A new strain of ransomware nicknamed « Bad Rabbit » has been found spreading in Russia, Ukraine and elsewhere. The malware has affected systems at three Russian websites, an airport in Ukraine and an underground railway in the capital city, Kiev. The cyber-police chief in Ukraine confirmed to the Reuters news agency […]
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Attacks against a core internet firm play havoc with some of the world’s most popular websites. Across the US on Friday, people screamed at their phones and computers and went a little crazy trying to figure out which of their favorite websites were still working. At 7 a.m. local time, […]
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Kaspersky Lab has promised to work with independent companies to conduct audits on its product source code in the future in an effort to reestablish trust in the wake of alleged involvement in US government data theft. On Monday, the company issued a brief statement that said by Q1 2018 an « internationally […]
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Two websites run by the Czech Statistical Office (CSU) were taken offline after a DDoS attack at the weekend tried to disrupt reporting of the country’s parliamentary elections. The results of the election, held on Friday and Saturday, were posted to the sites; showing billionaire Andrej Babiš’ populist ANO party […]
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Qu’est-ce qu’un « objet » ? Selon l’Union internationale des télécommunications, l’Internet des objets (IdO) est une « infrastructure mondiale pour la société de l’information, qui permet de disposer de services évolués en interconnectant des objets (physiques ou virtuels) grâce aux technologies de l’information et de la communication interopérables existantes ou en évolution ». En réalité, […]
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A new IoT botnet, supposedly more dangerous than Mirai, is spreading globally and could soon be used to target organisations worldwide. Cybersecurity firm Check Point revealed the existence of the botnet ‘Reaper,’ on Friday. The botnet shares similar characteristics to Mirai but is able to ‘evolve’ to exploit vulnerabilities in […]
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Anyone who remembers the Mirai botnet, used to cause widespread internet outages in 2016, might have been forgiven for thinking progress had been made to prevent a similar disaster. But a mysterious botnet, dubbed the « IoT Reaper, » has ballooned in recent days by taking advantage of the same vulnerable, internet-connected cameras […]
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Le plaisir des divertissements, jeux et concours en ligne peut être miné par les risques associés aux sites qui les offrent. Si vous êtes à l’affût de ces risques, vous pourrez pleinement profiter des jeux en toute sécurité. Ce dossier vous permet de connaître les risques liés au jeux vidéo […]
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Just a year after Mirai—biggest IoT-based malware that caused vast Internet outages by launching massive DDoS attacks—completed its first anniversary, security researchers are now warning of a brand new rapidly growing IoT botnet. Dubbed ‘IoT_reaper,’ first spotted in September by researchers at firm Qihoo 360, the new malware no longer […]
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This joint Technical Alert (TA) is the result of analytic efforts between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). This alert provides information on advanced persistent threat (APT) actions targeting government entities and organizations in the energy, nuclear, water, aviation, and critical manufacturing sectors. […]
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