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The threat of ransomware is ever present, but recently there have been an increase in the number of instances and types of Ransomware.

Keep your computers & anti virus up to date. Be cautious for phishing links in your emails. if you are unsure always take the safe option & delete the email rather than click the link.

Even if the email subject is invoice, overdue payment, or you have won something. If you aren't expecting it, delete it.
If need be call the company directly and follow it up, but don't use the number provided in the email (it could also be false), go directly to the company website and find the contact information.

A simple check that can be done, is to 'hover' your mouse (do not click) over the link (URL) and it will reveal the 'actual' link.

Awareness is key in the battle in stopping these and other cyber security related incidents from occurring.



https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/dhs-fbi-issue-samsam-advisory/d/d-id/1333396

https://thehackernews.com/2018/12/china-ransomware-wechat.html

New Ransomware Spreading Rapidly in China Infected Over 100,000 PCs New Ransomware Malware Spreading Rapidly in China Infected Over 100,000 Computers, and Asking Users to Pay Ransom via WeChat.

Make sure your Windows 10 PC has this update applied once its available!

https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/windows-escalation-flaw-mystery

Key Windows Tools Vulnerable to Hackers, Researcher Disappears A mysterious Twitter user revealed a previously unknown Windows security flaw, then took his or her account offline.

if yours is on the list, change it immediately!

https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/security/if-your-password-is-on-this-list-then-you-have-a-problem/news-story/8fae8029b84278137c53ec3e52ad4a00

The passwords you should avoid IN THE digital age the number of passwords you need to remember is only increasing and even though we are told each one needs to be different it is more easily said than done.

Keep your computers up to date!!

https://thehackernews.com/2018/05/synack-process-doppelganging.html

First-Ever Ransomware Found Using ‘Process Doppelgänging’ Attack to Evade Detection SynAck ransomware becomes the first-ever ransomware malware to use fileless code injection technique ‘Process Doppelgänging’ to evade detection

Email phishing scams have been around a long time, they are becoming more believable with the use of correct logos & sentences that make sense. Here is an example from NAB which a client sent to us, a couple of things to check to confirm an email can be the from address and any links provided in the content.

Look at the image below (highlighted in yellow), by just hovering your mouse over the link (DO NOT CLICK IT) the correct link can be displayed. As you can see, it clearly has nothing to do with NAB.

New ransomeware attack in Europe. Stay Safe!!

https://thehackernews.com/2017/10/bad-rabbit-ransomware-attack.html

Bad Rabbit: New Ransomware Attack Rapidly Spreading Across Europe New Bad Rabbit Ransomware Attack Is Rapidly Spreading Across Europe, Primarily in Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and German.

Make sure you are update, otherwise remove the software if you aren't using it

http://thehackernews.com/2017/09/ccleaner-hacked-malware.html

Warning: CCleaner Hacked to Distribute Malware; Over 2.3 Million Users Infected Avast-owned CCleaner servers hacked to distribute malicious version (5.33) for almost a month.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/21/foxit_reader_vulnerabilities/

Foxit PDF Reader is well and truly foxed up, but vendor won't patch We've got Safe Mode and that's safe enough, vendor tells ~400m users

WiFi problems....

http://www.computerworld.com/article/3213866/wireless-networking/testing-an-amplify-mesh-point-as-a-wi-fi-extender.html

Testing an AmpliFi mesh point as a Wi-Fi extender

https://www.sans.org/event/adelaide-2017/courses/

Adelaide 2017 (Adelaide, AU): Courses Information Security Training Adelaide, AU from SANS Institute. Cybersecurity training courses in Adelaide

Are you protected from the recent cyber security breaches?

https://www.itgovernance.co.uk/blog/list-of-data-breaches-and-cyber-attacks-in-june-2017-199-million-records-leaked/

www.itgovernance.co.uk

For those users still running Windows XP

https://www.computerworld.com.au/article/620645/microsoft-resurrects-windows-xp-patches-second-month-straight

Microsoft resurrects Windows XP patches for second month straight Microsoft today followed May's unprecedented release of security updates for expired operating systems by issuing another dozen patches for the aged Windows XP.

https://www.itgovernance.co.uk/blog/ransomware-relies-on-human-fallibility-its-time-to-patch-the-human

Ransomware relies on human fallibility – it’s time to patch the human Crypto-ransomware – malware that extorts money from victims by encrypting their files and systems until they pay a ransom – has been much in the news since WannaCry hobbled IT systems around the wo…

https://insights.sei.cmu.edu/sei_blog/2017/05/ransomware-best-practices-for-prevention-and-response.html

Ransomware: Best Practices for Prevention and Response This blog post is coauthored by Jose Morales and Angela Horneman. On May 12, 2017, in the course of a day, the WannaCry ransomware attack infected nearly a quarter million computers. WannaCry is the latest in a growing number of...

https://www.itgovernance.co.uk/blog/wannacry-ransomware-and-how-to-protect-yourself

WannaCry Ransomware and how to protect yourself This threat brief describes the WannaCry ransomware and how to protect yourself against it. We expect new variants of the ransomware to emerge throughout the week; they will seek to exploit the vul…

Look out for this!!

http://www.pcmag.com/news/353477/dont-fall-for-this-google-docs-phishing-scam?utm_source=email&utm_campaign=dailynews&utm_medium=title

Don't Fall for This Google Docs Phishing Scam The 'highly sophisticated' phishing campaign appears to have hit a number of journalists, along with individuals from other industries.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30079063

eBay and an email scam After a close brush with an email scammer, Rory Cellan Jones wonders why more is not being done to combat online fraud.

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