In 2015 and 2016 the winner was crypto-ransomware exploits. In 2017 and 2018 the most common exploit was Business Email Compromise, aka Email Account Hijacking (BEC/EAC). This is year is shaping up to be the year of the crypto-mining exploit.
Here are the crypto-mining malware programs that are the most prevalent:
I have developed some expertise around the area of WordPress security. One of my clients has a WordPress site under development, and recently the web designer changed the name of the login URL from https://clientsite.com/wp-admin to https://clientsite.com/A9u3ycGH37. Basically, the wp-admin page name had been replaced with random characters. I found out when I tried to log in using the usual URL. I wondered ...
Most victims of cyber-crime created the vulnerabilities that allowed their computer, network, email account, website, or other service get hijacked. In many cases, especially in the consumer or small business networking environments, they just don’t know what to do, or what to be looking for. But even in business network environments where IT professionals have been in charge of operations, decisions ...
Thank God this hasn’t happened here in the United States (yet). It is not for lack of trying by US law enforcement agencies, though. What am I talking about? Australia recently passed the controversial and totally STUPID anti-encryption law called Telecommunication & Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance & Access) Act of 2018 (TOLA).
TOLA is supposed to ...
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Is it a USB cable or a Trojan horse? We have come to consider Trojan horses to be malicious software these days, and part of the virtual world, But the original Trojan Horse was a very physical device. And so is this stunning USB style Trojan.
Called the O.MG Cable by its creator, Mike Grover, whose online handle is MG, this device ...
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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.From the Electric Frontier Foundation (EFF). Do you like what has happened to your cable and Internet service? In December 2017, the FCC voted to roll back the 2015 Open Internet Order, giving Internet service providers (ISPs) free reign to engage in unfair and discriminatory data practices. That decision ...
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A VPN can provide a way to keep your location private by replacing the IP address of your ISP’s gateway router with an anonymous IP from the VPN provider’s pool. It will prevent your ISP, or Google and other websites from discovering your location, tracking your activity online, or saving your search history. The contents of your communications are changed from plaintext to ...
If you are looking to protect yourself and your computer communications by using a VPN, the hardest part often is knowing where to start. There are dozens of companies providing VPN services for a fee. How can you know which one is best for you?
There are a number of features to consider when shopping for a VPN service. Some of the features to ...
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Subject: Will I see you next Tuesday?Are you able to make it to my class next Tuesday?
1:15P-2:15P
Bob Weiss | The WyzCo Group
Like most website owners, security is never at the top of our priorities. It’s only when someone we know gets hacked that we realize how common it is for websites to be compromised by malicious ...
Continue Reading →If you travel frequently, for business or personal reasons, you may need a VPN. Or if you spend a lot of time connected to public wi-fi networks in hotels, libraries, coffee shops, restaurants, airports or elsewhere, you may need a VPN. Or if you need to connect to the business (or home) network back at the office over the Internet, you may need ...