An update on various ransomware-related security topics and Windows 10
MP3 - Ransomware Topics Updates
Only buy technology hardware from valid distribution partners If you need surveillance cameras, only buy Axis. A security researcher found malicious code running on the web page of the surveillance cameras he purchased on Amazon. I'll give you one guess on what country they came from. You need to realize that anyone can sell anything on Amazon. The camera was a Sony camera, and Mike Olsen, the security researcher, even said the page looked different from usual. So what this means is that when you buy parts outside of the normal distribution channel and not from trusted partners, you have no idea how much that equipment may have been tampered with. http://artfulhacker.com/post/142519805054/beware-even-things-on-amazon-come Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, has done a number of posts on the fake supplements being sold on Amazon. It's the same thing. You need to know where your parts are coming from or you cannot trust them. Uninstall QuickTime for Windows: Apple will not patch its security bugs http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/04/14/uninstall_quicktime_for_windows/ Trend Micro published an article on an urgent call to uninstall QuickTime. http://blog.trendmicro.com/urgent-call-action-uninstall-quicktime-windows-today/ And here is the US-CERT posting on removing QuickTime. https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA16-105A Some more notes on ransomware
94% of Tor traffic is categorized as malicious http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/03/new-data-suggests-94-percent-of-tor-traffic-is-malicious/ Another fine example of why application control and blocking is needed on all networks. If the majority of Tor traffic is malicious content, then you should be using application control network layer security to block Tor.
For those of you that upgraded to Windows 10 and want the protections of UEFI boot: It is actually possible to change your boot style from MBR to UEFI, but be prepared for a dead system if mistakes are made. So just make sure you have all your backups current and are prepared to rebuild that system from scratch if required. |