APTs

Hackers Using APTs To Exploit Covid-19 Fears

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the U.K. National Cyber Security Centre recently released a rare joint statement warning of the rise of APT groups using ...
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Ryuk

Ryuk: Cult Character to Ransomware Villain

If a fan of anime or manga is asked their thoughts on Ryuk, a long discussion about the character popularized in Death Note will undoubtedly follow. Ask someone in the InfoSec community ...
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Patch Tuesday, November 2019 Edition

Patch Tuesday, November 2019 Edition

Microsoft today released updates to plug security holes in its software, including patches to fix at least 74 weaknesses in various flavors of Windows and in software that runs on top of ...
Mac users warned that disabling all Office macros doesn’t actually disable all Office macros

Mac users warned that disabling all Office macros doesn’t actually disable all Office macros

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It’s been almost 25 years since macro malware first reared its head, and it would be nice to think that the defences Microsoft has built into its Office suite in the years ...
Blocks for Flash and others coming to Office 365

Blocks for Flash and others coming to Office 365

If you make use of Flash or Silverlight in your day-to-day activities, you may need to have a word with IT. For everyone else, your Office 365 experience is about to become ...
Malware analysis: decoding Emotet, part 1

Malware analysis: decoding Emotet, part 1

In the first part of this two-part analysis of Emotet, we look at the VBA code, where you'll learn how to recognize and discard "dead" code thrown in to complicate the analysis ...