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Cyber-risk levels have improved from “elevated” to “moderate” for the first time, but insiders represent a persistent threat for global organizations, according to Trend Micro. Jon Clay, VP of threat intelligence at Trend Micro:… Continue reading Organizations brace for cyber attacks despite improved preparedness
In this Help Net Security video, Ax Sharma, Senior Security Researcher at Sonatype, discusses newly found PyPI packages that pack ransomware, and another package that appears to be safe but silently drops fileless malware to mine cryptocurrency (Monero… Continue reading Malicious PyPI packages drop ransomware, fileless malware
The latest report from the WatchGuard shows an astonishing 91.5% of malware arriving over encrypted connections during Q2 2021. This is a dramatic increase over the previous quarter and means that any organization that isn’t examining encrypted HTTPS t… Continue reading 91.5% of malware arrived over encrypted connections during Q2 2021
By Owais Sultan
Here are some of the emerging cybersecurity threats of 2021 and some steps you can take to keep the organization safe:
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Cybersecurity is an arms race, with defensive tools and training pushing threat actors to adopt even more sophisticated and evasive intrusion techniques as they attempt to gain a foothold in victim networks. Most modern endpoint protection (EPP) servic… Continue reading A closer look at fileless malware, beyond the network
Using a legitimate tool called Weave Scope, the cybercrime group is establishing fileless backdoors on targeted Docker and Kubernetes clusters. Continue reading TeamTNT Gains Full Remote Takeover of Cloud Instances
Evasion techniques are used by cybercriminals to evade detection, and they are especially prevalent in the context of scripts, which on their own have legitimate uses (e.g., to automate processes on a computer system). Unfortunately, scripts can also b… Continue reading How to protect yourself from the hidden threat of evasive scripts
The unique, advanced worming P2P botnet drops backdoors and cryptominers, and is spreading globally. Continue reading FritzFrog Botnet Attacks Millions of SSH Servers
A fileless worm dubbed FritzFrog has been found roping Linux devices running SSH servers – corporate servers, routers and IoT devices – into a P2P botnet whose apparent goal is to mine cryptocurrency. Simultaneously, though, the malware cre… Continue reading Fileless worm builds cryptomining, backdoor-planting P2P botnet
In October 2019, we encountered a phishing campaign delivering a malicious Microsoft Word document that distributed ransomware with a twist. Unlike most ransomware families, such as GandCrab, WannaCry and RobinHood, the malware was not compiled code. I… Continue reading Ransomware Goes Fileless, Uses Malicious Documents and PowerShell to Encrypt Files