A selection of this week’s more interesting vulnerability disclosures and cyber security news. I’m all for raising the awareness of the risk of IoT vulnerabilities however this new idea by McAfee leaves me wondering if users will be left with
The diff98 Malware
A recent security announcement from a website scanning service highlighting malware contained within files that resemble ionCube encoded files. Reported as ‘ionCube Malware’ (incorrectly as the files aren’t produced by ionCube software), we’ve called this the diff98 malware, based on
Fakes, and how to Identify a genuine ionCube File
If asked to name brands that have trouble with fakes, you’d probably put Rolex in the top 5. You (and us) would not expect ionCube to be on any such list, yet February 2018 saw ionCube join the list of
Weekly Cyber Security News 23/02/2018
A selection of this week’s more interesting vulnerability disclosures and cyber security news. As much as botnets are a serious pain, they are nevertheless fascinating, and a couple of articles perked my interest this week. I wouldn’t say they would
Weekly Cyber Security News 16/02/2018
A selection of this week’s more interesting vulnerability disclosures and cyber security news. Normally I single out a few articles each week, however its becoming quite clear that there is an increase in cryptocurrency related attacks and attempts to mine