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Locky Botnet Down – Daily Security Byte EP. 272 by Corey Nachreiner I ended last week’s Daily Bytes on a positive note with news of a big botnet going down. Watch Friday’s video to learn what this means for two popular malware variants. (Episode Runtime: 2:15) Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34_RZ-jsfmc EPISODE REFERENCES: • World’s largest... Continue reading→

Twitter Password Dump – Daily Security Byte EP. 271 by Corey Nachreiner It feels like there has been an endless flood of social network credential leaks on the underground lately. Well, add yet another to the list. Today’s video talks about criminals selling 32 million cleartext Twitter passwords online. Watch to learn whether or not... Continue reading→

Advanced Lingering Malware – Daily Security Byte EP. 270 by Corey Nachreiner Microsoft’s Background Intelligent Transfer Service helps Windows and other programs quietly deliver updates in the background, without taxing your network bandwidth. Unfortunately, cyber criminals have also figured out how to exploit it to continually reinstall malware on a cleaned computer. Watch the video... Continue reading→

Morphing Ransomware Factory – Daily Security Byte EP. 269 by Corey Nachreiner In past videos, I’ve talked about how malware variants often “morph” to evade signature-based malware detection. Today’s video covers research showing just how often attackers change their ransomware variants. Watch to learn why you need better ways to catch modern malware and ransomware.... Continue reading→

Wireless 802.11 Car Hack – Daily Security Byte EP. 268 by Corey Nachreiner Connecting cars to the Internet through GSM cellular networks already proved dangerous, but what if you built a wireless access point into your car? Watch today’s video to learn how car thieves might exploit the latest car hacking research. (Episode Runtime: 3:44)... Continue reading→