The DNA of cyber security failure

As pressure on public and private sector organisations grows to protect sensitive data more effectively, the chorus of vendors promising that their security solutions can just be plugged in and pro ... Read More

New malware bypasses HTTPS

The “S” in HTTPS stands for “Secure” and infers that information exchanged between a browser and a website is not accessible to third parties. However, there are a few ways ... Read More

No environment is immune to cyber attacks

"Be it cloud, mobile or email, no environment is immune to cyber attacks. In addition, threats such as targeted Ransomware attacks, DNS attacks and Cryptominers will continue to be relevant in 2019 ... Read More

Cloud Atlas, AKA Inception, upgrades its arsenal

Cloud Atlas, an advanced persistent threat (APT), also known as Inception, has updated its attack arsenal with new tools which allow it to avoid detection through standard Indicators of Compromise. ... Read More

QNAP NAS users warned of active ransomware strain

Users of QNAP Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices have been warned that a new ransomware strain is being used in the wild to infect and encrypt documents. Originally discovered by reports f ... Read More

WhatsApp security flaws remain in play

Just months after WhatsApp confirmed that it had been hacked by bad actors who installed spyware on an unknown number of people's smartphones, Check Point Software has identified flaws in the ... Read More

New WannaLocker version discovered

WannaLocker, WannaCry’s mobile cousin, just evolved into something even more dangerous. Avast researchers have reported malware that combines WannaCry's user interface with new spyware, a ban ... Read More

MalwareTech pleads guilty, faces up to 10 years in jail

Marcus Hutchins, the white hat who found the kill switch for 2017's WannaCry ransomware outbreak, has pled guilty to two charges related to writing the UPAS Kit and Kronos malware. Sentencing for i ... Read More

Understanding the cyber threat from Russia

This article, the first in a short series, provides insights from MWR’s research, threat intelligence and investigations on cyber statecraft, beginning with Russia.

Are we at (cyber) ... Read More