Locky, die Ransomware, welche 2016 dominiert hat und dann in der ersten Jahreshälfte von 2017 verschwunden ist, wurde mit einer Reihe neuer Varianten in den vergangenen drei Monaten zu neuem Leben erweckt und fordert jetzt das Dreifache des Lösegelds. Ein möglicher Grund für sein Verschwinden und Wiederauftreten wurde im aktuellen

The current “Bad Rabbit” ransomware outbreak has been generating quite a bit of news, with some conflicting accounts of its origin. Clarifying here that Bad Rabbit is a variant of the widely reported “NotPetya” ransomware, which we covered in a blog earlier this year. Bad Rabbit leverages one of the

Phishing links are harmful or misleading links that are disguised in an attempt to make them look safe and normal. These links usually lead to a fake website and entice you to enter sensitive information. Other links can also contain malware, which could give cybercriminals access to all your stored

A new security vulnerability found in the Microsoft Office Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) protocol is allowing malware authors to send “macro-less” malicious attachments and potentially even “attachment-less” malicious emails and calendar invites. The implications here are significant, given that many of today’s security solutions rely on the ability to identify

Der Cyren E-Mail- Archiving-Service schützt Geschäftsmitteilungen und vereinfacht die regulatorische Compliance. Der Service wird als Teil der Unternehmens-Security- Plattform von Cyren angeboten, die Web-Security, E-Mail- Security, DNS-Security, Cloud-Sandboxing und nun auch das E-Mail- Archiving auf einer einzigen, global betriebenen Security-as- a- Service-Plattform integriert. „Unsere Kunden schätzen unsere Cloud-Kompetenz und bitten

The Cyren Email Archiving service protects business messages and simplifies regulatory compliance. The service is offered as part of Cyren’s enterprise security platform, which integrates web security, email security, DNS security, cloud sandboxing and now, email archiving, on a single globally-operated Security-as-a-Service platform. “Our customers value our cloud expertise and

If you find your CPU spiking while browsing some website, it may be you’ve just loaned your computer resources to a virtual currency mining operation. The Pirate Bay website was caught having deployed such a “miner” on its site in mid-September, which borrows its visitor’s CPU and/or graphics card resources

The second-annual Cyren-Osterman Research U.S. security survey shows a significant disconnect between rising IT security spending and a low level of confidence in current protection, among many topics covered in the 24-page report, IT Security at SMBs: 2017 Benchmarking Survey, available for free download. Security Budgets Up Sharply On average,

It shouldn’t surprise anybody to learn that cybercriminals are taking their lead from some established business service models. We wrote about Botnet distribution services here, and the concepts apply equally to other corners of the malware “industry.” In February 2016, the “Cerber” ransomware first appeared in the form of Ransomware-as-a-Service

With the recent return of Locky and continued growth of ransomware and ransomware-as-a-service, there is a good chance you personally know an individual or company that has experienced such an attack or another similar threat. If you work in the computer or security industry, you might also often be asked