--- title: BLOG | Data Security (11) description: Data Security | Industry news and insights on Information Technology in the Boston Cambridge area, specifically for small and medium business enterprises. Supported by Focus Technology Solutions IT Consulting Firm Boston, MA. (11) --- ![blog-and-news-banner](https://info.focustsi.com/hubfs/blog-and-news-banner.jpg "blog-and-news-banner") ## [Plague Spreads Information Like A Virus](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/plague-the-social-networking-app-that-spreads-information-like-a-virus) Posted by [Davide Palumbo](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/author/davide-palumbo) on Thu, Dec 18, 2014 ![pla](https://info.focustsi.com/hs-fs/hub/62040/file-2239847428.png?width=300&name=file-2239847428.png)The term viral is often used to describe the way information spreads across the internet and becomes public. However, a new social communications app has taken the concept to its next level. Plague, an app developed in Lithuania, has taken the way viruses are transmitted as a model and spreads content from one device to another. Not to be confused with the extremely addictive mobile game Plague Inc., --it’s goal is to engineer a virus that will infect the word, Plague shares with it the same concept -- an app that will spread information like an actual infection. [Read More](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/plague-the-social-networking-app-that-spreads-information-like-a-virus) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/plague-the-social-networking-app-that-spreads-information-like-a-virus#comments-listing) Topics: [Social Media](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/topic/social-media), [Data Security](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/topic/data-security) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ## [SoakSoak: The Malware That Has Infected 100,000+ WordPress Sites](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/soaksoak-the-mysterious-malware-that-has-infected-100000-wordpress-sites) Posted by [Davide Palumbo](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/author/davide-palumbo) on Tue, Dec 16, 2014 ![malware1](https://info.focustsi.com/hs-fs/hub/62040/file-2229887318.jpg?width=330&name=file-2229887318.jpg)A Russian malware called SoakSoak has infected over 100,000 WordPress sites since Sunday, December 14th, turning blogs into attack platforms. The malware attempts to install dangerous programs on your computer that could possibly steal or delete your information. In an attempt to curb the damage, more than 11,000 websites have been blacklisted by Google after they were found infected. According to security firm Sucuri, which is the first security firm that reported on the blacklisting, the malware uses a vulnerability in a slideshow plug-in called Slider Revolution. The Slider Revolution team have already fixed it with updates. Unfortunately, the problem is that the old, vulnerable version of the plug-in is still bundled with WordPress themes, so lots of sites are still using the wrong version. SoakSoak modifies a file in infected sites’ WordPress installation, then it loads a JavaScript malware from the soaksoak.ru domain, which is where the malware’s name comes from. [Read More](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/soaksoak-the-mysterious-malware-that-has-infected-100000-wordpress-sites) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/soaksoak-the-mysterious-malware-that-has-infected-100000-wordpress-sites#comments-listing) Topics: [Disaster Recovery](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/topic/disaster-recovery), [Data Security](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/topic/data-security) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ## [Password Security and Social Engineering](https://info.focustsi.com/topic/data-security/IT-Services-Boston/Password-Security-and-Social-Engineering) Posted by [Melissa Cocks](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/author/melissa-cocks) on Mon, Dec 08, 2014 #### **Tips on Password Security** [Read More](https://info.focustsi.com/topic/data-security/IT-Services-Boston/Password-Security-and-Social-Engineering) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.focustsi.com/topic/data-security/IT-Services-Boston/Password-Security-and-Social-Engineering#comments-listing) Topics: [Disaster Recovery](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/topic/disaster-recovery), [Data Security](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/topic/data-security) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ## [Regin: The Malware That Has Been Spying On Computers Since 2008](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/regin-the-malware-that-has-been-spying-on-computers-since-2008) Posted by [Davide Palumbo](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/author/davide-palumbo) on Tue, Nov 25, 2014 ![95843575-resized](https://info.focustsi.com/hs-fs/hub/62040/file-2134131238.jpg?width=265&name=file-2134131238.jpg)Symantec has found an advanced malicious software application that appears to have been used for spying and collecting data across the globe. Named Backdoor.Regin, or simply Regin, the software is essentially a very powerful Trojan Horse that appears to have been circulating since 2008. It has been hitting government agencies, internet providers, telecom companies, airlines, industrial entities, research institutes, energy companies, and individual systems with impunity, using sophisticated encryption and targeting systems to spy on targets. It is speculated that most infections came from computers visiting "spoofed versions of well-known websites," says Symantec, though one case confirms Yahoo! Messenger was also involved. [Read More](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/regin-the-malware-that-has-been-spying-on-computers-since-2008) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/regin-the-malware-that-has-been-spying-on-computers-since-2008#comments-listing) Topics: [Disaster Recovery](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/topic/disaster-recovery), [Data Security](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/topic/data-security) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ## [Secure, Reliable and Proven Data Protection](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/topic/data-security/secure-reliable-and-proven-data-protection) Posted by [Cathie Briggette](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/author/cathie-briggette) on Fri, Nov 14, 2014 ![Green_Lock](https://info.focustsi.com/hs-fs/hub/62040/file-2085395145.jpg?width=151&name=file-2085395145.jpg)Forty-four percent of SMBs implement data backup and recovery services after the fact and by then the damage is done. The data is lost. The reputation is ruined and in many cases, the business is starting over. [Read More](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/topic/data-security/secure-reliable-and-proven-data-protection) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/topic/data-security/secure-reliable-and-proven-data-protection#comments-listing) Topics: [Data Security](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/topic/data-security) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) | [Previous](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/topic/data-security/page/10) | [Next](https://info.focustsi.com/it-services-boston/topic/data-security/page/12) | | --- | --- |