Weekly Executive Summary Week Ending February, 10 2017
What is it? Gmail Email Spoofing What does it do? Gmail doesn’t flag legitimate-looking email that seems to come from an existing Gmail account even though it’s being sent from a non-Gmail ...
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Weekly Executive Summary Week Ending February, 03 2017
What is it? Privilege Escalation Vulnerability WordPress(WP) What versions are affected? Version 4.7.1 and earlier. The REST API that causes the vulnerability is enabled by default on all sites ...
Weekly Executive Summary Week Ending January, 27 2017
What is it? RansomwareWhat has the malware been dubbed? ChargerHow was it being delivered? Through an application on the Google Play Store called “EnergyRescue,” a mobile application that was ...
Weekly Executive Summary Week Ending January, 20 2017
A security researcher from FireEye's Threat Research team, Mohammed Mohsin Dalla, uncovered a phishing campaign that was targeting Netflix customers. Attackers were attempting to capture credentials ...
Forensics Weekly Summary Week of October 14, 2016
Pork Explosion No this is not about the Samsung Note 7, but rather Android devices in general. If you own a Android device, you may want to ensure you back up your information and encrypt items on ...
Forensics Weekly Summary Week of September 16, 2016
Google Drive Bypass Vulnerability If you use Google Drive to save or view files at/from work or school, you may be at risk of phishing attacks attempting to steal information. Recently a bug ...
Forensics Weekly Summary for Week of August 19, 2016
Shakti Trojan Last week we talked about ransomware, where your information is locked and kept from you unless you pay. If you don't pay you can lose your information, or have it stolen and ...
Forensics Weekly Summary for Week of August 12, 2016
Venus Locker New week, same problem known as Ransomware. It appears that another ransomware called Venus Locker has made it's appearance. Ransomware is normally installed by accidentally ...
Forensics Weekly Summary for Week of August 5, 2016
QRLJacking Many users have been looking for ways to not remember passwords and easily bypass login systems. One of the latest trends is using QR (aka Quick Response) codes that embeds a user's ...
Forensics Weekly Summary for Week of July 22, 2016
Stagefright for Mac and iPhone Last year (around this time) Stagefright was known to affect Android devices and a patch was released shortly after. Now almost a year later, it appears that Apple ...