eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Install an antivirus solution that includes anti-adware capabilities. In 2005, Sony BMG delivered millions of CDs with a rootkit that monitored listening habits and unintentionally left a backdoor to the device for cybercriminals. If your antivirus software fails to notice a new strain, you can reinstall the browser. Ransomware.

Malware 105

Malware Adware Spyware Antivirus 105

The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Cybercriminals often leverage social engineering tactics like phishing and spear-phishing to propagate sophisticated malware. Computer viruses often utilize deception techniques and keep evolving to evade antivirus software. And it all started with a single employee falling prey to a phishing email. Computer worms.

Cyber threats 113

Cyber threats Computers and Electronics Adware Spyware 113

eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Russian software engineer Eugene Kaspersky’s frustration with the malware of the 80s and 90s led to the founding of antivirus and cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky Lab. Graham Cluley started as a videogame developer and antivirus programmer three decades ago before serving in senior roles at Sophos and McAfee. — thaddeus e.

Accountability 139

Accountability Cybersecurity Penetration Testing InfoSec 139

Security Boulevard

APRIL 28, 2021

This renders the attacks undetectable and able to bypass conventional security solutions such as EDR, antivirus and other traditional security lines of defense. In later rounds, the Trojan spread through spear-phishing emails with malicious Excel or Word files. Their tactics went beyond the typical DDoS attack. Industroyer.

Energy and Utilities 70

Energy and Utilities Malware DDOS Internet 70

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2021

But constant breaches of organizations large and small, and a trail of victims to ransomware and phishing opened a massive opportunity. This includes antivirus, identity protection, SIEM (where Gartner names it a Leader), endpoint protection (graded a Visionary by Gartner) and secure web gateways (Gartner Challenger). Founded: 2005.

Cybersecurity 145

Cybersecurity Firewall Marketing Encryption 145

SecureList

APRIL 24, 2023

Operators routinely mix and match the various families, trying to deploy tools (often repeatedly) with little regard for stealth until one doesn’t get caught by antivirus software. Some file stealers are backdoor variants and share the same code base.

Malware 103

Malware DNS Government Software 103

Elie

MAY 30, 2018

Adversarial inputs include malicious documents designed to evade antivirus, and emails attempting to evade spam filters. Back in 2005, multiple groups of gambling syndicates discovered a flaw in the WinFall lottery system: when the jackpot was split among all participants, you would earn $2.3 Data poisoning attacks.

Accountability 107

Accountability Artificial Intelligence Engineering Retail 107