BERT Ransomware Group Targets Asia and Europe on Multiple Platforms

BERT is a newly emerged ransomware group that pairs simple code with effective execution—carrying out attacks across Europe and Asia. In this entry, we examine the group’s tactics, how their variants have evolved, and the tools they use to get past defenses and speed up encryption across platform...

A Look at Scan4You and the Counter Antivirus Service Landscape

The concept of antivirus AV scanning within IT security is simple and effective. These programs, which have become part and parcel of typical infrastructure and data protection strategies, scan enterprise networks for known malware signatures and other processes associated with suspicious hacker...

Replacing the CA System, Millions of Clients at a Time

The Internet was not designed to be a secure network, not by any stretch of the imagination. It was meant to enable giant PDPs and IMPs at one college to talk to their brethren at another college across the country. SSL was an attempt to impose some level of security and trustability on this syst...

FENCE-Pro and Systemwalker Desktop Encryption self-decoding file vulnerability

Overview Fujitsu's encryption software FENCE-Pro and Systemwalker Desktop Encryption share the same components. A vulnerability exists in self-decoding files created using this software. Impact The third party could view the contents of self-decoding files and obtain the passwords used for the...