How to Secure Your Client-Facing Portal from Malware
Every uploaded photo, e-form, or document increases the risk of a malware-infected file entering the company’s network, with disastrous data security consequences.
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Ryuk: Everything you need to know about today’s most dangerous ransomware
Cyber extortion has become an attack of choice for hackers. The average ransomware payment amount as of Q3 2019 was $41,198…
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Coronavirus & Cybersecurity: A Guide for WFH Cybersecurity Ops
In the ongoing bid to curb the coronavirus outbreak, many organizations are allowing or requiring employees to work from home (WFH). in the haste to implement remote working strategies, data security concerns cannot be forgotten. It is vital that precautions intended to protect the physical health of your staff do not turn into a threat…
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CIA DIRECTOR’S EMAIL BREACHED
A cyber attack can be devastating just in terms of the harm that it causes your reputation, as was quite clear from the recent breach of CIA Director John Brennan’s email account. The hacker apparently called AOL, Brennan’s email provider, and presented himself as a Verizon employee (AOL had been bought by Verizon in June)….
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PDF Files at Risk! Chrome Zero – Day Malware Steals Personal Data Through PDFs
Downloading files from the Internet has always been a risky business – and PDF files are no exception. EdgeSpot, an exploit detection service, has identified a new range of malicious PDF files in the wild – all containing a specific type of zero-day malware designed to harvest user data behind-the-scenes when the files are opened in Chrome. What’s…
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PDF Files at Risk! Chrome Zero – Day Malware Steals Personal Data Through PDFs
Downloading files from the Internet has always been a risky business – and PDF files are no exception. EdgeSpot, an exploit detection service, has identified a new range of malicious PDF files in the wild – all containing a specific type of zero-day malware designed to harvest user data behind-the-scenes when the files are opened in Chrome. What’s…
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Facing the Unknown: Zero-Day Threats
Zero-day malware presents a huge cybersecurity challenge for organizations. These threats are undiscovered – targeting weaknesses that developers haven’t yet found. So, by nature, zero-day threats don’t have a signature – they are ‘unknown’ threats – and won’t be found in any existing database – rendering traditional, detection-based security solutions powerless to stop them. A…
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Facing the unknown: zero-day threats
Zero-day malware presents a huge cybersecurity challenge for organizations. These threats are undiscovered – targeting weaknesses that developers haven’t yet found. So, by nature, zero-day threats don’t have a signature – they are ‘unknown’ threats – and won’t be found in any existing database – rendering traditional, detection-based security solutions powerless to stop them. A…
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DETECTION OR PREVENTION BASED SOLUTIONS FOR CYBER THREATS? A SEARCH FOR THE WINNING STRATEGY.
With the average data breach costing $3.86 million[2], no organization wants to take security risks. As hackers continuously develop new types of malware, organizations must be on top of their game – ensuring that their cybersecurity strategy provides full coverage against all types of threats, including zero-day or unknown threats. There are two main approaches…