In These (Use) Cases, It’s Ok To Lie
From childhood, we were taught never to lie. Deception is bad and cheaters never win. ...
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Decoys to Dye Packs: Facing Down Cybersecurity Threats
The days of Jesse James’s train and bank robberies and John Dillinger kicking down doors with his trademark Tommy gun may be long gone, but bank heists are alive and well in the 21st century — albeit with a new flair. Instead of dramatic physical robberies,...
Combatting Triton Malware with Advanced Threat Detection
Written by: Mike Parkin, Technical Marketing Engineer - Malware targeting IoT devices is nothing new. There have been some reasonably famous, or infamous, depending on your perspective, IoT targeted malware incidents. An April article on ZDNetby Danny Palmer, on the Triton malware attack in late...
New Malware ( SpeakUp ) Leverages Recent Vulnerabilities – And Some Really Old Ones
Written by: Mike Parkin, Product Marketing Engineer - In the first week of February, Catalin Cimpanu at ZDNet and Kacy Zurkus at Infosecurity Magazine reported on a new malware campaign spreading primarily through China, with smaller infestations in South America and other parts of Asia. ...
Losing the cyber security war, more organizations beefing up detection efforts
The battle to keep cyber attackers from successfully compromising networks is not working, according to a recent report by threat detection company Attivo Networks. The company surveyed more than 450 cyber security professionals worldwide from August to December 2018, and more than half of the...
Attivo Networks® Survey on Top Threat Detection Concerns and Trends Reveals Surprising Findings
Attivo Networks today announced the results of the company’s 2018 Top Threat Detection Concerns and Trends Survey. This survey reveals new insights about top information security concerns related to detecting and stopping attackers, identifying which technologies are impacting attackers, shifts in time to detection, and...
5 tips to thwart medical device attacks
Carolyn Crandall, chief deception officer for security company Attivo Networks, says, “Healthcare IT teams need tools in their arsenal that not only defend the network perimeter but also help them detect and respond to in-network threats quickly, efficiently, and effectively.” These tools, of course, include...
BD and Attivo Partner to Thwart Cyberattacks
As medical devices incorporate connectivity, they provide greater opportunities for convenience, service, and information for consumers and companies, but also are increasingly vulnerable to cyber threats. In this environment, Attivo Networks and Becton, Dickinson and Co. (BD) have validated a deception solution for medical technology...
Confucius cybergang spreads backdoor ridden chat apps in Romance scams
As Valentine's Day approaches, cybercriminals are looking to once again seize the opportunity to target lonely singles in romance schemes looking to persuade victims into downloading malware hidden in chat apps. The Confucius hacking group has been observed using these scams to deliver malware similar to...
Cybersecurity in 2018: broader scope of innovation and bigger venture dollars
Heightened attention to cybersecurity offensive countermeasures. Cybersecurity has been mostly defense-oriented, but this has never been sufficient. Moving forward, we will see more companies spring up along the lines of Attivo Networks, a leader in deception solutions. Attivo applies deception-based decoy and luring technologies within networks...