Collaborate Disseminate
On two occasions this past year I’ve published stories here warning about the prospect that new European privacy regulations could result in more spams and scams ending up in your inbox. This post explains in a question and answer format some of the reasoning that went into that prediction, and responds to many of the criticisms leveled against it. Continue reading Security Trade-Offs in the New EU Privacy Law
Attackers are constantly trying new ways to get around established defenses. The data, collected throughout 2017 by Webroot, illustrates that attacks such as ransomware are becoming a worldwide threat and are seamlessly bypassing legacy security soluti… Continue reading Phishing, malware, and cryptojacking continue to increase in sophistication
John McAfee finally reveals his hack-proof system, ShieldX and Webroot join forces, a biometrics company teams up with Honeywell, and what percentage of successful attacks are caused by phishing? Enterprise News John McAfee finally reveals Sentinel anti-hacking system | TheINQUIRER ShieldX and Webroot Join Forces to Help Customers Defend the Cloud Against Onslaught of Cyberattacks […]
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An average of 1.385 million new, unique phishing sites are created each month, with a high of 2.3 million sites created in May. The data collected by Webroot shows today’s phishing attacks are highly targeted, sophisticated, hard to detect, and difficult for users to avoid. The latest phishing sites employ realistic web pages that are hard to find using web crawlers, and they trick victims into providing personal and business information. Unique phishing URLs per … More → Continue reading 46,000 new phishing sites are created every day
U.S. antivirus and cybersecurity company Webroot will have a new CEO by the end of the month after Dick Williams, 73, retires after eight years at the helm. Mike Potts, previously an executive at Cisco, takes over Sept. 25. Colorado-based Webroot, founded in 1997, employs 680 people globally and brought on a new CISO, Gary Hayslip, in April 2017. Before Cisco, Potts served as CEO of the network security company Lancope and CEO of Motorola AirDefense (now the IoT security company 802 Secure). The balance sheet has seen little but good news of late for Webroot, which reported an ongoing streak of 14 consecutive quarters of double-digit growth under Williams. Under his leadership, Williams expanded the business to include endpoint security, network security and threat intelligence services. Potts will be building Webroot’s threat intelligence business along with building the company’s managed service provider work for small to medium-sized businesses. The consumer market is also viewed […]
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Security firm Webroot drops a clanger when it declared Windows was malicious and borked customers’ PCs, millennials are streaming a lot of movies illegally, and blackmailers are targeting members of the Ashley Madison cheating site again.
All this and … Continue reading Smashing Security #018: Windows is a virus. True or False?
It’s 2017, and anti-virus products still goof up like this…
David Bisson reports.
Continue reading Webroot causes massive headaches after falsely flagging Windows files as malicious
False positives affect Windows Preview, Facebook, and more. Continue reading AV provider Webroot melts down as update nukes hundreds of legit files
Webroot revealed the top 10 most malware-infected US cities. According to Webroot’s data, Houston is the most infected US city with 60,801 infected devices. The research reflects the number of PCs, laptops, tablets and smartphones that have been infected with malware. Surprisingly, each infected device has, on average, between six and 24 pieces of malware installed. The top 10 most infected cities and number of infected devices include: Houston – 60,801 Chicago – 49,147 Phoenix … More → Continue reading Top 10 most malware-infected US cities
Users are over 20 percent less likely to encounter malware and other undesirable executable files than in 2015. The data, collected by Webroot, shows that, although the number of overall malware encounters is decreasing, malware attacks are more sophisticated and short-lived than ever before. Malware and PUA families and variants per family Many attacks appear, infect, and disappear within hours—even minutes—having successfully exfiltrated sensitive data, launched ransomware, or found other means to achieve financial gain. … More → Continue reading Surge in polymorphic attacks and malicious Android apps