Cybereason, announced the discovery of a new, highly targeted botnet campaign, using the stealthy, pervasive, Prometei Botnet, to target companies around the world with a multi-pronged attack that looks to steal bitcoin and data from corporate networks. The threat actor, a Russian speaker, is taking advantage of Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilitiesRead More…
On May 12, 2017, the largest ransomware epidemic in history, WannaCry, reached its peak. Three years later, this and other ransomware threats are still affecting people and companies. Recent Kaspersky research has revealed that in 2019, WannaCry kept its position at the topRead More…
PCs still running when Windows 7 reaches end of life on the 14th of January will be significantly more at risk of ransomware, warns Veritas Technologies. According to experts, 26 per cent of PCs are expected to still be running the Microsoft software after support for patches and bug fixesRead More…
One and a half years after its epidemic, WannaCry ransomware tops the list of the most widespread cryptor families and the ransomware has attacked 74,621 unique users worldwide. These attacks accounted for 28.72% of all users targeted by cryptors in Q3 2018.Read More…
Morey J. Haber, Chief Technology Officer, BeyondTrust provides five recommendations that can help organizations improve their cyber defenses against ransomware attacks. Read More…
SecurityMEA speaks with Kamel Heus, Regional Manager – MEA, Centrify about recent proliferation in the number of cyber attacks and breaches, and what role a zero trust model plays in mitigating such attacks.Read More…
Gregg Petersen, Regional Sales Vice President, MEA, Veeam Software says it’s not about being hack-proof; that is virtually impossible. Rather, you should make your security as robust as possible and ensure your backups are not solely located on your network, to eliminate the possibility of attack or corruption.Read More…
Digital Shadows believes that whatever happens in 2018 and beyond, it is clear that cybercrime will continue to be a problem and present governments, businesses and individuals with challenges to protect their data and their intellectual property. Alastair Paterson, CEO and Co-Founder, Digital Shadows discusses how the threat landscape will look like over the next 12Read More…
