Microsoft's Background Intelligent Transfer Service helps Windows and other programs quietly deliver updates in the background, without taxing your network bandwidth. Unfortunately, cyber criminals have also figured out how to exploit it to continually reinstall malware on a cleaned computer. Watch the video below to learn more. (Episode Runtime: 4:08) Direct YouTube … [Read more...]
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Brexit Email Tricks Users Into Downloading Malware
Recently, some individuals received emails that used Brexit to trick them into opening malicious office document attachments. The document’s authors must have been watching the news carefully because the file’s name was Brexit 15.11.2018.docx and the emails came around the same time as the release of the Brexit plan. Looking at the Document, we see the author of the document is … [Read more...]
Advanced Cyber Attacks and Cyber Defenses
With time and devotion, just about anything that’s conceptually realistic can come to fruition. This is how innovation and advancements take place. Start with an idea, then explore and expand on it – note that creativity is required. Eventually time and resources invested can pay off. This is true for perspectives from both good and bad stances. Good things tend to yield good … [Read more...]
The Black Swan in Security Statistics ~ Zero Day Malware
Using a risk model based on security statistics is a valid and useful approach to defending against cyber attacks. A company can decide that if one type of attack is affecting a large percentage of companies, then chances are, they may be next. The company can take steps to defend against that attack. However, sometimes past statistics are not enough and can be … [Read more...]
Machine Learning a Force-Multiplier in Malware Prevention
Every day over 1 million new viruses are discovered on the internet. The sheer volume of threats is due to the ever increasing prevalence of advanced malware designed to look completely unique in the eyes of signature-based anti-virus. Polymorphic malware produces multiple unique versions of a malicious file by automatically rearranging characters, inserting whitespace and … [Read more...]
