The Petya ransomware was designed to lock files on the infected computer and demand payment from victims to get their files unlocked. Following the launch of the Petya ransomware attack around the world last week, Microsoft’s telemetry data has now shed some light on the scale of the worm-able ransomwareRead More…
The rapid pace of the new Petya ransomware attack points at another worm that can spread from computer to computer by itself, Mimecast has said. In an advisory, Steven Malone, director of security product management at Mimecast, commented, “Many commentators think WannaCry came from hackers in Russia, perhaps as an experiment thatRead More…
Guest written by Rick Holland, Vice President, Strategy, Digital Shadows.Read More…
Mimecast has collaborated with PhishMe to integrate their expansive security educational content to help organizations improve employee awareness of common email-borne attacks.Read More…
The global nightmare of ransomware shows no sign of slowing down, with the volume of mobile ransomware rising over three-fold (3.5 times) during the first few months of the year, according to Kaspersky Lab’s Malware Report for Q1, 2017. The number of mobile ransomware files detected reached 218,625 during theRead More…
Channel Post speaks to Becky Pinkard, the Vice President for Service Delivery and Intelligence Operations at Digital Shadows, about the effect of WannaCry cyber threat in the regionRead More…
Guest written by: Vinod Vasudevan, Co-Founder and CTO at PaladionRead More…
Guest written by: Steve Grobman, senior vice president and chief technology officer (CTO) for McAfeeRead More…
Guest written by: Alain Penel, Regional Vice President – Middle East, FortinetRead More…
Kaspersky announced the discovery of an new emerging and alarming trend that more and more cybercriminals are turning their attention from attacks against private users to targeted ransomware attacks against businesses.Read More…
McAfee Inc. has released its McAfee Labs Threats Report: April 2017, which details the challenges facing threat intelligence sharing efforts, probes the architecture and inner workings of Mirai botnets, assesses reported attacks across industries, and reveals growth trends in malware, ransomware, mobile malware and other threats in Q4 2016. “TheRead More…
SonicWall, the leading security vendor released its latest Annual Threat Report, which highlights the most notable advancements made by security professionals and cyber criminals in 2016.Read More…
