• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Mar-25-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on New ransomware abuses Windows PowerShell, Word document macros

A new ransomware program written in Windows PowerShell is being used in attacks against enterprises, including health care organizations, researchers warn.PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management framework that's included in Wind... Read More

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Mar-25-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Malware authors quickly adopt SHA-2 through stolen code-signing certificates

As the IT industry is working to phase out the aging SHA-1 hashing algorithm it's not just website owners and software developers who are scrambling to replace their digital certificates: Cybercriminals are following suit too.Researchers from Symant... Read More

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Mar-25-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Malware authors quickly adopt SHA-2 through stolen code-signing certificates

As the IT industry is working to phase out the aging SHA-1 hashing algorithm it's not just website owners and software developers who are scrambling to replace their digital certificates: Cybercriminals are following suit too.Researchers from Symant... Read More

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Mar-24-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Verizon’s breach experts missed one right under their noses

Verizon Enterprise, a bulwark against cyberattacks at many large organizations, has suffered a security breach itself.A flaw in the company’s systems allowed an attacker to steal contact information on Verizon Enterprise customers, the company acknowledged Thursday. Verizon said it has […]

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