A week after the global outbreak of WannaCryptor, another ransomware has been making rounds. Detected by ESET as Win32/Filecoder.AESNI.C and also known as XData ransomware, the threat has been most prevalent in Ukraine, with 96% of the total detections between May 17 and May 22, reaching the peak of its activity of Friday, May 19. ESET protects its customers against this threat since May 18. However, we’ve been tracking the malware since December 8, 2016, when the version Win32/Filecoder.AESNI.A first appeared. For the AESNI.A variant, some of the decryption keys have been recently published on a BleepingComputer.com forum. Based on ESET’s research, the ransomware…
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It has been reported that nearly 50% of manufactures don’t test their devices highlighting critical security deficiencies in today’s medical devices. Synopsys, Inc. released the results of the study “Medical Device Security: An Industry Under Attack and Unprepared to Defend,” which found that 67 percent of medical device manufacturers and 56 percent of healthcare delivery organizations (HDOs) believe an attack on a medical device built or in use by their organizations is likely to occur over the next 12 months. Tim Erlin, Vice-President of Product Management and Strategy at Tripwire commented below. Tim Erlin, Vice-President of Product Management and Strategy at Tripwire: “The fact…
EMEA Report Predicts How Applications Will Dramatically Change the Way We Live and Work F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV) has unveiled a dedicated report on the future of applications, highlighting major trends and projections that will significantly impact society. Commissioned by F5 Networks, a leading application security and cloud solutions expert, the Future of Apps draws upon research conducted by The Foresight Factory. The report leverages a proprietary bank of technological and sociological trends, combined with original research from 25 markets across EMEA, and interviews with leading experts and eminent entrepreneurs specialising in the automation, biometrics, IT and technology sectors. The Future of Apps highlights the evolution…
Kaspersky Lab has unveiled a major update to its dedicated security product for data centres, Kaspersky Security for Virtualization Light Agent. In addition to the virtualisation platforms and operating systems already supported, the solution now delivers virtualisation-native security to any server, regardless of the operating system it runs — in both Agentless and Light Agent modes. Windows-only and Linux-only data centres are rare, with the majority mixing the two operating systems. This poses challenges for managing security across data centre infrastructure. Some of the barriers that businesses face include the costs, time and human resources needed to install, configure and…
A new evolving malware known as Qakbot is hitting that will lock companies out of their networks and infecting associated systems as well according to Cylance researchers. Michael Patterson, CEO at Plixer commented below. Michael Patterson, CEO at Plixer: “Malware continues to evolve as there is no shortage of vulnerabilities to exploit. Qakbot’s dynamic polymorphic abilities make it particularly evasive to antivirus systems. This means the virus can more easily maintain it’s presence without being detected. It does however need to communicate on the network in order to carry out its dastardly deeds. In the case of Qakbot, it uses HTTPS…
With all of the attention on the recent WannaCry ransomware attack, it’s clear that the number of attempted data breaches and cyber attacks will only continue to increase. It would be one thing if security teams only had to keep up with the increasing number and types of attacks. Unfortunately, there are four technology trends that present new security challenges, putting today’s security professionals at a serious disadvantage and disrupting previously successful methods. Trend #1: Threat signatures – which fall short In the past few years, malware-authoring techniques have evolved to the point where security tools that rely on threat…
News broke yesterday in a new report by Verisign that DDoS attacks during the first quarter of 2017 fell by 23%, but the average peak size ballooned by 26% to 14.1 Gbps compared with the previous quarter. Andrew Clarke, EMEA Director at One Identity commented below. Andrew Clarke, EMEA Director at One Identity: “Since DDOS spreads through vulnerable computers and mainly through infected emails and attachments; one factor that is changing in the business landscape is more awareness through education at the user level. Companies preparing to meet the quickly approaching GDPR conditions before May 2018, are now undertaking pro-active steps to ensure that control of the human factor – one…
Key stats on GDPR: Compuware – taken from its May global survey of 400 CIOs conducted by Vanson Bourne: 67% of European and 88% of U.S. organisations with European customer data say they are well-briefed on GDPR; an improvement on 55% and 73% respectively when the same question was asked last year. On average, 38% of all respondents have comprehensive plans for GDPR compliance, leaving the majority at risk of non-compliance fines. The UK fell well below average, with just 19% having comprehensive plans, which marks only a marginal improvement from 18% last year. RSA – taken from its May…
In the ongoing international WannaCry ransomware saga, today Reuters reported from Moscow that Russia’s postal service was hit by WannaCry ransomware last week and some of its computers are still down, three employees in Moscow said, the latest sign of weaknesses that have made the country a major victim of the global extortion campaign. IT security experts from Cyphort Labs, Tripwire and FireMon commented below. Mounir Hahad, Ph.D., Senior Director at Silicon Valley-Based Cyphort Labs: “We are not aware of organizations with consumer facing services that are down. It is surprising that this particular service is still down. I suspect this has nothing to do with…
Flickering lightbulbs, scary Barbie dolls, infected computer networks and cities out of action. Could this be the brave new world of the Internet of Things (IoT), if we neglect IoT security? Ian Kilpatrick, EVP Cyber Security for Nuvias Group, discusses the unstoppable growth of IoT and the necessity for organisations to take appropriate measures to protect their computer networks. For several years, the IT industry has enthusiastically extolled the virtues of the Internet of Things (IoT), eager to enlighten us to the difference that living in a connected world will make to all our lives. Now the IoT is here…