The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) once again sounded the alarm in mid-December about the latest Social Security Number (SSN) scam that continues…
Month: January 2019
Ryuk ransomware attacks businesses over the holidays
While families gathered for food and merriment on Christmas Eve, most businesses slumbered. Nothing was stirring, not even a mouse—or so…
Australia’s Early Warning Network compromised
An early warning network designed to notify subscribers about dangerous weather in Australia has been compromised. The hacker sent many bogus…
A week in security (December 31, 2018 – January 6, 2019)
Last week on Labs, we looked back at 2018 as the year of data breaches, homed in on pre-installed malware on…
Vidar and GandCrab: stealer and ransomware combo observed in the wild
We have been tracking a prolific malvertising campaign for several weeks and captured a variety of payloads, including several stealers. One…
The new landscape of pre-installed mobile malware: malicious code within
Here’s a scary thought: Mobile devices may soon come with pre-installed malware on required system apps. While it might sound like…