The Mirai malware which infects Linux-based IoT devices to form large-scale DDoS botnets has recently been discovered infecting commercial-grade Linux servers, according to a recent report from Netscout. Commercially-hosted linux servers have significantly more network bandwidth and could be used to launch far more damaging Denial-of-Service (Dos) attacks against other Internet-based hosts. Exploiting a vulnerability […]
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In the past couple of weeks a new malware infection has been doing the rounds which has affected thousands of Google Play Store users. In early July it emerged that an organised cyber crime group infiltrated the Google Play store and uploaded a number of different apps containing the Anubis banking malware, which is a
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We are pleased to announce that SecureTeam are now an accredited Certification Body under the UK government’s Cyber Essentials scheme. The Cyber Essentials scheme was set up in 2014 as a security initiative led by the UK government’s National Cyber Security Centre. The scheme provides businesses and organisations of all sizes to show their commitment
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A massive security breach in Norway’s Health South-East Regional Health Authority may have exposed the personal health records of 2.9 million people. Covering ten counties, Health South-East RHA is responsible for the health care of 57% of Norway’s population. In 2013, Norway cemented their reputation for excellence in healthcare when they were placed first on
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The global hotel chain Hyatt Hotels informed their customers this week that their credit card details may have been stolen as a direct result of a recent security breach. Chuck Floyd (Global President of Operations for Hyatt Hotels) revealed in a statement that the security breach took place between March 18, 2017 and July 2, 2017
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This week, we saw a new vulnerability surface which affects users of all currently supported Microsoft Office applications. Security researchers at Qihoo 360 Core Security first detected the vulnerability being exploited ‘in-the-wild’ on 28th September, 2017. In a blog post on 10th October, 2017, a representative for Qihoo wrote “The attack only targeted limited customers. The
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In this week’s Patch Tuesday update (dated 10th October, 2017), Microsoft have released patch for a vulnerability which affects multiple versions of the Windows operating system and could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code through specially-crafted DNS responses. The CVE-2017-11779 vulnerability was discovered by Nick Freeman (a security researcher at BishopFox), who identified the
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