8th March 2018 resources updates
Specific Ransomware Families and Types
- Bruce Schneier: New DDoS Reflection-Attack Variant
- SecurityWeek: Memcached DDoS Attack ‘Kill Switch’ Found
- ZDnet: Memcached DDoS: This ‘kill switch’ can stop attacks dead in their tracks
An article on ransomware I contributed to ESET’s Trends 2018 report has been republished as a blog article on WeLiveSecurity. Trends 2018: The ransomware revolution
Cryptocurrency/Crypto-mining News and Resources (or Cryptocurrency/Crypto-mining News and Resources)
Microsoft: Behavior monitoring combined with machine learning spoils a massive Dofoil coin mining campaign. Rather self-congratulatory – sounds as if Microsoft stopped a campaign all by itself and Windows Defender is The Answer to crypto-mining and world hunger, but still…
*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from The AVIEN Blog authored by DHarley. Read the original post at: https://avien.net/blog/8th-march-2018-resources-updates/
