Day: October 12, 2016

Surge of email attacks using malicious WSF attachments

Ransomware attack groups among the most frequent users of new tactic. Twitter Card Style:  summary_large_image Symantec has seen a major increase in the number of email-based attacks using malicious Windows Script File (WSF) attachments over the past three months. Ransomware groups in particular have been employing this new tactic. read more Source: Symantec

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Enterprises outsmarting themselves with security, while attackers easily use common techniques

Bad guys use common techniques to steal data, while companies focus too much on sophisticated attacks, according to the second annual Hacker’s Playbook, based on an analysis of nearly 4 million breach methods. Security professionals are figuring out how to block attacks from state-sponsored, advanced, persistent adversaries, said Itzik Kotler, CTO and co-founder at penetration

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