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Prometei botnet is targeting ProxyLogon Microsoft Exchange flaws

Security Affairs

A deep investigation on artifacts uploaded on VirusTotal allowed the experts to determine that the botnet may have been active at least since May 2016. The crypto-mining has a modular structure and employes multiple techniques to infect systems and evade detection. ” reads the analysis published by Cybereason.

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MY TAKE: Why DDoS weapons will proliferate with the expansion of IoT and the coming of 5G

The Last Watchdog

Three years later, October 2016, a DDoS attack, dubbed Mirai, topped 600 gigabytes per second while taking aim at the website of cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs. This attacker easily located IoT devices that used the manufacturers’ default security setting. His blog, Krebs on Security , was knocked down alright.

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Weekly podcast: 2018 end-of-year roundup

IT Governance

The year started with the revelation of Spectre and Meltdown – major security flaws affecting processors manufactured by Intel, ARM and AMD. that the crooks were only able to mine a paltry $24 – which Coinhive refused to pay out anyway. For more information on each story, simply follow the links in the transcript on our blog.

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Part 1: OMG! Not another digital transformation article! Is it about understanding the business drivers?

ARMA International

ARMA defines information as “Data that has been given value through analysis, interpretation, or compilation in a meaningful form” (ARMA 2016, p 28). ARMA defines data as “Any symbols or characters that represent raw facts or figures and form the basis of information” (ARMA 2016, p 12). ARMA (2016). Data Analytics.

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14 steps to a digital business

CGI

Tue, 02/23/2016 - 03:49. If all we have are opinions, let’s go with mine.”. 14 steps to a digital business. ravi.kumarv@cgi.com. When Steve Jobs took over at Apple in 1997, one of his first decisions was to get rid of the Apple Museum in the foyer. He said he didn’t want to be in a company that was living in its past.

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IoT Unravelled Part 3: Security

Troy Hunt

Yeah, me either, because most of mine are probably like yours: the simplest electrical devices in the house. There's no consistency across manufacturers or devices either in terms of defaulting to auto-updates or even where to find updates.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Healthcare

ForAllSecure

For example, in March of 2016, two researchers, Mike Ahmadi and Billy Rios independently reported an astounding fourteen hundred vulnerabilities to CareFusion's Pyxis SupplyStation, an automated, networked, supply cabinet used to store and dispense supplies. Unfortunately, in the world of medical devices, such stories aren’t uncommon.

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