Heartbleed is a major security flaw discovered in certain versions of OpenSSL. The bug can allow attackers to eavesdrop on communications, impersonate users, or steal data thought to be encrypted and secure. Continue reading
DDoS attacks are nothing new, but the storms of traffic they use to drown targets in 2014 have grown into hurricanes. Continue reading
Hacked small businesses are rarely in the news. Your SMB clients might hear about the breach at Target, but they never hear about the local auto dealer who lost more than $20,000 to cybercrime. This gives SMBs a false sense of security. They think they are too small for hackers to bother. The truth is that they are breached far more often than large firms. Continue reading
Cryptolocker is the notorious, ransom-charging malware that continues to stop clients in their tracks. In this profile, we cover the basic info and give you a kit that can easily help you protect clients. Continue reading
Malware sites increasingly use services like Google and GoDaddy for hosting. The Washington Post even called Amazon a “hornet’s nest of malware."
These trends and others are described in the SERT Quarterly Threat Intelligence Report Q4 2013. We dig through the report to give you the top malware sites, hosting providers, and more to watch out for.
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