Category: News

From 2-spyware.com

Instant Access Dialer, otherwise known as Dialer:Win32/InstantAccess, is a malicious program that is designed to change the settings of a dialup connection. By doing so, the virus is able to automatically connect to a website that uses premium dialup costs, consequently resulting in serious financial losses for the victim.

If you are using a dialup connection for your internet, this malware is a dangerous threat for you, and you should take precautionary measures to avoid it in the future. If you are already infected, check the information in this article in order to restore your normal settings and remove the Instant Access Dialer virus for good.

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From cyberscoop.com

Hackers are using a new, malleable malicious document builder to run their criminal schemes, according to Intel 471 research published Tuesday.

The document builder, known as EtterSilent, has been advertised in a Russian cybercrime forum and comes in two versions, according to the research. One exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Office, CVE-2017-8570, and one uses a malicious macro.

One version of EtterSilent imitates the digital signature product DocuSign, though when targets click through to electronically sign documents, they are prompted to enable macros. This allows the attackers to target victims with malware.

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From helpnetsecurity.com

IT security budgets are spiralling out of control as organizations adapt to the everywhere workplace, an Ivanti survey reveals.

92% of CISOs highlighted the need to deploy additional security measures to better enable and secure employees as they work from anywhere as the primary budget growth driver. 80% of CISOs also pinpointed the need to replace passwords with more secure forms of authentication.

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From theregister.com

IBM has announced a COBOL compiler for Linux on x86.

News of the offering appeared in an announcement that states: “IBM COBOL for Linux on x86 1.1 brings IBM’s COBOL compilation technologies and capabilities to the Linux on x86 environment,” and describes it as “the latest addition to the IBM COBOL compiler family, which includes Enterprise COBOL for z/OS and COBOL for AIX.”

COBOL – the common business-oriented language – has its roots in the 1950s and is synonymous with the mainframe age and difficulties paying down technical debt accrued since a bygone era of computing.

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From theregister.com

Engineers and scientists working on American military research programs can now access RISC-V processor core designs and associated blueprints through DARPA’s Toolbox, and use the technology in their prototypes and experiments.

The RISC-V chip designs will be provided by SiFive, which late last week announced a Toolbox licensing agreement with DARPA aka the US government’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

Toolbox attempts to lower the barriers and costs for entry into the world of chip design and manufacturing, at least for DARPA projects.

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From tenable.com

All businesses can significantly boost their information security by implementing fundamental elements of cybersecurity – vulnerability scanning, patch application, antivirus and anti-malware tools, firewalls and companywide security policies featuring well-established best practices. These should all be standard procedures for your company, given the risks businesses face today (which are considerable, as we saw in part one of this series). 

That said, those measures shouldn’t be your organization’s be-all, end-all, at least not across the board. In part two of our deep dive into cyber hygiene, we’ll take a look at the more substantial (and, in some cases, more complex) factors you should consider when looking to devise a truly effective infosec strategy for your business. 

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From securityaffairs.co

H2 2020 – Kaspersky observed an increase in ransomware attacks on industrial control system (ICS) systems in developed countries.

Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has published the Industrial Control System Threat Landscape report for H2 2020 which is based on statistical data collected by the distributed antivirus Kaspersky Security Network (KSN). 

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