BrandPost: Threat Intelligence: How To Find The Real Threats In Time
Every day we are bombarded by mountains of threat data from a variety of sources. While most of this data is completely irrelevant and needs no attention, we can’t afford to miss the next attack that could be devastating to our business. According to a Ponemon Research Report, 70% of security professionals say there is simply…
New Mac backdoor using antiquated code
The first Mac malware of 2017 was brought to my attention by an IT admin, who spotted some strange outgoing network traffic from a particular Mac. This led to the discovery of a piece of malware unlike anything I’ve seen before, which appears to have actually been in existence, undetected, for some time, and which seems to…
No more ransomware?
Ransomware was a billion dollar problem last year, and it’s getting worse. A new report from Cybersecurity Ventures details dozens of new ransomware attacks over the past 90 days. (Disclaimer: Steve Morgan is founder and CEO of Cybersecurity Ventures.) Organizations stricken by ransomware have been fighting back by providing security awareness training to their employees….
Close The Gap Between IT &Security To Reduce The Impact Of Cyber Threats
Every modern organization operating today needs to rely on IT teams for service assurance within their networks and security professionals to keep everything safe. Organizations need both to operate effectively, not unlike a person employing both halves of the brain. However, because of the way IT and security have developed in siloed environments over the…
CryptoSearch Lets Users Move Ransomware-Encrypted Files
Being hit by ransomware usually means that you no longer have access to your files unless you pay a ransom or find another way to decrypt them, but a newly released tool allows users to move encrypted files to a new location. Dubbed CryptoSearch, and still a beta release, the application is powered by the…
Everyone Is $$$ To Cybercriminals Using Ransomware
More than 50 percent of those polled have been victims of ransomware in some way, shape, or form recently. Nineteen percent are being attack more than 50 times per month and a disturbing 42 percent don’t know how often they’re being attacked with ransomware. These stats should be major warning flags for defenders. Despite our…
Trump’s DHS pick urges more coordination on cyberthreats
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Homeland Security chief wants to forge closer ties with the private sector in the cyber arena. Gen. John F. Kelly (Ret.), a more than four-decade veteran of the Marine Corps, appeared this week before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee for his confirmation hearing, the second of Trump’s…
Bringing boards up to cyber speed
The exponential growth of cyber risk has impacted roles for the CISO and the CEO, among others, but it has also left board members a little in the dark when it comes to understanding the risks associated with cybersecurity. The National Association of Corporate Directors, NACD, who represents 88 percent of the Fortune 1000, recently released…
Decrypting CryptXXX version 3 — for free
In April 2016 a young and ambitious trojan cryptor known by the name CryptXXX was released. It was distributed by the infamous Angler and Neutrino exploit kits. It’s creators certainly hoped that after the release they could lay on the couch and watch the money flow from the victims pockets to their bitcoin wallets. But…
Trump Plans To Build Anti-Hacking Team
US President-elect Donald Trump has announced he will set up a team to guide the government on how to ward off cyberattacks within 90 days of taking office, reports Reuters. He said this soon after a “constructive” meeting with members of US intelligence agencies on January 6 to discuss the agencies’ report on last year’s…