RSS_Virtulization

What do social media companies really know about you? It’s a fair question. And the quick answer is this: the more you use social media, the more those companies likely know.  The moment you examine the question more closely, the answer takes on greater depth. Consider how much we use social media for things other than connecting with friends. While that was the original intent behind social networks, the role of social media has since evolved into something far more…

The European police force stated the ransomware activities targeted critical infrastructures and mostly large corporations. nicescene, Getty Images/iStockphoto Europol, the European police agency, announced today the arrests of 12 people involved in ransomware activities across the world. The alleged cybercriminals are believed to have affected over 1,800 victims in 71 countries according to Europol’s press release; those victims are mostly large corporations and critical infrastructures. Norwegian National Criminal Investigation Service, commonly known as Kripos, communicated…

A man from Minnesota has been charged with hacking four major American professional sports leagues and defrauding them of millions of dollars by illegally streaming copyrighted live games. St. Louis Park resident Joshua Streit, who is also known as Josh Brody, allegedly intruded into the computer systems of the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Football League (NFL), the National Hockey League (NHL), and Major League Baseball (MLB) using login credentials misappropriated from legitimate users. The 30-year-old…

RED74, a managed security services provider based in New Jersey, has been acquired by cybersecurity consulting and managed services firm Cerberus Cyber Sentinel Corporation. The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed when the deal was announced on Thursday. RED74 is a privately held company whose clientele are primarily in the financial services and distribution/warehouse management sectors. It was launched in the summer of 2009 and operates from an office in Pennington. The company’s team provides information…

AbstractEmu is a new Android malware that can root infected devices to take complete control and evade detection with different tricks. Security researchers at the Lookout Threat Labs have discovered a new Android malware, dubbed AbstractEmu, with rooting capabilities that is distributed on Google Play and prominent third-party stores (i.e. Amazon Appstore and the Samsung Galaxy Store). The malware code abstraction and anti-emulation checks of avoid analysis. “We named the malware “AbstractEmu” after its use of code abstraction and…

Law enforcement agencies in the United States have searched the Florida premises of a Chinese payment-terminal provider. A warehouse and offices belonging to multinational Pax Technology were scoured by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Homeland Security, and other agencies on Tuesday after concerns were reportedly raised over the company’s security. The FBI said that the search at the site in Jacksonville had been undertaken “in furtherance of a federal investigation.” Pax was founded two…

Don’t play around with Squid Game phishing emails. Netflix Watch out for emails pushing Squid Game-themed Halloween costumes, online games and even sneak previews of a potential second season. Cybersecurity researchers say they may be carrying dangerous malware. Earlier this week Kaspersky researchers reported that, starting in September, they found several dozen malicious files online posing as content related to the popular Netflix show. But in reality most of the files contained trojan downloaders bent…