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Webroot Protects against Bad Rabbit
Bad Rabbit is a well-made piece of malware that uses a lot of clever tricks to spread, similar to NotPetya, which affected customers across the globe this summer.
Although Webroot customers are protected against Bad Rabbit, we recommend all users to maintain good cyber hygiene:
- Limit Admin account usage to only employees who need it.
- Don’t use easily guessable passwords.
- Update Windows – Ransomware authors take advantage of unpatched systems.
- Backup your data. Ransomware is crippled entirely if you have a backup copy of your data.
Get the full story to preserve your cyber hygiene!
Microsoft Takes Jab Back at Google's Security Team
No good deed remains unpunished, they say, and so is the case of the recent spat between Google and Microsoft's security teams.
Google's Project Zero, a team of security analysts tasked with finding zero-day vulnerabilities, publicly reported flaw after flaw in Microsoft products like Internet Explorer, Edge, Windows Defender, and the Windows operating system itself.
Read the full back and forth!
Millions download botnet-building malware from Google Play
Researchers have discovered a new batch of malicious apps on Google Play, some of which have been downloaded and installed on some
2.6 million devices!
The malware, dubbed Sockbot, was found hiding in eight apps on Google Play, all offered by a single developer account. Even though the apps were used to generate illegitimate ad revenue, the botnet herders could have forced the devices to participate in attacks.
Be careful when considering what apps to install!
Google wants bug hunters to probe popular Android apps for bugs
Speaking of Google Play, Google has started another bug bounty initiative: the Google Play Security Reward Program.
“Developers of popular Android apps are invited to opt-in to the program, which will incentivize security research in a bug bounty model. The goal of the program is to further improve app security which will benefit developers, Android users, and the entire Google Play ecosystem,” Google noted.
Get the full scoop and become a bug hunter yourself!
Nearly 100 Whole Foods Locations Affected by Card Breach
Amazon-owned Whole Foods Market informed customers last week that a recent hacker attack aimed at its payment systems affected nearly 100 locations across the United States.
The malware planted on PoS systems was designed to collect cardholder names, account numbers, card expiration dates, and internal verification codes.
Get all the details and the full list of affected locations!
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