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Kovter Ransomware Thrives in Q2 2014, Reaches 43,713 Infections in a Single Day

13

Aug

2014

Infections with Kovter ransomware have been on an upward trend in the second quarter of the year, with average daily incidents increasing by about 153% from April to May. According to the latest information from Damaballa security firm, cybercriminals started to be more direct when stealing money from their victims, as the companys systems saw […]

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Cyber-Attacks On the Rise in Iraq

02

Jul

2014

Malicious cyber-incidents started to record an upward trend, with activity concentrating in Baghdad, Erbil, Basra, and Mosul. Los Angeles-based cyber-threat intelligence firm IntelCrawler reports that the malicious activities within the Iraqi ISP sector have intensified in the last two months and that multiple new botnets have emerged. Attackers rely on dynamic DNS services to communicate […]

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Hasta La Vista, Bootkit: Exploiting the VBR

23

Aug

2011

Aleksandr Matrosov and Eugene Rodionov have documented an interesting variation on techniques used for x64 bootkit infections. Over to you, gentlemen… During the first half of 2011 we have witnessed a significant growth in malware targeting 64-bit platforms, the most interesting examples of which are bootkits. There are now several malware families in the wild: Win64/Olmarik, […]

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