The global fight against ransomware took a new twist this week with the United States leading a law enforcement effort to hack back and disrupt a Russian cybercriminal gang. [Read More]
In the event of a nation-state attack, Microsoft's new security offering will provide proactive monitoring and notification to non-profit organizations. [Read More]
Earlier this year, the United States and United Kingdom governments warned of state-sponsored adversaries abusing the same open-source tool. [Read More]
Designed to redirect traffic to a custom proxy, FiveSys is the second rootkit within the past five months to feature a digital signature issued by Microsoft. [Read More]
CISA warns that the BlackMatter ransomware has targeted multiple critical infrastructure entities in the United States, including organizations in the food industry. [Read More]
Symantec is warning about a threat actor targeting multiple entities in South Asia, with a focus on Afghanistan - for data theft and cyberespionage. [Read More]
The U.S. Treasury looked into 177 crypto wallets associated with ransomware, and a total of $5.2 billion in outgoing Bitcoin transactions made out of these wallets. [Read More]
Today’s email-based attacks don’t occur at a single point in time and use multiple methods to evade detection. To bolster protection, organizations may turn to a set of disparate products that don’t – and can’t – work together.
To limit the risk of having drive-by malware attacks planted on their websites, organizations should monitor the payload of their different Internet properties, which for larger organizations can easily become a huge undertaking.
Malvertising underscores the need for an approach to security that addresses the full attack continuum. With ongoing visibility and control, and intelligent and continuous updates, security professionals can take action to stop the inevitable outbreak.
Just as offices need to detect break-ins to keep criminals from committing industrial espionage, enterprises need to put more focus on detecting APTs and other advanced threats to keep adversaries from their network.
While obscuring website code, server architecture, and security mechanisms doesn’t provide bullet-proof security on its own, it is actually pretty effective.
Even with the basics covered, we also have to be on the lookout for unknown threats and anomalies in our networks that can be an indicator of compromise.
Was the Mayan Apocalypse was a myth? Since I am a security geek, I just happen to talk about security a lot. What are some security myths I have heard in my conversations with some very bright people?
As with most stories Mac-related, the malware-is-finally-coming story attracted a lot of press. But the desktop Mac OS might not be attractive to attackers as you might think.
We still don't know who created Conficker or what that person’s motivations were. What we do know: Conficker could have proved much more damaging than it ultimately did, but the threat has not entirely disappeared.