Vectra, today disclosed that cybercriminals’ most effective weapon in a ransomware attack is the network itself, which enables the malicious encryption of shared files on network servers, especially files stored in infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) cloud providers.Read More…
Juan Manuel Harán, Security Editor at ESET, who also writes for company’s official blog welivesecurity.com looks at the key security challenges facing intelligent buildings.Read More…
Sophos, a global leader in network and endpoint security, today announced the findings of its global survey, The Impossible Puzzle of Cybersecurity, which reveals that IT managers are inundated with cyberattacks coming from all directions and are struggling to keep up due to a lack of security expertise, budget andRead More…
Kaspersky Internet Security for Android has been strengthened with a new feature for combating the evolving malware landscape – Cloud ML for Android. The new feature, based on machine learning technology, ensures immediate proactive detection of advanced and previously unknown malware, to minimize the risks of mobile devices being exposedRead More…
Cybercriminals have set up a fake Cryptohopper trading platform to distribute different kinds of malware. The malicious payloads include information-stealing trojans, miners and clipboard hijackers. Accordingly, once the visitor opens the fake site, a malicious executable ‘Setup.exe’ gets automatically downloaded onto the system.Read More…
Mimecast, a leading email and data security company, today unveiled its third-annual State of Email Security report. The report includes insights from 1,025 global IT decision makers, including the UAE. As cybercriminals continue to use email as a primary vehicle to steal data and deliver advanced threats, the results ofRead More…
Sophos, a global leader in network and endpoint security, announced the findings of its report, Exposed: Cyberattacks on Cloud Honeypots, which reveals that cyber criminals attacked one of the cloud server honeypots in the study within 52 seconds of it going live in Sao Paulo, Brazil. On average, the cloud serversRead More…
Derek Manky, Global Security Strategist at Fortinet discusses the need to paint a new security landscape to keep pace with the agile development cybercriminals are employing. It’s time again for another quarterly trek into the wilds of the cyber-threat landscape. As security practitioners work to put themselves in the shoesRead More…
