By Carolyn Crandall, CMO Attivo NetworksRansomware continues to dominate the security news cycle and the minds of most enterprise organizations. Whether this is driven by the recent flood of Petya attacks, the previous global WannaCry attacks or validation by recent studies such as the one by Trend...
Does this sound familiar? On June 27, news outlets began reporting on a ransomware attack that was spreading like wildfire, hitting over 300,000 devices across over 150 countries and counting. The attack utilized the EternalBlue exploit that was stolen from the NSA and released by...
Immediately following the WannaCry attack, CISOs started to examine ways they could improve their ransomware defenses (we described the deception solution in our recent blog Deception Derails Ransomware: WannaCry Analyzed by Attivo Labs.)Following the initial attacks, TrendMicro has seen three new entries, UIWIX, Adylkuzz and...
We asked 25 security professionals to provide us with some examples of use cases where they are helping clients secure applications and data. Here's what they told us:Securing Apps/Devices/APIs/IoT1) We ensure apps that manage valuable data (personally identifiable information, healthcare data) are secure. We see...
As ransomware attacks continue to claim hundreds of thousands of victims, organizations are scrambling to figure out if their current security tools can effectively stop, detect, and remediate large-scale ransomware attacks.While the major WannaCry ransomware attack was stopped by an uncovered kill switch, experts...
Attivo Networks challenged not only healthcare, but all industries to take immediate steps in the wake of Friday’s global ransomware attacks. “It’s not only the sheer magnitude of the attacks, but also that hackers are now crossing ethical boundaries,” says Tushar Kothari, CEO of...
LONDON — Hackers using a tool stolen from the United States government conducted extensive cyberattacks on Friday that hit dozens of countries around the world, severely disrupting Britain’s public health system and wreaking havoc on computers elsewhere, including Russia.Hospitals in Britain appeared to be the...
The two newest versions of Android are vulnerable to a permissions feature being exploited by ransomware and banking malware.Security firm Check Point has examined Android's permission model and discovered it contains an odd bug that has become a favorite tool for ransomware, adware, and banking...
Ransomware attacks on businesses around the world rose 50% last year, research into successful cyber-breaches shows.Its popularity means malware is now responsible for 51% of all the incidents analysed in the annual Verizon data breach report.This analyses almost 2,000 breaches to find out how firms...
According to a new study by Trend Micro, there is a reason ransomware continues to dominate the security news cycle. The study found that new ransomware families increased a whopping 752% in 2016. The report adds that the availability of open source ransomware and...