Endpoint security firm SentinelOne expects the $155 million deal to buy Scalyr will speed up its push into the lucrative XDR (Extended Detection and Response) market. [Read More]
Following a two-year downtime, an Iran-linked cyberespionage operation has recommenced with new second-stage malware and with an updated variant of the Infy malware. [Read More]
In an SEC filing, North American trucking and freight transportation logistics giant Forward Air Corporation said a December 2020 ransomware attack led to loss of revenues in the range of $7.5 million. [Read More]
The Supernova malware discovered during an investigation into the SolarWinds supply chain attack may have been created and used by Chinese hackers. [Read More]
The NSA and FBI released detailed information about the Drovorub Linux malware, but major cybersecurity companies haven't found a single sample. [Read More]
A study found that over 98 percent of malware making it to the sandbox array uses at least one evasive tactic, and 32 percent of malware samples making it to this stage could be classified as “hyper-evasive".
The cost of electricity has led some to take shortcuts in the search for power sources - individuals and organizations are now being breached by cyber-criminals seeking to take advantage of corporate infrastructures.
It remains to be seen whether more legitimate web operations will embrace the approach, but you can count on illegitimate and malicious use of cryptomining to grow robustly.
Take a step back and realize that cryptocurrency mining is really just another form of malware, which is something you should be good at finding already.
There are several mitigation measures and best practices that you can adopt to improve your organization’s security posture and reduce the risk of supply chain infections.
In the cat-and-mouse game between security providers and malware authors, cybercriminals keep innovating and experimenting – a dynamic seen in the recent resurgence of the Locky ransomware.
While devastating to the victims, the recent rash of ransomware has been helpful in putting an objective and quantifiable face on modern threats associated in cybersecurity.
The early indicators of the WannaCry attack were evident, but it spread too quickly for human security teams to react before it spread across the world like wildfire.