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Banking Trojans and Ransomware — A Treacherous Matrimony Bound to Get Worse

February 18, 2020 jbiscaya 2 Views 0 Comments banking trojan, Botnets, Cybercrime, Cybercrime Trends, Cybercriminals, Dridex, Encryption, Fraud Protection, Gootkit, Gozi, IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS), IBM X-Force Research, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Malware, Organized Crime, Ramnit, Ransomware, Threat Intelligence, TrickBot, Trojan, URLZone

The financial malware arena became a mainstream issue a little over a decade ago with the rise of malware like

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Emotet Activity Rises as It Uses Coronavirus Scare to Infect Targets in Japan

February 5, 2020 jbiscaya 1 Views 0 Comments banking trojan, Cybercrime, Cybercrime Trends, Cybercriminals, IBM X-Force Exchange, IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS), IBM X-Force Research, Incident Response (IR), Malicious Code, Malware, Malware analysis, Microsoft Office, Spam, Spam Emails, Threat Intelligence, TrickBot, Trojan

IBM X-Force has identified a spam campaign targeting users in Japan that employs the Coronavirus scare as a lure to

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Enter Dustman: New Wiper Takes After ZeroCleare, Likely Targets Organizations in Region

January 17, 2020 jbiscaya 2 Views 0 Comments Advanced Threats, IBM X-Force Exchange, IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS), IBM X-Force Research, Malware, Malware analysis, research, Threat Intelligence, X-Force

In December 2019, IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS) released a report on new malware from the Wiper

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From Mega to Giga: Cross-Version Comparison of Top MegaCortex Modifications

January 8, 2020 jbiscaya 22 Views 0 Comments Advanced Threats, Certificate Authority (CA), Cyberattacks, Encryption, IBM X-Force Exchange, IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS), Indicator of Compromise (IoC), Malware, Malware analysis, Ransomware, Risk Management, targeted attacks, Windows, X-Force

IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS) researchers have been responding to and analyzing the MegaCortex ransomware since its

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The Uncommon Becomes Ordinary: 4 Trends That Defined Data Breaches in 2019

December 24, 2019 jbiscaya 1 Views 0 Comments Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blockchain, Cloud, Cloud Security, Cloud Services Provider, cryptocurrency, Data Breaches, Data Privacy, Data Protection, Government, IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS), Personal Data, Ransomware, Security Trends

In 2019, million-record data breaches barely made headlines while ransomware attacks crippled city governments and artificial intelligence (AI) became a

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Staying Vigilant About Retail Security Does Not End on Black Friday

December 11, 2019 jbiscaya 6 Views 0 Comments Cost of a Data Breach, Credit Card Data, Credit Card Information, Customer Experience, Data Protection, e-commerce, Endpoint Protection, Fraud, IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS), Incident Response (IR), Incident Response Plan, Network Security, Online Shopping, Penetration Testing, Point-of-Sale (POS) Systems, POS malware, Retail, Retail Data Breach, Retail Industry, Retail Security, Risk Management, X-Force

According to IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS) data, the retail service industry is the fourth most attacked

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Public Sector Security Is Lagging — How Can States and Governments Better Defend Against Cyberattacks in 2020?

December 11, 2019 jbiscaya 7 Views 0 Comments Cost of a Data Breach, Critical Infrastructure, Cyber Resiliency, Cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Data Breaches, Federal Government Security, Government, IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS), Ransomware, Risk Management, Security Awareness, X-Force

After looking into recent history and current-day security issues that affect federal and local government bodies, IBM X-Force Incident Response

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New Destructive Wiper ZeroCleare Targets Energy Sector in the Middle East

December 4, 2019 jbiscaya 12 Views 0 Comments Advanced Threats, Critical Infrastructure, Cybercrime, Energy and Utilities, Energy Industry, IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS), Identity and Access Management (IAM), Incident Response, Incident Response (IR), Incident Response Plan, Industry, Malware, middle east, Multifactor Authentication (MFA), Security Testing, Threat Intelligence, Wiper Malware, X-Force

IBM X-Force has been researching and tracking destructive malware in the Middle East for some time now, particularly in the

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The Day MegaCortex Ransomware Mayhem Was Averted

October 15, 2019 jbiscaya 3 Views 0 Comments Cybercrime, Cybercriminals, IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS), Incident Response, Incident Response (IR), Incident Response Plan, Malware, Malware analysis, Ransomware, Security Intelligence & Analytics, Threat Hunting, Threat Research, X-Force

Averting cyberattacks planned out by aggressive threat actors is no easy feat for any organization, and much less for incident

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Clone or Swap? SIM Card Vulnerabilities to Reckon With

October 10, 2019 jbiscaya 19 Views 0 Comments Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD), Fraud Protection, IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS), IBM X-Force Research, Incident Response (IR), mobile, Mobile Applications, Mobile Authentication, Mobile Device Management (MDM), Mobile Devices, Mobile Fraud, Mobile Malware, Mobile Security, Mobile Threats, X-Force

The most commonly used computer platform nowadays is no longer a desktop or a laptop — it’s a phone. According

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