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 February 13, 2018
LATEST SECURITY NEWS & COMMENTARY
Cyberattack Aimed to Disrupt Opening of Winter Olympics
Researchers who identified malware targeting the 2018 Winter Olympics say the attackers had previously compromised the Games' infrastructure.
One in Three SOC Analysts Now Job-Hunting
The more experienced a SOC analyst gets, the more his or her job satisfaction declines, a new survey of security operations center staffers shows.
Attackers Use Infected Plug-In to Install Cryptomining Tool on Over 4200 Websites
Victims include UK's ICO, and National Health Service and USCourts.gov.
Tracking Bitcoin Wallets as IOCs for Ransomware
By understanding how cybercriminals use bitcoin, threat analysts can connect the dots between cyber extortion, wallet addresses, shared infrastructure, TTPs, and attribution.
Better Security Analytics? Clean Up the Data First!
Even the best analytics algorithms using incomplete and unclean data won't yield useful results.
Microsoft Adds Windows Defender ATP Support to Windows 7, 8.1
Microsoft brings Windows Defender ATP down-level support to older versions of Windows for businesses transitioning to Windows 10.
Google to Mark All HTTP Websites 'Not Secure'
Google will push websites to adopt HTTPS encryption by marking all HTTP sites as 'not secure' starting in July 2018.
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HOT TOPICS
New Zero-Day Ransomware Evades Microsoft, Google Cloud Malware Detection
Shurl0ckr, a form of Gojdue ransomware, was not detected on SharePoint or Google Drive.

New POS Malware Steals Data via DNS Traffic
UDPoS is disguised to appear like a LogMeIn service pack, Forcepoint says.

North Korean APT Group Employed Rare Zero-Day Attack
Recent Adobe Flash exploit discovered against South Korean targets likely purchased, not developed by the hacking group.

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EDITORS' CHOICE

8 Nation-State Hacking Groups to Watch in 2018
The aliases, geographies, famous attacks, and behaviors of some of the most prolific threat groups.
20 Signs You Need to Introduce Automation into Security Ops
Far too often, organizations approach automation as a solution looking for a problem rather than the other way around.
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BrickerBot: Internet Vigilantism Ends Don't Justify the Means
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Ramnit's Holiday Shopping Spree: Retailers & E-commerce
This past season, the authors of a traditional banking Trojan focused on what people do between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day: shop, eat, check their bank account, and entertain.

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