Sophos has announced that its next-generation Sophos XG Firewall now includes lateral movement protection to prevent targeted, manual cyber attacks or exploits from infiltrating further into a compromised network. The SophosLabs 2019 Threat Report discusses a rise in targeted […]
Instead of using mass spamming techniques to blast malware to millions of recipients in the hope of collecting thousands of dollars each from thousands of victims scattered all over the world, the SamSammers used a […]
Sophos blocked 34 out of 35 exploits tested, while the next highest score was 22 out of 35 in a new report by MRG Effitas, a UK-based IT security research firm that provides efficacy assessment and […]
New data from Juniper Research indicates that global business spend on cybersecurity solutions will grow by 33% over the next 4 years, reaching $134 billion annually by 2022. Juniper’s new research titled: “Cybersecurity: Mitigation Strategies for […]
By Eyal Benishti Did you know that, according to Aberdeen, within 80 seconds of a phishing message arriving in an organization, someone has interacted with the message, and detonated its contents? Such rapid engagement is primarily […]
Many of these breaches were in fact the result of human error. They demonstrate that to compete in the emerging digital world, businesses must not only build robust security perimeters to protect themselves against cyber-attacks, […]
ESET has launched ESET Smart TV Security, an advanced technology protection solution against targeted malware attacks on connected TVs and other devices with the Android TV operational system. According to statistics, there could be as […]
Sophos has announced Sophos Home Premium with ransomware protection. Sophos Home Premium features advanced anti-ransomware capabilities that can quickly detect previously unknown ransomware Going beyond just traditional antivirus features it delivers proactive, real-time protection for consumers from the […]
By Eyal Benishti Phishing Awareness Training focused solutions are not aligned with today’s advanced persistent threats, business email compromise and ransomware attacks that require a more holistic and integrated approach to phishing mitigation. Last November, I […]
It is pretty much a given that the majority of people have their personal information documented somewhere in virtual space. This data has been captured in many forms and bits and bytes through online transactions, […]
ESET, the IT security vendor based in the European Union, will release its latest Internet Of Things (IoT) security solutions and share groundbreaking research into the security and privacy implications of smart homes and devices at Mobile […]
By Eyal Benishti At the start of 2017, many had already designated 2016 as the ‘year of ransomware,’ and with good reason. According to ISTR’s Special Report on Ransomware and Business, ransomware had “quickly emerged as one […]
By Eyal Benishti Netflix is quickly becoming a popular brand for fraudsters to spoof in phishing campaigns. Neflix has been impersonated by criminals in the last 12 months in various, increasingly sophisticated, scams in an attempt […]
Sophos, a global provider of network and endpoint security solutions, has announced the findings of its survey, The State of Endpoint Security Today which shows the extent to which businesses are at risk of repeated ransomware attacks and […]
Sophos has announced the availability of Intercept X with malware detection powered by advanced deep learning neural networks. Combined with new active-hacker mitigation, advanced application lockdown, and enhanced ransomware protection, this latest release of the […]
By Eyal Benishti Phishing is something that just doesn’t seem to want to go away. With the first phishing email believed to have been sent in the mid 1990’s, most people did not realise the […]
By Nikolay Pankov At the end of every year, our experts analyze the incidents that occurred and name one incident (or a trend) the story of the year. This year they did not have much […]
The December sum-up is something of a sacred tradition. With that in mind, let’s get started! Ransomware This time last year, we called 2016 the year of ransomware. There were indeed a lot of cryptors […]
ESET has warned that the ransomware menace is likely to continue in to 2018 with further growth in incidents and risks following an increase in, and sophistication of, cybersecurity incidents in 2017. According to a […]
In 2017, 26.2% those targeted by ransomware were business users, compared to 22.6% in 2016. This is due in part to three unprecedented attacks targeting corporate networks that changed forever the landscape for this increasingly […]
We regularly discuss the prevalence, and pure dominance, of phishing attacks and their impact on email security and the world. We’ve previously proclaimed 2016 as having been the year in which phishing went mainstream, and predicted it to […]
In the coming year, the world will see more legitimate software being poisoned by groups targeting wider victim profiles and geographies, with the added advantage that such attacks are extremely hard to spot and mitigate, […]
Nokia has unveiled its next-generation NetGuard Security Management Center software, designed to bolster service providers’ ability to proactively detect, predict and combat the growing threat from ransomware and other types of malware. The volume, velocity […]
Sophos has released its SophosLabs 2018 Malware Forecast, a report that recaps ransomware and other cybersecurity trends based on data collected from Sophos customer computers worldwide during April 1 to Oct. 3, 2017. One key finding shows […]
Sophos has announced that deep learning driven malware detection is now available through its Intercept X early access program. This deep learning capability has been developed using technology from Invincea, acquired by Sophos in February 2017. […]
The BadRabbit Ransomware prevents you from accessing files from an infected computer until you pay the ransom. For the past few months, users especially in Russia and Ukraine have experienced several strains of ransomware, the […]
By Michael Xie For anyone reading the news regularly, it’s not hard to grasp that cyber threats are getting more sophisticated and damaging by the day. From a security technology provider’s perspective, I can add that tackling […]
By John Snow Ransomware has been called the scourge of the Internet for quite a while. It’s really one of the twenty-first century’s main cyberthreats, and recently it has taken … quite a turn. Researchers […]
By Lisa Vaas An entire US school district in Flathead Valley, Montana, shut down for three days after hackers going by the name of “TheDarkOverlord Solutions” targeted several schools, sending death threats to parents and promising […]
By Sarah Pike Now that the Internet is a commodity, a familiar and ever-present resource, lots of people have gotten casual about its dangers. Others — kids — never knew a time without websites at […]
By Bill Brenner Locky was once among the most dominant strains of ransomware. Over time, it receded from view, replaced by ransomware such as Cerber and Spora. But in the last couple of weeks, Locky has returned. Last week it sported […]
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