Email security industry miss rates when encountering threats are higher than 20%

Email security miss rates are definitely a huge issue. Malicious files regularly bypass all of today’s leading email security products, leaving enterprises vulnerable to email-based attacks including ransomware, phishing and data breaches, according to… Continue reading Email security industry miss rates when encountering threats are higher than 20%

The Hysolate Perspective: HP Acquires Bromium

From app sandboxing to OS isolation: How the endpoint is evolving   Last week, HP announced that it has acquired Bromium, maker of an app sandboxing product that uses virtual machines (VMs) to sandbox specific applications, such as browsers and of… Continue reading The Hysolate Perspective: HP Acquires Bromium

HP Moves to Increase Desktop and Printer Security Lead with Bromium

HP just announced the acquisition of Bromium, a unique small security company. I must admit the name “Bromium” kind of sounds like something you’d take if you had a stomach problem, but given a breach could make an IT manager sick to … Continue reading HP Moves to Increase Desktop and Printer Security Lead with Bromium

HP acquires Bromium to complement and enhance its existing security platform

HP announced the acquisition of Bromium, an end point security start-up. Bromium protects enterprises by using virtualization-based security to isolate browser-based attacks, malicious downloads, email attachments and other applications in unique, hard… Continue reading HP acquires Bromium to complement and enhance its existing security platform

Threatlist: Targeted Espionage-as-a-Service Takes Hold on the Dark Web

One in four underground merchants offer advanced hacking services, once reserved for APTs and well-funded organized crime gangs. Continue reading Threatlist: Targeted Espionage-as-a-Service Takes Hold on the Dark Web

Criminals are selling hacking services targeting world’s biggest companies

A new study – undertaken by Dr. Mike McGuire, Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Surrey, and underwritten by Bromium – provides details of first-hand intelligence gathered from covert discussions with dark net vendors, alongside analys… Continue reading Criminals are selling hacking services targeting world’s biggest companies

Corporations beware: Dark web markets are selling tools targeting your accounts

If a cybercriminal wants to cause trouble for a major corporation, tools for the job are widely available on dark web markets, according to researchers who spent three months analyzing their activity and interacting with sellers. The wares — including malware and leaked credentials — are specifically promoted for breaching companies on the Fortune 500 and the Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index, according to Mike McGuire, a senior lecturer in criminology at the University of Surrey, and the security vendor Bromium. Their research includes data collected from Empire Market, The Hub, and the now-shuttered Dream and Wall Street markets, among others. The findings come amid a period of heightened law enforcement activity on the dark web, with international police recently seizing a number of sites that primarily sold drugs. Forums where members buy and sell hacking tools and access to breached email accounts have survived the dragnet. The financial sector was the target of most of the […]

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Social media-enabled cybercrime is generating $3.25 billion a year

Social media-enabled cybercrime is generating at least $3.25B in global revenue annually, according to an extensive six-month academic study undertaken by Dr. Mike McGuire, Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Surrey. Key insights One in… Continue reading Social media-enabled cybercrime is generating $3.25 billion a year

Cyber attacks ranked as top risk in Europe, North America, East Asia and the Pacific

There are significant differences in risk perceptions across the eight regions covered in the World Economic Forum’s Regional Risks for Doing Business report. Over 12,000 executives highlighted concerns ranging from economic to political, societal and … Continue reading Cyber attacks ranked as top risk in Europe, North America, East Asia and the Pacific

Acoustic Attacks, Bromium, and New GDPR Law – Paul’s Security Weekly #562

Dozens of vulnerabilities discovered in DoD’s enterprise travel system, what Apple hiding with iOS 11.4, Git repository vulnerability leds to remote code execution attacks, and feeling for Kaspersky. Paul’s Stories Study shows admins are do… Continue reading Acoustic Attacks, Bromium, and New GDPR Law – Paul’s Security Weekly #562