Cybercriminals Encrypt Website Databases in RansomWeb Attacks

18th February 2015

Malicious actors are encrypting website databases and holding them for ransom, Switzerland-based security firm High-Tech Bridge revealed on Wednesday. File encrypting ransomware has become highly problematic for both regular Internet users and organizations. However, researchers at High-Tech Bridge have spotted a new type of attack that threatens ...

Microsoft Reports Massive Increase in Macros-Enabled Threats

18th February 2015

The Microsoft Malware Protection Center says there has been a dramatic increase in threats using macros to spread malware via spam and social engineering over the last month. Macros are used for automating frequently used tasks in Office. Macro-related infections were constant and near zero daily up until Dec. 4. Infections spiked ...

Microsoft Warns of Malicious Macros Targeting Users in the UK and the US

8th January 2015

Two malware pieces have been delivered to users in the UK and the US via malicious email campaigns relying on social engineering to trick users into enabling macros in their Microsoft Office programs. Macros are simple instructions designed to help users in their work with components of the Office suite by allowing them to automate repetitive ...

Attackers Abuse UPnP Devices in DDoS Attacks, Akamai Warns

18th October 2014

Researchers at Akamai Technologies have issued a warning about a spate of distributed denial-of-service attacks being launched via Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) devices. According to Akamai's Prolexic Security Engineering & Response Team (PLXsert), there has been a spike in reflection and amplification distributed denial-of-service ...

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