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5 ways to stop future global malware attacks
The global WannaCry ransomware attack, which crippled hospitals, government organizations, companies and individuals around the world, didn’t have to ...
Should SaaS Companies Publish Customers Lists?
A few weeks back, HR and financial management firm Workday.com sent a security advisory to customers warning that crooks were sending targeted malware ...
Private Eye Allegedly Used Leaky Goverment Tool in Bid to Find Tax Data on Trump
In March 2017, KrebsOnSecurity warned that thieves who perpetrate tax refund fraud with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service were leveraging a widely-use ...
No, Windows XP didn't fuel WannaCry
The global WannaCry attack that started 10 days ago touched just a handful of Windows XP PCs, a security expert said Monday, contradicting the narrati ...
Verizon Patches XSS Issues in its Messaging Client
Verizon late last year patched a vulnerability in its Message+ messaging client that could have allowed an attacker to take over a session and possibl ...
IDG Contributor Network: Winning the war on ransomware
Back in the ‘70s, the United States suffered a severe oil shortage.Lines at the gas station filled city blocks. Thieves siphoned gasoline not to save ...
EternalRocks Worm Spreads Seven NSA SMB Exploits
Someone has stitched together seven of the Windows SMB exploits leaked by the ShadowBrokers, creating a worm that has been spreading through networks ...