need of a password or administrative privileges. Malwarebytes reported yesterday (Monday 3rd August) that one of its experts had found the first known exploit of […]

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