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Menlo Security Finds Cloud Migration and Remote Work Gives Rise to New Era of Malware, Highly Evasive Adaptive Threats (HEAT)

February 2, 2022 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Menlo identified 224% increase in HEAT attacks in the last six months fueling ransomware surge MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#cloudsecurity—Menlo Security, a leader in cloud security, today announced it has identified a surge in cyberthreats, termed Highly Evasive Adaptive Threats (HEAT), that bypass traditional security defenses. HEAT attacks are a class of cyber threats targeting web […]

Report: 2021 Malware, Ransomware Levels Already Surpassed 2020 Levels By End Of Q3

Despite a drop in third-quarter activity, 2021 was an exceptional year for malware and ransomware attacks, WatchGuard report says.

January 20, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

While new research shows a decrease in total perimeter malware detection volume in the third quarter from the record highs in the second quarter, there was still more malware activity through the first three quarters than all of 2020. The report from endpoint protection provider WatchGuard Technologies also found that nearly half of zero-day malware […]

Hackers Using Public Cloud Infrastructure, RATs to Deploy Malware

New research from Cisco Talos details how threat actors are increasingly using cloud services to carry out their malicious activities.

January 14, 2022 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

A new report from Cisco Talos, the IT vendor’s security research team, details how hackers are increasingly using public cloud services like Azure and AWS that eliminates the need to host their own infrastructure. Specifically, researchers narrowed in on a fall 2021 campaign that utilized variants of known remote access trojans that were deployed and […]

Two-Thirds of Malware Downloads Came From Cloud Apps in 2021

Google Drive takes over top spot from Microsoft OneDrive for malware downloads, according to Netskope’s latest Cloud and Threat Spotlight.

January 12, 2022 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Malware continues to grow along with other malicious payload delivered by cloud applications, according to Netskope’s latest Cloud and Threat Spotlight for January 2022. The SASE provider analyzed year-over-year data highlighting that attacker are achieving more success delivering malware payloads to their victims. The research showed more than two-thirds of malware data came from cloud […]

Hacker Used Malware to Delete 69,000 Patient Files at San Juan Regional

The hacker deleted files that included Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, and financial account numbers, among other data.

October 13, 2021 Amy Rock Leave a Comment

Medical records for nearly 69,000 patients at a New Mexico hospital were deleted when an unauthorized individual accessed its network last year. According to a statement released last week by the San Juan Regional Medical Center (SJRMC), the hacker used malware to remove patient information from its network on Sept. 7-8, 2020. The attack was reported to the U.S. Department of […]

Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group (M3AAWG) October General Meeting to Address Online Attacks and Abuse, Privacy and Data Protection and the Role of AI in Abuse Prevention

September 23, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Keynote to Examine Threats, Including Spyware, That Threaten Digital Communications SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#DDOS–The Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group (M3AAWG) will host its 53rd general meeting October 11-14 virtually. Members from internet service and email providers, networking and communications companies, security vendors and social networking companies will exchange updates, ideas and efforts to improve […]

How To Protect Against Macro-Based Malware

Macro-based malware, an attack that once fell out of favor with hackers is possibly resurging, according to experts.

August 13, 2021 Alyssa Borelli Leave a Comment

Macro-based malware, an attack that once fell out of favor with hackers is possibly resurging, according to experts.

My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 137: Fileless Malware On The Rise

WatchGuard Technologies CTO Cory Nachreiner joins the podcast to discuss the company's Internet Security Report from Q4 2020.

July 30, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

WatchGuard Technologies CTO Cory Nachreiner joins the podcast to discuss the company’s Internet Security Report from Q4 2020.

Malware Patrol Data Offered Through Bandura Cyber Threat Intelligence Marketplace

July 28, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#onpatrol4malware–Malware Patrol, the veteran threat intelligence company, announced today that they now offer data feeds through the Bandura Cyber Intelligence Marketplace. Cyber security teams around the world rely on Malware Patrol’s timely and accurate intelligence to expand their threat landscape visibility and to improve detection rates and response times. The company offers […]

Researchers Discover Other Malware In SolarWinds Product

Security researchers believe they've found other malware unrelated to the supply chain compromise in SolarWinds' Orion platform.

December 21, 2020 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft and other security researchers has discovered additional malware that also affects the SolarWinds Orion platform, the company posted in a security blog late Friday. The news came just days after security researchers disclosed a massive hacking campaign utilizing the same IT management software from SolarWinds that so far has impacted several high-profile U.S. government […]