Month: October 2014
October 31, 2014
Ebola phishing campaign delivers a RAT The spread of the Ebola virus beyond West Africa and into several European countries and the USA has…
October 31, 2014
Week in review 31 October 2014 In case you missed it, MailShark was listed in NetworkWorld new products of the week. We are item 14 in…
October 30, 2014
Crowti ransomware spike In a blog post dated 28/10/2014, Microsoft has warned of an uptick in the rate of detection of Crowti ransomware. According…
October 29, 2014
US-CERT warning over Dyre banking malware The Dyre phishing campaign is continuing apace, to the extent that the US-CERT has now issued a warning…
October 28, 2014
SMTP being used for Shellshock attacks Shellshock is refusing to go away. Over the last few days a new method of attack using Simple…
October 27, 2014
Apple issues warnings on iCloud phishing Following a wave of phishing attacks, Apple has issued an advisory for users of its iCloud service. Apple…
October 24, 2014
Pawn Storm using spear and website phishing Yesterday Trend Micro released a white paper detailing comprehensive attacks launched against specific targets including ACADEMI (formerly…
October 24, 2014
Week in review 24 October 2014 This week, a chess manoeuvre called “Pawn Storm” gave its name to a complex, sophisticated cyber attack targeting…
October 23, 2014
Koler ransomware new version spread via SMS Koler.A is a form of Android ransomware that was first identified in May 2014. The initial version…
October 22, 2014
Dyre spam attack Patching systems and software should be a high priority for any organisation. Older vulnerabilities are often easy prey for attackers seeking…