March 2nd 2018 resources update

Meltdown/Spectre – Related Resources John Cable: Update on Spectre and Meltdown security updates for Windows devices (in ‘Microsoft’ section Commentary from The Register: Microsoft lobs Skylake Spectre microcode fixes out through its Windows – Just go install Intel’s patch while we hunt the next CPU-level security flaw in Intel’s silicon ... Read More

March 1st 2018 resources update

CRYPTOCURRENCY/CRYPTO-MINING NEWS AND RESOURCES Josh Grunzweig for Palo Alto/Unit 42: Monero Miners Continue to Plague Users via Russian BitTorrent Site – “The latest identified threat comes in the form of a Russian BitTorrent site that is covertly distributing malware, primarily mining the Monero cryptocurrency, to its users.” (IN)Secure Magazine issue ... Read More

February 28th 2018 resources updates

Updates to RYPTOCURRENCY/CRYPTO-MINING NEWS AND RESOURCES Ana Dascalescu for Heimdal: What Is Cryptojacking And How To Avoid This Attack – “Find out what blockchain is, why criminals want Monero coins and how to keep safe from cryptojacking” Sophos: Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak scammed by Bitcoin fraudster “News of the incident ... Read More

February 27th 2018 resources updates

Updates for the CRYPTOCURRENCY/CRYPTO-MINING NEWS AND RESOURCES page. John Leyden for The Register: Opt-in cryptomining script Coinhive ‘barely used’ say researchers. Malwarebytes says that few sites are using the opt-in version of Coinhive (as does Troy Mursch), but Coinhive reckons that “a third of cryptomining-using websites get their users’ consent.” ... Read More

Office 365 ransomware

I just came across an article for HelpNet by Jeff Erramouspe (Spanning Cloud) on How to protect Office 365 data from ransomware attacks. Not a technical article, but not bad advice, and I haven’t publicized a how-to article on ransomware for quite a while. “Ransomware, in particular, has introduced significant ... Read More

AVIEN resource page updates 23rd February 2018

MELTDOWN/SPECTRE – RELATED RESOURCES [23rd February 2018] The Register: Intel didn’t tell CERTS, govs, about Meltdown and Spectre because they couldn’t help fix it – Letters to Congress detail the plan to keep CPU flaws secret [22nd February 2018] Help Net Security: Intel releases Spectre 2 microcode updates for Kaby ... Read More