Month: August 2018

The last few months have seen Monero (XMR) presence in the news take a low profile only to surface as one of the best performing privacy coin in a bearish market. The coin has once again become the center on a scandal involving the comic site Oatmeal ransom DDOs attack. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Cryptorecorder The post Monero (XMR) Price Surges as Ransom DDoS Attack News Hit Headlines appeared first on IT SECURITY GURU.

The first half of 2018 saw an uptick in fileless malware attacks and a downturn in ransomware attacks, for now. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Threatpost The post ThreatList: Ransomware Attacks Down, Fileless Malware Up in 2018 appeared first on IT SECURITY GURU.

A UK start-up that uses Artificial Intelligence to produce creative marketing copy is planning an expansion into the US market. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Telegraph The post Robot copywriters set to shake up ad industry as UK AI start-up targets US market appeared first on IT SECURITY GURU.

Business email compromises (BEC) — commonly referred to as CEO Fraud because the CEO’s identity is being impersonated — continues to grow and, more significantly, succeed due to the simplicity and urgency of the attacks, according to recent study from Barracuda of some 3,000 attacks. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: SC Magazine The post BEC fraud burgeoning despite training appeared first on IT SECURITY GURU.

Around two weeks ago, Microsoft released its Patch Tuesday updates for the month of August. Today, Microsoft has released another set of Windows 10 cumulative updates that contain fixes for issues that the previous patches introduced. View Full Story ORIGINAL SOURCE: Bleeping Computer The post Microsoft Releases Windows 10 Cumulative Updates KB4346783 and KB4343893 appeared first on IT SECURITY GURU.