Hackers Abuse ChatGPT to Write Malware | Sync Up
While artificial intelligence is often used to automate and improve processes, a recent report shows that hackers have already begun to enlist the help of the most impressive AI to date, ChatGPT.
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FBI: Ransomware Hit 649 Critical US Infrastructures in 2021 | Sync Up
A recent FBI report revealed that 649 critical US infrastructures were breached in 2021. But which sectors are most at risk and what can you do right now to protect your team?
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New Malware — Agent Tesla Hits — Recovering Small Businesses
As the US recovers from a second spike in COVID-19 cases, the FBI warns that our current reliance on technology has resulted in a “breathtaking” number of new online scams.
But of those threats, one newly updated virus jeopardizes the livelihood of small businesses that are slowly reopening after the wake of an economic fallout.
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New Ransomware — Ragnar Locker — Evades Modern Antivirus Software
For those businesses operating in a Windows environment, a new malware threatens to encrypt and ransom sensitive information; all while going undetected by standard antivirus applications.
Discovered on May 21, 2020 by Sophos Labs, ‘Ragnar Locker’ was engineered to strictly target corporate offices and government agencies in hopes of shutting down entire operations.
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If You Use FireFox, You’re Going to Want to Read This…
Stemming from a “zero-day vulnerability” found within the code of Firefox’s recent 72.0 update, Mozilla has released yet another patch to counteract a series of exploitative attacks.
In turn, the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency issued an alert to all Mozilla Firefox users on January 8, 2020, requesting that they update the web browsing program to version 72.0.1 immediately.
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Update Your Google Chrome Browser | New Zero-Day Vulnerability Alert
In light of two recently discovered security risks found within the Chrome Internet browser, Google engineers have begun distributing an important update across the platform’s entire user base.
Known commonly as “zero-day vulnerabilities”, these potentially malicious threats were uncovered by two senior researchers at Kaspersky, a cybersecurity organization, on October 31, 2019.
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NotPetya Ransomware Variant Targets Human Resources
Another in a long string of recent cryptovirus attacks, a variant of the Petya ransomware known currently as “NotPetya” is striking HR departments around the globe. Currently disguised as an employee candidate email, malicious links in emails disguised as a Dropbox link to resumes and CVs are infecting computers and locking their files. Instead of…
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What is Ransomware?
Ransomware is a specific type of malware or virus that locks users out of their own data by encrypting it… And then holding the decryption key hostage in exchange for a large sum of money, usually delivered via bitcoin because of its difficulty to track online. These crypto viruses (Locky, CryptoLocker, WannaCry, etc.) spread in…
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WannaCry Ransomware: The Biggest Ransomware Outbreak in History
The newest ransomware threat sweeping the digital world, WannaCry (also known as WCry, Wana Decrypt0r, or WannaCrypt) is being hailed by security experts as “the biggest ransomware outbreak in history.” Over the weekend, WannaCry has infected organizations all over the world, such as FedEx, the United Kingdom’s National Health System hospitals, Nissan, and many more.…
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