Ransomware is set to become the biggest threat for 2017, in this chilling promotion video you can see how easy it is to create your own ransomware and have a simple Rich Text Format (RTF) file deliver the threat. Typically sold for around USD$400 it is an attractive offer for those, […]
Monthly Archives: March 2017
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Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks increased by 45% at the end of 2016. New statistics from proofpoint a UK security vendor show that BEC attacks have increased and become more sophisticated. BEC, also known as CEO Fraud and Whaling tricks members of staff into transferring money outside of the company by spoofing […]
This may be common knowledge to some, but many people I meet don’t seem to know of the risks when it comes to PDF files. People often know how risky it is to open Word documents and website links from unknown sources, but many don’t know that PDF files can be […]
Chinese phishing hackers are deploying fake mobile base stations to bypass the malware that is normally caught by telcos. The Android malware known as the “Swearing Trojan” because of the bad language found in the code comments. The authors are already under arrest, but the fake base stations are a […]
Security researchers have discovered a malicious word document that spreads malware on either OSX or Windows operating systems. The malware attempts to trick users into enabling macros within Word, once opened a VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) script downloads a further script depending on the operating system, which then can install malware […]
