Malware
Top 5 Security events of 2018
The first half of 2018 was hit with some notable security events just days into the new year. And, unfortunately, these vulnerabilities are just getting started and are expected to get stronger and pose an even bigger threat. Here are the top five threats that we’ve seen in the first half of 2018: 1. Meltdown […]
The Long Life of Zero Day and Its Implication
A zero day is an attack that exploits a previously unknown security vulnerability. The creation and distribution of zero days by cybercriminals is on the rise with 45 new ones already discovered in Q1 2018. According to a recent report from RAND Corporation called Zero Days, Thousands of Nights: The Life and Times of Zero-Day Vulnerabilities and Their Exploits, […]
Russian hackers infect 500,000 routers to launch a massive cyber attack on Ukraine
Cisco Systems Inc on Wednesday issued a warning that says hackers from Russia have infected over 500,000 routers including storage devices in order to launch a massive cyber attack on Ukraine. The Networking giant stressed on the fact that the attack will be of Denial of service attack genre and will be mainly targeting Ukraine’s […]
We are completely misinterpreting Ransomware
Ransomware is a kind of malware which locks down computer files from access until a ransom is paid in Bitcoins or in other cryptocurrency variants such as Monero. As it is proving profitable, hackers are seen deploying it left and right. “Coming to the malware influence on human minds, it’s huge and is being considered […]
How to defend against healthcare ransomware attacks
Ransomware attacks on businesses operating in the healthcare sector have become a security nightmare for many companies in the past two years. The reason, hackers find the healthcare data extremely lucrative as they can sell the siphoned data on the dark web for exuberant amounts or can also lock the database from further access and […]
Why Successful Point-of-Sale (POS) Attacks Will Only Increase
Unless you’ve been living down in the bat cave, you’ve heard about the theft of more than five million credit cards from Lord & Taylor and Saks Fifth Avenue. This is being called one of the largest attacks ever on a retailer and is putting increased focus on defensive measures against hacking of credit card […]
A New Perspective on Endpoint Security
Here’s a short recap of one of the more interesting observations by Nyotron’s CTO Nir Gaist during a recent Down the Security Rabbit Hole Podcast on endpoint security. He argues that security hasn’t really changed in over 30 years! Most, including Gaist, acknowledge that next-generation antivirus (NGAV), which uses techniques such as artificial intelligence (AI) […]
The Evolution of Endpoint Security
Malware is winning… “Sometime around 1992 the amount of Badness in the Internet began to vastly outweigh the amount of Goodness.”1 Endpoint security is constantly changing with the malware landscape, but has had a lot of challenges keeping up with unknown threats. Here’s a quick overview of how endpoint protection has evolved from traditional antivirus […]
Saturn Ransomware being distributed for free!
Ransomware authors of the new Saturn Ransomware variant are allowing prospective malware distributors to circulate the ransomware for free. All that they need to do is to sign up a web page via a dark web access and then start distributing the ransomware at free of cost. According to a source from Bleeping Computer which […]
Saturday Security Spotlight: Malware, AWS, and US Defense
This post was originally published here by Jacob Serpa. Here are the top cybersecurity stories of recent weeks: AndroRAT malware spies on Android users Smart TVs easily hackable BuckHacker tool finds unsecured data in AWS buckets Octoly breach exposes social media stars’ personal data Russian hackers target US defense contractors AndroRAT malware spies on Android […]
