17th March 2018 resources and article updates
Specific Ransomware Families and Types
- Checkpoint: The GandCrab Ransomware Mindset
- Kaspersky: GANDCRAB RANSOMWARE CROOKS TAKE AGILE DEVELOPMENT APPROACH
Cryptocurrency/Crypto-mining News and Resources
- PETER KÁLNAI and MICHAL POSLUŠNÝ for ESET (posted 14th March): Dangerous malware stealing bitcoin hosted on Download.com for years
- McAfee: McAfee Researchers Analyze Dark Side of Cryptocurrency Craze: Its Effect on Cybercrime
- Patrick Wardle: A Surreptitious Cryptocurrency Miner in the Mac App Store? > a free calender app possesses more than meets the eye!
- Graham Cluley: Calendar 2 app pulled from Mac App Store after cryptomining controversy – “APPLE APPROVED MISBEHAVING CRYPTOMINING FEATURE.”
Mac Virus (now linked from AVIEN portal): Android antics and MacOS malware
David Harley
*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from The AVIEN Blog authored by DHarley. Read the original post at: https://avien.net/blog/17th-march-2018-resources-article-updates/
