Ransomware offers holiday discount
In a blog from Roland Dela Paz, Forcepoint has revealed Cryptxxx Ransomware is offering victims a holiday discount. Hackers were asking for a payment of 1.2 Bitcoin to unlock machines. They have now...
Methbot delivers new level of click fraud
Ad fraud specialist White Ops have exposed Methbot, a Russian-based ad fraud operation. According to the White Ops press release the fraud was delivering around $3-5 million in profits per day....
Cyberbit releases new version of SOC 3D
Security specialist Cyberbit has announced the latest version of their Security Operations Centre (SOC) 3D product. It boasts integrating with all the major Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) products. SOC...
Ukrainian hackers behind WordPress attack
Security vendor Wordfence has published a blog blaming Ukrainian hackers for the problems many WordPress users are suffering this month. Starting on November 24th, Wordfence saw a significant rise in brute...
Making sense of threat intelligence data
Threat intelligence solutions are the latest "must-have" tool for IT security teams. The problem is that once installed, many struggle to deal with the vast amount of data they suddenly have...
Bitdefender joins No More Ransom
Security vendor Bitdefender has joined the Europol supported No More Ransom project. The goal of the project is to provide free tools for users to help them unlock machines infected by...
Crowdsourcing a POWER8 motherboard
Using crowdsourcing to fund projects has become popular. Everyone from music bands to board games developers, watch designers to drone projects are using the approach. The idea is to get people...
Yahoo leaks data like a sieve
As poison chalices go, Yahoo is doing its best to redefine the word. First it failed to disclose the loss of 500 million user accounts during the Verizon negotiations. That led...
Businesses cough up when ransomware hits
IBM has released details from a recent study showing that businesses in the US pay out when hit by ransomware. The details are good news for malware creators who will see...
Dynamic Playbooks to remediate Ransomware
IBM has released what it calls Dynamic Playbooks to remediate ransomware. It is aimed at helping organisations respond effectively when they become a victim to this type of attack. The Dynamic Playbook...