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Ransomware on the Rise: The alarming trend and how to combat it.

Jon — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 02:34:42 +0000

An ominous splash screen, missing files and, naturally, a ransom note demanding payment: the calling card of a particularly vicious strain of cyberattack known as ransomware. Aptly named, ransomware is a type of malware that aims to encrypt files on your device or network. The cybercriminals then demand payment—usually in the form of bitcoin, which accounts for 98% of all ransomware payments—in exchange for decryption codes […]

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Why Privacy Policies Aren’t What They Seem: Leveraging Global Threat Intel to Keep Your Mobile Data Safe

Jon — Thu, 28 May 2020 17:58:07 +0000

Cyber criminals are more active than ever, which means protecting your data has never been more important. One in three websites related to the outbreak of coronavirus launched this year are scams. Of the 300,000 websites related to the virus launched globally since Jan 9, 2020, almost 100,000 have been declared “malicious” and designed to fool […]

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RiskAnalytics’ browser extension helps keep data secure from anywhere during COVID-19 outbreak

Jon — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 10:34:23 +0000

Coronavirus has quickly forced businesses to switch to remote work, leaving millions of devices vulnerable and causing an uptick in phishing campaigns. Thanks to ShadowNet, companies and remote workers finally have the tools they need to help keep their personal and professional data secure. RiskAnalytics—the company behind the AutoShun and Malware Domains communities— produces real-time, […]

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Meltdown and Spectre: Apply software updates

Jon — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 21:19:54 +0000

This week, a set of vulnerabilities were disclosed that document fundamental flaws in most modern computer processors. Meltdown and Spectre flaws rely on an attacker being able to run arbitrary code on your computer, however, this can be trivial, as researchers were able to exploit these vulnerabilities with JavaScript in a web browser. Almost everyone […]

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New Releases: ShadowNet API & RAForce Assets Monitoring Panel

Jon — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 16:56:09 +0000

New Releases: ShadowNet API & RAForce Assets Monitoring Panel RiskAnalytics’ primary goal is to protect our customers. We believe that blocking, detection and visibility are key to that mission. This week, we made improvements to the ShadowNet Customer API and the RAForce portal to provide more response capabilities to your IT staff. ShadowNet Customer API […]

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New router BotNet attempting to exploit Joomla Vulnerabilities

Jon — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 16:00:47 +0000

As of Monday September 11, RA Labs is tracking a nascent BotNet that appears to consist mostly of exploited routers. While it bears some similarity to other popular telnet “IoT” BotNets, we have not yet determined which family this one belongs to. At first, our team thought it might have been related to the D-Link 850 […]

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The Human Firewall

Jon — Wed, 06 Sep 2017 21:09:55 +0000

Traditionally firewalls have been considered the edge of a network perimeter, and the first line of defense against cyber attacks. Firewalls, however, can only be as effective as the weakest link in the security chain. Often, the weakest link is on your payroll. This is especially problematic for small to medium size business who, according […]

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Andromeda command-and-control on SourceForge

Jon — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 20:11:47 +0000

by Seth Elo We are no strangers to online code repositories and social media being abused for malicious intents. Attackers will use services like these in hopes to make their malware harder to detect, easier to manage, and give their bot’s C2 communications a lower chance of being blocked. Recently, RA Labs found a novel implementation of these practices. […]

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Petya Ransomware

Jon — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 20:31:17 +0000

In the last half of 2016, the rise of ransomware became a force to be reckoned with, with several new variants being discovered weekly. That trend has shown no signs of stopping in 2017. With one of the latest variants – called Petya by parts of the security community – it’s clear that attackers are […]

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Coming To a Break Room Near You: Point-of-sale malware

Jon — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 20:27:22 +0000

Coming To a Break Room Near You: Point-of-sale malware by Noah Dunker At about 6:00 AM on July 4th, 2017 RiskAnalytics’ ThreatSweep platform identified a break room vending kiosk at a customer’s office that had been infected with a point-of-sale malware family that’s been called PoSeidon and FindPOS by various vendors since its initial discovery in 2015. […]

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