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Top 5 ransomware detection techniques: Pros and cons of each

Malwarebytes

You have an air horn to scare away the wolf in the event of an attack: that's response. But what if you had an alarm system and could take action as soon as the wolf got through your fence, before it started attacking at all? Dynamic monitoring of mass file operations. To understand why, just consider the following example.

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ThreatLabz Coverage Advisory: Ivanti’s VPN Vulnerabilities Exploited by Hackers, New Zero-Days Pose Critical Risk

Security Boulevard

Introduction Ivanti, an IT management and security company, has issued a warning about multiple zero-day vulnerabilities in its VPN products exploited by Chinese state-backed hackers since December 2023. Recommendations For CVE-2023-46805 and CVE-2023-21887 Apply the patch: Ivanti released a patch to address the initial two vulnerabilities.

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The story of the year: ransomware in the headlines

SecureList

This is a threat that seems almost inescapable, regardless of whether or not users occupy the cybersecurity or tech space – and it is having a direct impact on lives. The operators behind that ransomware created a new, highly effective scheme for attacking large, profitable businesses: double extortion. began adopting the new approach.

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IoT Secure Development Guide

Pen Test Partners

Introduction This guide deals with threat modelling and early stages of development so that security issues and controls are identified before committing to manufacturing. Current attack methods, and the pitfalls we find in embedded designs, have been highlighted so that a finished product is as secure as it can be.

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Evolution of JSWorm ransomware

SecureList

Over the past few years, the ransomware threat landscape has been gradually changing. In some cases, this global trend is just a reflection of the continuous life cycle of threats: old ransomware families shut down and new ones appear and pursue new targets. Introduction. We have been witness to a paradigm shift. Trik botnet.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Industrial Control Systems

ForAllSecure

Here’s the CBS evening news : CBS: Nearly a quarter of a million people lost power in this small Ukrainian city when it was targeted by a suspected Russian attack last December. So this power grid attack is sounding more credible. This is ransomware, starting with a phishing attack. Don’t believe me?

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