New version of Mayhem exploiting Shellshock Back in July, researchers at Yandex published their findings about a strain of malware specific to Linux and UNIX systems. The malware, called Mayhem, uses a PHP installation script, and is designed to be easily extendable to include extra modules. The extra modules can be downloaded when (and if)…
Week in review 10 October 2014 Company News In case you missed it last week, MailShark became an NCSAM champion. The full text of the announcement is here. Security News Once again, Shellshock was in the news this week. It was almost inevitable, given the penetration of Linux and UNIX systems on the web. There…
Tyupkin malware used to steal cash from ATMs Recently there have been indications that criminals have developed a sophisticated form of attack using malware installed on PCs running ATM software. The malware (dubbed Tyupkin) has been installed on at least 50 ATMs in Europe, and has resulted in the theft of millions of dollars in…
The impact of spam on business operations How much does spam actually impact business? Rather substantially, as it turns out. Help Net Security have reported on the findings of a survey by GFI software. The survey was done in the US, and consisted of 200 firms, with company size varying from a minimum of 5…
QNAP NAS latest bash casualty The bash shellshock vulnerability was first published last week. This week has seen both a flurry of patching and/or disabling of services, and the first exploits. Whilst servers are the main target of bash patching, there has been a growing awareness that other systems that use bash (in particular embedded…
Week in review 3 October 2014 This week, MailShark made an announcement about our latest customer. You can read the full text of the announcement in our news section. Security News It was probably to be expected that Shellshock would be the main news this week. Whilst at MailShark we have a focus on email borne threats,…
MailShark Becomes National Cyber Security Awareness Month 2014 Champion 3rd October 2014 — MailShark today announced that it has become a Champion of National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) 2014, joining a growing global effort among colleges and universities, businesses, government agencies, associations and non-profit organizations to promote online safety awareness. Celebrated every October, National…
Snapchat users fed weight loss spam If you are on Snapchat and start receiving messages from friends suggesting you need to lose weight, don’t be concerned. There has been an issue with Snapchat accounts sending out weight loss spam messages. The messages contain a website address that is registered in the name of the former…
~ MailShark Announcement – Colombia Clients 2 October 2014 The Team at MailShark would like to thank our new clients in Colombia for signing up with us, and for allowing us to “Safeguard” their business emails. Now our clients have the peace of mind and security their business and partners deserve, when sending and receiving…
Point of Sale and Malware Point of Sale has come under scrutiny in 2013 and 2014, particularly in the USA, where several large data breaches have taken place. These data breaches have involved theft of credit and/or debit card details. The cause of these breaches has been traced back to malware that has been installed…
