The Last Watchdog
JUNE 20, 2018
Related: Why cryptojacking is more insidious than ransomware. On the face, the damage caused by cryptojacking may appear to be mostly limited to consumers and website publishers who are getting their computing resources diverted to mining fresh units of Monero, Ethereum and Bytecoin on behalf of leeching attackers. It was insane.
eSecurity Planet
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
Given how lucrative and necessary both sectors are to daily life, they make prime targets for ransomware. In 2020 alone, 79 ransomware attacks were conducted against government entities in the U.S., costing an estimated $18.88 Much like other fields of tech, cyber crime is also constantly evolving.
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Security Affairs
AUGUST 8, 2018
Ramnit is one of the most popular banking malware families in existence today, it was first spotted in 2010 as a worm, in 2011, its authors improved it starting from the leaked Zeus source code turning the malware into a banking Trojan. DDoS attacks, ransomware-based campaigns, cryptocurrency mining campaigns).
ForAllSecure
JANUARY 15, 2021
In 2011, researcher Ang Cui showed how updates to common laser printers were not signed or otherwise authenticated, meaning that you might think you’re doing the right thing by applying an update when in reality you might be unintentionally installing malware. Vamosi: This is bad. Test your systems. Look for those bugs.
ForAllSecure
JANUARY 15, 2021
In 2011, researcher Ang Cui showed how updates to common laser printers were not signed or otherwise authenticated, meaning that you might think you’re doing the right thing by applying an update when in reality you might be unintentionally installing malware. Vamosi: This is bad. Test your systems. Look for those bugs.
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