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McAfee: Trend indicates 2017 will be bumper year for new malware

Network World

A cycle of increasing new malware is well underway and could last the rest of this year if a trend established over the past two years continues. Defenders enjoyed a nine-month dip in malware innovation last year, but that’s over with, according to a cycle identified by McAfee Labs.

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IBM: Financial services industry bombarded by malware, security threats

Network World

Financial institutions were forced to defend against a 29 percent increase in the number of attacks from 2015, IBM stated. More on Network World: IBM: Tax-related spam up 6,000% since Dec.; The number of financial services records breached skyrocketed 937% in 2016 to more than 200 million.

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Over 100 DDoS botnets built using Linux malware for embedded devices

Network World

LizardStresser, the DDoS malware for Linux systems written by the infamous Lizard Squad attacker group, was used over the past year to create over 100 botnets, some built almost exclusively from compromised Internet-of-Things devices. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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IDG Contributor Network: 7 steps to avoid getting hooked by phishing scams

Network World

High-profile hacking attacks might dominate the headlines, but one of the biggest risks to your security isn’t software vulnerabilities or malware—it’s phishing attacks. million phishing attacks last year alone, up 65 percent over 2015, according to the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG). There were more than 1.2

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RSA Conference 2015 – San Francisco 20-24 April 2015

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Seven hours of high level networking. Why you need to attend RSA Conference 2015. As the 2015 theme suggests, info security is an ever-changing industry. RSA Conference 2015 delivers an engaging experience that will inspire and empower you. The Essential Guide to Cloud Security at RSA 2015 (ciphercloud.com).

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New year's resolution for IoT vendors: Start treating LANs as hostile

Network World

In November, researchers from cybersecurity firm Invincea reported a vulnerability that could have allowed hackers to infect Belkin WeMo smart plugs with malware. The flaw was located in a configuration protocol that worked over the local area network and didn't require any authentication.

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IBM on the state of network security: Abysmal

Network World

This would put criminals on pace to make nearly $1 billion from their use of the malware just last year. The most popular types of malcode we observed in 2016 were Android malware, banking Trojans, ransomware offerings and DDoS-as-a-service vendors. The malware was named Nuclear Bot, or NukeBot , at the time.

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