eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Vicarius Vulnerability management 2022 Private Dragos ICS and OT security 2021 Private Safeguard Cyber Risk management 2021 Private CyberGRX Risk management 2019 Private Signifyd Fraud protection 2018 Private RedOwl Security analytics 2015 Acquired: Forcepoint. Accel Investments. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).

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SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

In 2020, Kaspersky mobile products and technologies detected: 5,683,694 malicious installation packages, 156,710 new mobile banking Trojans, 20,708 new mobile ransomware Trojans. If you look at the dynamics of attacks on mobile users in 2020, you will see that the average monthly number of attacks decreased by 865,000 compared to 2019.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 6, 2023

billion in 2019 to $815.4 Requirement 5: It is no longer sufficient to just have standard antivirus software. This requirement now specifically calls for anti-malware to be in place, necessitating a strong antivirus solution with malware protection or EDR/MDR/XDR solution. In fact, the U.S. billion in 2020, a 43% increase.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2021

The threat actors are actively exploiting the following vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiOS: CVE-2018-13379 ; CVE-2020-12812 ; CVE-2019-5591. The joint alert also states that attackers scanning also enumerated devices for the CVE-2020-12812 and CVE-2019-5591 flaws. Disable hyperlinks in received emails.

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SC Magazine

MAY 20, 2021

Data poisoning attacks against the machine learning used in security software may be attackers’ next big vector, said Johannes Ullrich, dean of research of SANS Technology Institute. Data poisoning has been involved signature-based antivirus in the past. (Amy Sacka for Microsoft).

Artificial Intelligence 108

Artificial Intelligence Antivirus Malware Software 108

The Last Watchdog

MAY 20, 2019

In a related development, OneSpan, a Chicago-based supplier of authentication technology to 2,000 banks worldwide, reports seeing a rise in cyber attacks targeting mobile banking patrons. In a nutshell: lock your device; click judiciously; use antivirus. And the handful of positive reviews were most likely faked. Talk more soon.

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Mobile Spyware Banking Manufacturing 138

Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2019

In February 2019, SI-LAB captured multiple samples of phishing campaigns using an Office Excel document carrying a malicious Excel 4.0 macro technology. This technology is stored in the Workbook OLE stream in Excel 97-2003 format which makes it very difficult to detect and parse by antivirus (AV) engines. A deeper dive.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Figures of the year In 2022, Kaspersky mobile products and technology detected: 1,661,743 malicious installers 196,476 new mobile banking Trojans 10,543 new mobile ransomware Trojans Trends of the year Mobile attacks leveled off after decreasing in the second half of 2021 and remained around the same level throughout 2022.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2021

The fight to the Joker malware (aka Bread) begun in September 2019 when security experts at Google removed from the official Play Store 24 apps because they were infected with a new spyware tracked as “ the Joker. ”. Experts from antivirus firm Doctor Web discovered ten apps in AppGallery that were containing the malicious code.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Cybersecurity, which started with antivirus suites, spam filters and firewalls, has mushroomed into a $103 billion industry. At the same time, a tectonic shift to smarter technologies and strategies is rapidly taking shape. Much has changed; much has remained the same.

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Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity Digital transformation Internet 149

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Since March 2019, Fxmsp announced in cybercrime forums the availability of information stolen from major antivirus companies located in the U.S. In 2019, Fxmsp confirmed to have breached the networks of some security companies and to have obtained long-term access. ” reported ZDNet.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

ZonaAlarm , the popular security software firm owned by Check Point Technologies, has suffered a data breach. The ZoneAlarm suite includes antivirus software and firewall solutions to and users and small organizations, it has nearly 100 million downloads. ” reads the post published by The Hacker News. .”

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Hacking Data breaches Passwords Advertising 98

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Antivirus and security giant Avast and virtual private networking (VPN) software provider NordVPN each today disclosed months-long network intrusions that — while otherwise unrelated — shared a common cause: Forgotten or unknown user accounts that granted remote access to internal systems with little more than a password.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2019

Altran cible d’une attaque informatique de grande ampleur — Pas au top en carving (@LaurentTanger) January 25, 2019. During the SI-LAB analysis, this ransomware bypass AV signature-based detection — a sample with a score of 0/69 was submitted to VirusTotal on March 8th, 2019 and nothing was detected. File name: yxugwjud6698.exe

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Krebs on Security

JULY 28, 2022

” Microleaves has long been classified by antivirus companies as adware or as a “potentially unwanted program” (PUP), the euphemism that antivirus companies use to describe executable files that get installed with ambiguous consent at best, and are often part of a bundle of software tied to some “free” download.

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SecureList

JULY 1, 2021

This year’s report looked at the period from December 2019 to May 2021, which shows that not only were work computers connected to Steam, but they also remained connected. Based on the statistics from our web antivirus, cybercriminals are still mainly placing their bets on exploiting Minecraft as a decoy.

Antivirus 144

Antivirus Malware Accountability Mobile 144

Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2021

Experts from Kaspersky explained that in February 2019, multiple antivirus companies received a collection of malware samples, some of them cannot be associated with the activity of known APT groups. . Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has discovered a new malware that experts attribute to the US Central Intelligence Agency.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2019

A few days ago, Cybaze -Yoroi ZLAB researchers spotted a suspicious JavaScript file needing further attention: it leveraged several techniques in order to evade all AV detection and no one of the fifty-eight antivirus solution hosted on the notorious VirusTotal platform detected it. Figure 1: Javascript dropper AV detection at 2019-03-01.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2021

According to the experts, the first infections were observed in late 2019, victims reported their files were encrypted by a strain of malware. Operators behind the Pysa malware, also employed a version of the PowerShell Empire penetration-testing tool, they were able to stop antivirus products. newversion file extension instead of.

Ransomware 116

Ransomware Penetration Testing Healthcare Government 116

CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 26, 2022

In 2019, this type of cyberattack cost companies about $7.5 Here are some of the ways companies can protect themselves from ransomware attacks: Update software: One of the best defenses against ransomware is regularly updating software, especially antivirus software installed on the computer. What Companies Have Suffered These Attacks?

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Ransomware Software Education Malware 123

IT Security Guru

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Operational technology (OT) used to be the specialist networks nobody in IT bothered with, or perhaps thought they didn’t need to. Armis’ own white paper on the topic mentions these for starters: July 2019: URGENT/11 affects billions of industrial and medical devices. OT devices don’t run antivirus. Nobody listens to OT people.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 10, 2022

Observed since: September 2019 Ransomware note: Restore-My-Files.txt Ransomware extension: lockbit Kill Chain: Brute force attack on a web server containing an outdated VPN service > LockBit Sample hash: 9feed0c7fa8c1d32390e1c168051267df61f11b048ec62aa5b8e66f60e8083af. LockBit 2.0.

Ransomware 88

Ransomware Phishing Accountability Technology 88

The Last Watchdog

APRIL 16, 2019

Related: AI one-upsmanship prevails in antivirus field. Model N’s 2019 State of Revenue Report surveyed CEOs, CMOs and senior sales executives from leading pharmaceutical, medical devices, high-tech manufacturing and semiconductor companies. The technology is accelerating in its sophistication.

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Digital transformation Manufacturing Internet Internet 133

Hacker Combat

AUGUST 6, 2021

It mainly focuses on agencies connected with foreign and domestic, economic policy, and government information technology. The Group-IB analysis focused on the WebDAV sample that was uploaded on VirusTotal in 2019 and overlapped with the model by Solar JSOC. The hackers download gigabytes of data with no trace for years.

Government 111

Government Malware Energy and Utilities Cyber Attacks 111

The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 3, 2019

We met at Black Hat 2019. Once they were inside, they would turn off your antivirus software and the software responsible for online backups. British antimalware and network security vendor Sophos refers to this new tactic as “automated, active attacks.” Sophos Senior Security Advisor John Shier broke it down for me.

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Encryption Malware Ransomware Cyber Attacks 147

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Files comprise only part of the data processed by Kaspersky Lab technologies, yet the most important one. The scope of the assessment includes regular automatic updates of antivirus records, created and distributed by Kaspersky Lab for its products operating on Windows and Unix Servers. Learn more at www.kaspersky.com. [1]

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Technology Threat Detection Government Advertising 91

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 23, 2021

As a leader in threat intelligence and endpoint detection and response (EDR) products, CrowdStrike offers IT hygiene, device control, next-generation antivirus, integrated intelligence, vulnerability management, malware research and sandboxing capabilities in the form of its Falcon Platform. . Automatic detection of threats.

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IT Security Guru

JULY 19, 2021

Our own research report, the State of Encrypted Attacks Report 2020 , found that there had been a 500 per cent rise in ransomware compared to 2019. Better operational practices, rather than technology, is really the key issue for a lot of businesses affected by ransomware. Security hygiene is the best defence.

Ransomware 107

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 30, 2020

While the latest patches for antivirus software require time-sensitive management, your SECaaS automatically covers these updates on all of your devices. In 2020, the security as a service market remains competitive as cloud-based upstarts battle with technology giants migrating to the cloud. Current landscape for SECaaS .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Technology has made us more productive and connected, but it also puts us at risk of exploitation. billion more than in 2019. Some 34% of those who filed a report lost money, another figure up significantly since 2019. Some 34% of those who filed a report lost money, another figure up significantly since 2019.

Scams 92

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The vaccine has been tested against versions of the STOP ransomware that have arisen between August 2019 and this month – but that’s no guarantee that it will protect against future strains or other malware packaged with it. Also read: Top Vulnerability Management Tools for 2021. Vaccines Target Variants.

Ransomware 145

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Technology has enabled people to connect more than ever before. In 2019, we created a special alert that notifies users if stalkerware is installed on their phones. of domestic violence practitioners have clients experiencing technology-facilitated abuse and that the use of video cameras increased by 183.2%

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SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

A41APT is a long-running campaign, active from March 2019 to the end of December 2020, that has targeted multiple industries, including Japanese manufacturing and its overseas bases. We believe this is a continuation of a campaign last summer, reported by Avast , in which the malware masqueraded as the Malwarebytes antivirus installer.

Malware 140

Malware Adware Encryption Architecture 140

Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2019

City Council of Somerville bans facial recognition technology. Cyber Defense Magazine – July 2019 has arrived. Firefox finally addressed the Antivirus software TLS Errors. Is Your Browser Secure? Heres How to Secure Your Web Browser Against Attacks! Vulnerability in Medtronic insulin pumps allow hacking devices.

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Scams Advertising Spyware DNS 69

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 23, 2021

Antivirus protection isn’t enough to protect against today’s advanced threats. Malware isn’t going away and even advanced monitoring and antivirus software can’t always catch what a malicious program will do when executed. Antivirus software is notable for its ability to scan programs being transferred, downloaded, and stored.

Malware 57

Malware Antivirus Software Cybersecurity 57

The Last Watchdog

MARCH 13, 2019

I had a revelatory discussion about this with Aviv Grafi, CEO of Votiro, at RSA 2019 in San Francisco last week. Granted, a high percentage of malicious software circulating in the wild is successfully filtered by advanced antivirus suites or gets detonated in sandboxes before they can do harm. Effective attacks.

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Malware CSO System Administration Financial Services 100

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 25, 2022

Starting in 2019, Gartner consolidated its Magic Quadrants for Unified Threat Management (UTM) and Enterprise Firewalls into a single Magic Quadrant called Network Firewalls. Web antivirus. SonicWall ’s hardware and technology are built into each firewall, with solutions for networks of all sizes. URL filtering. User control.

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