Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2022

Researcher discovered a couple of high-severity security flaws that affect a driver used by Avast and AVG antivirus solutions. SentinelOne researcher Kasif Dekel discovered two high-severity security vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2022-26522 and CVE-2022-26523, that affect a driver used by Avast and AVG antivirus solutions.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Authorities in the United States and United Kingdom today levied financial sanctions against seven men accused of operating “ Trickbot ,” a cybercrime-as-a-service platform based in Russia that has enabled countless ransomware attacks and bank account takeovers since its debut in 2016. companies and government entities.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2021

As the demand for robust security defense grows by the day, the market for cybersecurity technology has exploded, as well as the number of available solutions. Here are our picks for the top 20 cybersecurity vendors plus 10 honorable mentions – with the caveat that three of those 30 companies could soon become one. Syxsense Secure.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Cybersecurity vaccines are emerging as a new tool to defend against threats like ransomware and zero-day vulnerabilities. Cybersecurity firms have released “vaccines” in recent days to protect against the widely used STOP ransomware strain and the new Apache Log4Shell vulnerability. Vaccines a Tool for Fighting Ransomware.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Achieving funding is no simple task, and cybersecurity entrepreneurs have a difficult path competing in a complex and competitive landscape. Luckily for cybersecurity startups, there’s no shortage of interest in tomorrow’s next big security vendors. Investments in cybersecurity more than doubled from $12 billion to $29.5

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 17, 2022

The editors of eSecurity Planet have been giving advice to enterprise security buyers for more than a decade, and for the last five years we’ve been rating the top enterprise cybersecurity products, compiling roughly 50 lists to date on every product imaginable, from networks to endpoints and out to the cloud and beyond.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2022

Microsoft dismantled the C2 infrastructure used by the ZLoader trojan with the help of telecommunications providers around the world and cybersecurity firms. ” Zloader is a banking malware that has been active at least since 2016, it borrows some functions from the notorious Zeus 2.0.8.9 Zeus OpenSSL).

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

When businesses in North America use them, their own IT teams manage their sourcing and implementation, and no one in the cybersecurity business discloses anything about their protocols. Usage increased 185% from 2016 to 2017 and 165% from 2017 to 2018. ” No cybersecurity strategy or protocol is foolproof.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 3, 2021

MITRE doesn’t analyze or comment on the evaluations and instead just makes the data available for vendors and cybersecurity buyers to use as they see fit. In the weeks ahead, we’ll be using the results as we re-examine our top endpoint detection and response (EDR) and antivirus product lists. MITRE results analyzed.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 28, 2022

” Microleaves has long been classified by antivirus companies as adware or as a “potentially unwanted program” (PUP), the euphemism that antivirus companies use to describe executable files that get installed with ambiguous consent at best, and are often part of a bundle of software tied to some “free” download.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2023

The vulnerability was reported by researchers Jan Vojtěšek, Milánek, and Luigino Camastra from Avast Antivirus firm. Researchers from Singapore-based cybersecurity firm Numen Cyber have published a detailed analysis of the vulnerability along with a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit that works against Windows Server 2016.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Leverage antivirus software. Protect yourself from malware by purchasing, updating, and upgrading antivirus software. Back in 2016, hundreds of fake retailer apps flooded Apple’s App Store just in time for the holiday shopping season. (Think of Google Chrome blocking you from visiting a suspicious website.)

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SecureList

JUNE 22, 2021

In our interview with Costin, he spoke about the job of a security researcher, its challenges and advantages, and offered some advice for newcomers to cybersecurity. How did you start your career in cybersecurity? I probably got into cybersecurity by accident. And slowly, this turned into a more capable antivirus product.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Group-IB, a Singapore-based cybersecurity company: ransomware accounted for over half of all malicious mailings in H1 2019 , detected and analyzed by Group-IB’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-GIB), with Troldesh aka Shade being the most popular tool among cybercriminals. Half as much malware was distributed through links in 2018.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Though Cynet may be an upstart cybersecurity vendor, its solution is viable for small and large teams and rapidly gaining recognition in an emerging solution space. Read more: What co-founder and CEO Eyal Gruner told eWeek regarding the five levels of response automation most deployed by cybersecurity professionals.

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Security Affairs

JULY 6, 2022

Researchers from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 discovered that a sample uploaded to the VirusTotal database on May 19, 2022 and considered benign by almost all the antivirus, was containing a payload associated with Brute Ratel C4 (BRc4), a new red-teaming and adversarial attack simulation tool. “Over the past 2.5

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 15, 2019

This all goes toward ascertaining whether the criminal is willing and able to supply a viable decryption key, according to Josh Zelonis, senior analyst for cybersecurity and risk at Forrester. The latest tools and guidance – and support within the cybersecurity industry via efforts like the No More Ransom program are badly needed.

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Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Fortunately, the UAE has achieved a top-tier classification in the Global Cybersecurity Index 2024 , recognized as a “Pioneering Model” for its robust cybersecurity measures. Compare that to 2012 when the UAE ranked fifth in the Global Cybersecurity Index. The email directs victims to download antivirus software.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 26, 2022

In the race to offer comprehensive cybersecurity solutions, the product known as network detection and response (NDR) is a standalone solution as well as a central component of XDR. Almost 40 years after its start in Silicon Valley, Cisco remains one of the top IT and cybersecurity solution providers in the world. billion in 2016.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

cybersecurity agencies, which highlighted the threats in a pair of warnings issued in recent days. And the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added 15 more vulnerabilities to its list of actively exploited vulnerabilities. cybersecurity advisories in recent weeks. The FBI and U.S.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Now, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in conjunction with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the National Security Agency (NSA) have issued a warning on BlackMatter ransomware, and tips on how to avoid it. Implement Credential Guard for Windows 10 and Server 2016. BlackMatter ransomware.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 23, 2021

Antivirus protection isn’t enough to protect against today’s advanced threats. In 2021, sandboxes are now a fundamental part of an organization’s cybersecurity architecture. In 2021, sandboxes are now a fundamental part of an organization’s cybersecurity architecture. Antivirus Coverage Isn’t Enough. What is a sandbox?

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2020

Group-IB , a Singapore-based cybersecurity company, has issued a comprehensive report on Fxmsp – a heavyweight of the Russian-speaking cyber underground who made a name for himself selling access to corporate networks. Fxmsp took his first steps in the cybercrime scene in September 2016 when he registered on an underground forum, fuckav[.]ru.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 26, 2022

As of the publishing of this article, antivirus (AV) vendor detection for BotenaGo and its variants remains behind with very low detection coverage from most of AV vendors. Figure 8 shows the low level of antivirus detections for BotenaGo’s new variants. 4000456: AV EXPLOIT Netgear Device RCE (CVE-2016-1555). Background.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Ransomware is one of the most destructive cybersecurity threats that can unexpectedly disrupt the work of your team at any time. But what is ransomware, and how to protect yourself from this cybersecurity threat? Petya was a reason behind many attacks during 2016 and 2017. What is Ransomware: Full Information What is ransomware?

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Spinone

DECEMBER 10, 2019

To make things worse, you can’t prevent ransomware attacks with standard means like antivirus software in 100% cases anymore. That is why Spin Technology (Spinbackup), a cloud-to-cloud backup and cybersecurity solutions provider, released Ransomware Protection for Office 365 !

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Quick Heal Antivirus

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Cerber is a strain of ransomware that was first identified in early 2016. It is a type of. The post Cerber Ransomware Exposed: A Comprehensive Analysis of Advanced Tactics, Encryption, and Evasion appeared first on Quick Heal Blog.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

As of the publishing of this article, BotenaGo currently has low antivirus (AV) detection rate with only 6/62 known AVs seen in VirusTotal: (Figure 1). CVE-2016-1555. CVE-2016-6277. CVE-2016-11021. 4000456: AV EXPLOIT Netgear Device RCE (CVE-2016-1555). VirusTotal scanning results of BotenaGo malware. A2pvI042j1.d26m.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Information Technology research and advisory company, Gartner, presented its top predictions for the cybersecurity industry for 2017 earlier this year. So how must the cybersecurity industry adapt and grow in order to defend against this onslaught? A major attack already took place in November 2016, when £2.5

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The extraordinarily high volume of threats is forcing vendors to include AI-based detection even in consumer antivirus products. However, they’re not foolproof, and infection can still occur even with the best cybersecurity solutions and employee training on the market. Looking For New Ways to Protect Your Business’s Data?

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Physical appliances provide functionality for routing wide area networks (WANs), stateful firewalls, SD-WANs, NGFW, antivirus, intrusion prevention services (IPS), and unified threat management (UTM) capabilities for local networks. Microsoft Azure Microsoft Hyper-V 2016/2019 R2/2019 VMware ESXi up to 7.0 Ubuntu 18.04, and Ubuntu 20.04

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

This is especially true for your existing intrusion detection and prevention system (IDPS), antivirus, and anti-malware. Others go further in estimating ransomware will cost as much as $6 trillion per year starting in 2021 ( Cybersecurity Ventures ). Bitdefender : Bitdefender Antivirus Plus. Update Anti-Ransomware Software.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Once only known to cybersecurity specialists, Silence is an example of a mobile, small, and young group that has been progressing rapidly. Group-IB incident response and intelligence teams detected Silence’s activity in 2016 for the very first time. The confirmed damage from Silence activity is estimated at 800 000 USD.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 5, 2023

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) found that K–12 cyberattacks more than tripled over the pandemic, from 400 reported incidents in 2018 to over 1,300 in 2021. Retaining security staff: show them the money Cybersecurity as an industry suffers from a retention problem.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The attack had little impact on end customers, but it does serve to remind the cybersecurity community of the potential for threat actors to continue attacks against critical infrastructure globally. For these reasons, it has been voted as the “most loved programming language” in Stack Overflow since 2016. Conclusion.

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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. Industroyer , also called CrashOverride , is believed to be the malware that shut down the power grid in Kiev, Ukraine’s capital, in December 2016. Industroyer.

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SecureList

JUNE 23, 2021

Nowadays, cybersecurity companies implement a variety of methods to discover new, previously unknown malware files. Also, the authors measured an average effectiveness of the attack against VirusTotal anti-malware engines, so we don’t know for sure how effective it is against the cybersecurity industry’s leading solutions.

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