Review the events and trends from the information security world last month
What you will learn:
- ZERO-DAY VULNERABILITIES EXPLOITED - Threat actors exploited Windows and Flash Player vulnerabilities prior to vendors issuing out-of-band updates
- DEVICES CAUSED DATA LEAKS - Researchers discovered data leaks in sensitive networks from devices that were not originally intended to be connected to the Internet
- RANSOMWARE CHANGED TACTICS - Ransomware experimented with delivery mechanisms and varied encrypted file formats and extensions
- BANKING TROJAN REUSED CODE - Code from the defunct Dyre banking trojan was reused in the TrickBot banking malware
- GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS TARGETED - Politically inspired threat actors targeted governmental departments and organizations
- ATTACKS PROMPTED GOVERNMENT RESPONSE - The Mirai botnet DDoS attacks prompted legislators to propose solutions and implement rules
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