Posts for category: South America

Equifax Megabreach Update: How, who, and more

Last week, we reported that the major credit reporting company Equifax announced a massive data breach affecting up to 143 million US customers last week on 7 September, but the developing story over ...

Global Weekly Executive Summary, 01 SEPT 2017

Turla Group, the Gazer Backdoor, and WhiteBear Activity This week, two security researchers published reports relating to well-known cyberespionage APT group,Turla. Security researchers from ...

NotPetya Ransomware Disrupts Merck Vaccine Production

Merck, a global leader in drug and vaccine production, may be unable to produce hepatitis B vaccines until 2018 because of worldwide production disruptions resulting from the NotPetya ransomware ...

Petya Group Bitcoins on the Move, New Message Posted

Petya Group Bitcoins on the Move, New Message Posted The hacking group behind Petya/NotPetya/ExPetr withdrew all bitcoins from the bitcoin wallet associated with the ransomware on Tuesday, July ...

Global Weekly Executive Summary June 2, 2017

WannaCry Attribution Security researchers around the world have identified clues linking the global WannaCry cyberattacks to Lazarus Group, a prolific hacking group with suspected ties to North ...

Hajime vs. Mirai, A Botnet Battle?

The Hajime worm spreading through unsecured IoT devices seems to be purposely making them more secure. Hajime vs Mirai Last October, the Mirai botnet launched the largest ever distributed ...

1.5 million WordPress Sites Defaced

A security flaw has led to the defacement of more than 1.5 million WordPress sites within the last ten days. WordPress update 4.7.2, released on January 26, quietly included a security fix for a ...

Ghost Push Malware Still Taking a Toll on Android Devices Through Malicious Links

Source: https://threatpost.com/ghost-push-trojan-flourishing-via-malicious-links/121310/, http://www.cmcm.com/blog/en/security/2016-10-14/1031.html(Threatpost, CheetahMobile) Cheetah Mobile a ...

ISIS Hackers Pose a Growing Threat

Source: https://threatpost.com/unskilled-pro-isis-hackers-a-growing-threat/117726/ Extra ...