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Our reliance on fossil fuels is set to decrease dramatically in the next couple of decades. The State of California, for instance, recently announced plans to ban the sale of new gas-powered vehicles by the year 2035 ― just 15 years from now ― forcing us all to go electric. While this obviously means huge […] more…Tracing fresh Ryuk campaigns itw
Ryuk is one of the most dangerous Ransomware families. It is (allegedly) run by a specialized cybercrime actor that during the last 2 years mainly focused on targeting enterprise environments. The amount of bitcoins demanded in their ransom attacks varies depending on the target. Some of the wallets used by the group to collect the […] more…SAS@Home is back this fall
The world during the pandemic prepares many surprises for us. Most of them are certainly unpleasant: health risks, inability to travel or meet old friends. One of these unpleasant surprises awaited us in the early spring, when the organizing team of the beloved SAS conference were forced to announce that the event would be postponed […] more…How Unsecure gRPC Implementations Can Compromise APIs, Applications
By David Fiser (Security Researcher) Enterprises are turning to microservice architecture to build future-facing applications. Microservices allow enterprises to efficiently manage infrastructure, easily deploy updates or improvements, and help IT teams innovate, fail, and learn faster. It also allows enterprises to craft applications that can easily scale with demand. Additionally, as enterprises switch architectures — […] more…Facebook, Google Step Up Election Protection Efforts
Facebook on Thursday launched its voting information center as internet platforms unveiled fresh moves to protect the November US election from manipulation and interference. The hub was described as central to defending against deception and confusion in what promises to be an election roiled by the pandemic and efforts to dupe voters. read more more…DDoS attacks in Q2 2020
News overview Not just one but two new DDoS amplification methods were discovered last quarter. In mid-May, Israeli researchers reported a new DNS server vulnerability that lurks in the DNS delegation process. The vulnerability exploitation scheme was dubbed “NXNSAttack”. The hacker sends to a legitimate recursive DNS server a request to several subdomains within the […] more…Federal Program Offers New Cybersecurity Tool for Elections
State and local officials are receiving additional tools from the federal government to help defend the nation’s election systems from cyberthreats ahead of the November vote, as intelligence officials continue to warn about foreign efforts to interfere in the U.S. election. read more more…How to Keep Your Celebrations Happening – Virtually & Safely!
2020 has certainly been the year of the ‘new normal’. Our new life in which we stay home and socially distance has affected the way we work and learn but just as importantly, the way we celebrate! Without a doubt, the video call saved the day while we all stayed home and socially distanced. Work […] more…I did not know you could do X, Y, Z with VirusTotal
TL;DR: VirusTotal is hosting an EMEA webinar on June 4th showcasing our advanced threat enrichment and threat hunting capabilities, register for the webinar, it is free. “I did not know you could do X, Y, Z with VirusTotal”, this is the most common feedback that we hear coming from our users whenever we jump in […] more…Is Your Child Being Cyberbullied? What Parents Need to Know
In this season of social distancing, teens need their friends more than ever. Daily digital connection — through texting, video chat, social networks, and gaming — is critical to keeping friend groups strong. But could increased time online these days lead to an increase in cyberbullying? While there isn’t data to answer that question definitively, […] more…DDoS attacks in Q1 2020
News overview Since the beginning of 2020, due to the COVID-2019 pandemic, life has shifted almost entirely to the Web — people worldwide are now working, studying, shopping, and having fun online like never before. This is reflected in the goals of recent DDoS attacks, with the most targeted resources in Q1 being websites of […] more…No election security funding in latest round of stimulus funding
While the economic and social fallout of the coronavirus captures virtually all federal, state and local policymaking resources, the US is quickly moving into a critical election season with election safety and security issues still unresolved. Yesterday, the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to pass the latest in a string of coronavirus-related bills, a $484 […] more…iOS exploit chain deploys LightSpy feature-rich malware
A watering hole was discovered on January 10, 2020 utilizing a full remote iOS exploit chain to deploy a feature-rich implant named LightSpy. The site appears to have been designed to target users in Hong Kong based on the content of the landing page. Since the initial activity, we released two private reports exhaustively detailing […] more…VirusTotal MultiSandbox += QiAnXin RedDrip
VirusTotal would like to welcome QiAnXin RedDrip to the multi-sandbox project! QiAnXin is now sending execution behavior reports to the VirusTotal ecosystem for a wide variety of file types. In their own words: QiAnXin RedDrip Sandbox, developed by QI-ANXIN Threat Intelligence Center, is a cloud‐based malware analysis service provided to security researchers, analysts as well […] more…Presidential campaigns taking email security more seriously–not so much at the local level
The 2020 election season got off to what could be a record-setting rocky start with delays in the reporting of the Iowa caucus results due to a poorly developed app. The failure of the mobile IowaReporterApp developed for the Democratic party by a company called Shadow, Inc., followed by revelations that the app was riddled […] more…VirusTotal Graph++
Just 2 years ago we launched the first version of VirusTotal Graph. The goal was to provide a tool which understands the relationship between files, URLs, domains and IP addresses, and an easy interface to pivot and navigate over them. To continue in this direction, today, we are releasing a set changes to help your […] more…More information
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