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Large Botnet Comes Back To Life — With More Malware

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Jun

2016

The Necurs botnet associated with Dridex and Locky is back after three-week haitus. A botnet associated with the huge volumes of Dridex and Locky-laden emails in recent months has resumed operations after mysteriously going dark for three weeks. Researchers from multiple firms report seeing a sharp increase in malicious traffic originating from the Necurs botnet, […]

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Researchers Devise "Perfect" Data Exfiltration Technique

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May

2016

SafeBreach researchers set out in 2015 to find the perfect method for stealing small amounts of sensitive data from highly secure organizations. While malicious actors often exfiltrate gigabytes of files from the companies they breach, key pieces of information can also be highly valuable — for example, cryptographic keys, passwords, and words or sentences that […]

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Nissan Disables LEAF’s Remote Telematics System After ‘Profoundly Trivial’ Hack

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Feb

2016

All that is needed to gain access to any LEAF’s telematics system is the car’s VIN, researcher says. Automaker Nissan Motor Company has temporarily disabled a remote telematics system in its LEAF electric vehicles after a security researcher showed how attackers could abuse it to gain access to the car’s battery charging and climate control […]

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