The Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia has confirmed today in a press conference that several local government systems are currently down due to a ransomware infection. City officials said the ransomware infection took root earlier today, at around 5:40 AM, local time. Some systems down but crucials services still up and […]
CoinMiner Campaigns Move to the Cloud via Docker, Kubernetes
After becoming a scourge inside browsers, on desktops, and on servers, cryptocurrency-mining malware is now invading the cloud, and it appears to be quite successful. Several reports during the past month suggest malware authors are now actively looking to gain access to Docker and Kubernetes systems, two types of applications […]
Google is distributing more Meltdown and Spectre Patches for Chrome OS devices
Google announced that mitigations for devices with Intel processors that are affected by the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities will be available for latest stable channel update for Google’s Chrome OS operating system. The Meltdown and Spectre attacks could be exploited by attackers to bypass memory isolation mechanisms and access target sensitive data. The Meltdown attack could allow attackers […]
Dropbox may be valued at $8 Billion after its Initial Public Offering
The Company announced that it will be increasing its IPO price range to sell its shares for more profit by including all shares contributed by stockholders, selling in this offering, the “greenshoe” and the original IPO, Dropbox will have a cost between $7.2 billion and $7.96 billion. It’s below Dropbox’s […]
TeleRAT, a new Android Trojan that uses Telegram for data exfiltration
Security experts at Palo Alto Networks discovered a new Android Trojan dubbed TeleRAT that uses Telegram Bot API to communicate with the command and control (C&C) server and to exfiltrate data. TeleRAT appears to be originating from and/or to be targeting individuals in Iran, experts found similarities with another Android malware dubbed […]
Q4 2017 Global DDoS Threat Landscape Report
Today we are releasing our latest Global DDoS Threat Landscape Report, a statistical analysis of 5,055 network and application layer DDoS attacks mitigated by Imperva Incapsula services during Q4 2017. In Q4, the number of application layer attacks nearly doubled, just as the number of network layer assaults declined. In both cases, […]
Windows Server 2019 disponible en bêta via Windows Insider
Microsoft diffuse la bêta de Windows Server 2019 avant son lancement finale au second semestre 2019. Microsoft annonce que Windows Server 2019 est dès à présent disponible en build 17623 pour les administrateurs informatiques à des fins de test via le canal Windows Insider. La version finale sera, elle, disponible au second […]
IBM lance à son tour un assistant intelligent
Avec Watson Assistant, Big Blue propose aux entreprises une offre d’agent virtuel en marque blanche. Après Alexa, Siri ou Cortana, c’est au tour d’IBM de lancer son assistant intelligent. L’annonce a été faite lors de la conférence Think 2018 qui se déroule actuellement à Las Vegas. Cet agent virtuel s’appelle tout […]
Microsoft rapproche Dynamics et PowerApps avec une touche d’IA
Microsoft ajoute une brique marketing à son offre Dynamics 365, qui bénéficie par ailleurs d’une intégration renforcée avec le service PowerApps. La famille Dynamics 365 s’agrandit avec l’arrivée du printemps. Microsoft y a ajouté une brique d’automatisation marketing dont la disponibilité générale est annoncée pour le mois d’avril. L’éditeur répond par ailleurs à […]
TrickBot Banking Trojan Gets Screenlocker Component
The most recent version of the TrickBot banking trojan now includes a screenlocker component, suggesting the malware’s operators might soon start holding victims for ransom if infected targets don’t appear to be e-banking users. The good news is that the screenlocker mechanism is not fully functional just yet, and appears […]