Decryption Key to Original Petya Ransomware Released
The key to decrypt the original Petya ransomware has been reportedly released by the ransomware’s author.
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CopyCat Malware Infected 14M Android Devices, Rooted 8M, in 2016
Over the course of two months last year the Copycat malware infected 14 million Android devices and rooted more than half of them, roughly eight million devices.
Microsoft Issues ‘Important’ Security Fix for Azure AD Connect
Microsoft is warning customers of an “important” update to its Azure AD Connect service that could allow for an elevation of privilege attack against affected systems.
Securing Agile Delivery: Collaboration is Crucial
CyberUK may seem like ancient history now but I hope we gave you lots…
LinkedIn 2012 hack: what you need to know
On Friday the NCSC published a summary of guidance for people concerned about the 2012…
Password guidance summary: how to protect against password-guessing attacks
Recently, the NCSC have seen an increase in a number of incidents, and also…
Microsoft Says Fireball Threat ‘Overblown’
Check Point has toned down its initial estimates on the number of Fireball malware infections from 250 million machines and 20 percent of corporate networks to 40 million computers. Source: Malware Microsoft Says Fireball Threat ‘Overblown’
Breach at UK.gov’s Cyber Essentials scheme exposes users to phishing attacks
The operation behind the UK government’s Cyber Essentials scheme has suffered a breach exposing the email addresses of registered consultancies, it told them today.
Who are the cyberists?
You’ll have noticed that as part of the CyberFirst initiative we’ve been using the term…
IoT Malware Activity Already More Than Doubled 2016 Numbers
The number of new malware samples in the wild this year targeting connected internet-of-things (IoT) devices has already more than doubled last year’s total. Source: Malware IoT Malware Activity Already More Than Doubled 2016 Numbers