Take a Data-Centric Approach to Zero Trust to Protect Your Most Critical Assets
For many of us, children are our most critical assets. In order to protect what is important to us, we work hard to know where they are and what they are doing at all times — particularly during those pesky teen years. We also take steps to protect the places where they spend their time….
Free security resources for work-from-home employees during the COVID-19 crisis
As the world “shelters in place” amid the COVID-19 crisis, some tech companies are stepping up and offering their products and services free of charge for a limited time. These offers will help organizations set up and protect remote employees faster. In some cases, vendors are also offering support services to help companies through the…
5G Will Change How We Manage Mobile Security — Here’s How to Start Preparing
Every once in a while, a new technology is unleashed that changes our lives. The wheel, the steam engine and the internet are just some examples that had a profound effect. 5G could be the latest to do the same. Its rollout will forever change how we manage mobile security, posing an entirely new set…
How to Defend Against Malvertising Drive-By Attacks
Many longtime internet users will remember receiving pop-up ads warning that their computers were infected with a virus. In nearly all cases, the ad’s specific claims were bogus; the purpose was to scare users into paying for a questionable tech support service or to drive them to a site that would actually infect them with…
How to Achieve Ransomware Recovery — Without Paying Ransom
Without a ransomware recovery strategy, companies sometimes end up paying to retrieve their data after an attack. At the same time, threat actors are growing more sophisticated in their ability to bypass both antivirus and anti-ransomware tools — thus, they’re also growing bolder. To stay ahead of the curve, organizations will need to develop more…
Move Over, Ransomware: Why Cybercriminals Are Shifting Their Focus to Cryptojacking
According to the 2018 IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index, the frequency and sophistication of malicious cryptocurrency mining, also called “cryptojacking,” has increased drastically in the past year. This mining is changing malicious actors’ priorities: While they had previously targeted companies’ data and financial assets, they are now seeking to extract value from organizations’ computing resources….
Android malware on Google Play adds devices to botnet
We have encountered a new and highly prevalent type of Android malware (detected as Android.Sockbot) posing as apps on Google Play and later adding compromised devices into a botnet. So far we have identified at least eight such apps, with an install base ranging from 600,000 to 2.6 million devices. This malware appears primarily targeting…
The Time for IT Asset Management Is Now
The benefits of a comprehensive IT asset management (ITAM) program may seem obvious since it provides the data needed to strategically and tactically manage the life cycle of IT assets from purchase to end of life. Of course, companies can leverage IT asset management to reduce costs, improve operational efficiency, determine the full cost of…
How Basic Endpoint Patching Helps Protect Against Ransomware and Other Attacks
On Friday, a group of unknown threat actors carried out one of the largest cyberattacks of its kind, which infected hundreds of thousands of computers in 150 countries. The ransomware, known as WannaCry, exploits a Microsoft Windows OS vulnerability that was patched in Microsoft’s Security Bulletin two months ago. The universal advice was straightforward: Update…
Free Nintendo Switch emulators are fake
Fake emulators for newly released Nintendo console used as bait to get users to fill out survey scams and download potentially unwanted applications. Over the last few weeks, scammers have been trying to dupe users into believing that a software emulator exists for the Nintendo Switch, the company’s newest console that was released on March…