Tag: october
How Windows 11 Will Leave Millions of PCs Behind
[Update: Microsoft says they have been contacted by affected customers and will not be releasing the security patch. On the eve of the Windows version 11 (codenamed RTM) release, security researchers at The Piranha Team wrote a blog post detailing the vulnerabilities behind the ransomware attacks Microsoft has been reporting for months, which they dubbed…
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The Graphics Card Market in 2021
Hard, indeed. The graphics card market has seen steady growth for the past few years and is expected to reach $13 billion in 2021. But, how will this market grow? We break down GPU cards available now, their price, and which brands they feature. Read on to see how you can get the best deal…
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Russian Hackers Are Using VPN and Tor to Spy Globally
Russian hackers are using VPN & Tor to spy globally. They have been using encrypted VPN & Tor services to access targets that are located in Iran, Iraq & Afghanistan in a systematic way,” said a statement by Russian security firm Istituto per le Telecomunicazioni,” noting that the group has managed to access targets through…
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DoD Network Security Strategies – The Zero Trust, Identity Management and DOD Network Security Strategies
A paper presented at the 2015 Information Warfare Symposium (January 26, 2015) was co-authored by Christopher “Mongo” Anderson, who is an independent consultant specializing in military analysis and network security. The paper discusses what the United States should be doing to mitigate the threat of cyberwarfare, using current technologies to keep its military network secure.…
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OCC Launches Cyber Security Course
Owens Community College has launched a computer security seminar to help students prepare for the challenging world of cyber security. Students can register for the upcoming course by the OCC cyber security class website. Classes begin on October 8, 2018 at 16:30 pm. The course has no prerequisites, although previous knowledge of computer programming is…
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Gozi Trojan Distributors in Colombia
The government of Colombia has arrested at least four Gozi Trojan distributors and seized their computers in several localities in the country. The computer experts arrested have been identified as Ivan Sánchez-Viejo, Guillermo Sánchez-Viejo, Jaime Sánchez-Viejo and Alberto Sánchez-Viejo. The Gozi gang is responsible for distributing computer viruses throughout the world. The Gozi group was…
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Huawei and Tencent in the Top 50 of the CCSA Security Report
Huawei and Tencent have been named in the Top 50 of the China Communications Security Administration’s (CCSA) security report, China’s first annual ranking of Chinese ISPs. Huawei and Tencent are ranked 35th and 44th, respectively, according to the report. The two companies are also included in the top 50 of the report’s list of top…
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Ransomware Attack – How to Decrypt a Ransom Note
There is an ongoing ransomware outbreak. It has a number of similarities to the notorious Ransomware attack on October 2013. We are reporting new links and analysis relating to the campaign. The first phase of the attack was launched in December 2015 and by January 2016 two of the groups involved in the attack had…
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Article Title: Babuk Ransomware Attack Could Affect Most Windows Systems
“Babuk Ransomware was first reported on July 21 by Russian security firm FireEye, with the first sample files being sent to users in October. The malware was downloaded thousands of times and the latest version can be downloaded from the file archive. The latest version is 4. 1 and was downloaded at 10:48am GMT on…
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