A new malware threat group, called BlackEnergy, has been gaining momentum over the last week. Its attacks are widespread and growing across Europe, Middle East, Asia and the US, impacting Linux systems, Cisco hardware and industrial controls like Windows SCADA.Ken Bechtel, malware research analyst at Tenable, has issued the following warning:
In a new blog post from Proofpoint security researchers their recent detection of a very high volume of phishing emails spreading the Dridex banking Trojan is analysed.
The post explains that over the space of three days in late October, Proofpoint detected hundreds of thousands of phishing emails with malicious Microsoft Word attachments. Automated analysis followed by additional examination by their threat analysts revealed that these documents contained malicious macros that downloaded an executable that would in turn download and install Dridex.
Following the news that a new malware targeting Apple products is mostly affecting Chinese users, Gavin Millard, EMEA Technical Director at Tenable Network Security writes:
Loss prevention investments are costing retailers £3.3 billion to keep shrink down
London, England: Shrink, comprised of shoplifting, employee theft, vendor or supplier fraud, and administrative errors cost the retail industry more than £81 billion worldwide in 2013 , £2.7 billion in the UK alone, according to the latest Global Retail Theft Barometer. This represents 0.97% of all UK retailer sales, on average.
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