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Corporate Crime and Hospital Hacks – Locky Shuts Down Businesses

Viral pandemics are certainly cause for a hospital to declare a “state of emergency.” But in the case of Methodist Hospital in Kentucky, the virus that caused the “internal state of emergency” didn’t relate to hundreds of patient-filled stretchers… In this instance, Locky had infected the hospital’s entire computer system,

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Bitcoin Phishing Targets Users via Google AdWords

As we have pointed out several times, cybercrime is a business, and running a malware or phishing campaign does require some financial investment by the bad actors. Rental of botnets, purchase of exploit kits, and acquisition of compromised site lists are all expenses that need to be covered by the

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Cyren’s May 2016 Cyberthreat Report – Overview

Over the last few years, we’ve repeatedly reported on the fact that cybercriminals are stealthy, smart, and sophisticated. They’re building global organized cybercrime syndicates and, with one simple piece of malware, can generate millions of dollars in just a few days. Like any aggressive business, they’re capable of altering their

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Ransomware — Protect Yourself or Pay

Locky Ransomware in 2016  Ransomware has surged dramatically this year with the launch of a new variant called “Locky.” Delivered via massive malicious spam blasts (malspam), Locky represented 40% of all malware distributed worldwide during the first quarter of 2016. And as these attacks have become more sophisticated, attackers are

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Virus Bulletin: Keeping Up with the Stegoloader Trojan

As CYREN’s GlobalView security cloud churns through billions of pieces of information every day, our researchers are busy examining how certain threats work in order to make the whole automated system continuously smarter. Certain threats we find represent marked “advances” in intrusion techniques. A deep dive on the mechanics of

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