Researchers at Forcepoint Security Labs are helping businesses fight back against a known malware actor with persistent monitoring and effective mitigation for the JavaScript-based ransomware, “NELocker”. Carl Leonard, Principal Security Analyst at Forcepoint commented below.
Carl Leonard, Principal Security Analyst at Forcepoint:
The pace of this transformation highlights the ease and effectiveness of creating ransomware based on existing legitimate software which also has the added complication of being more difficult to detect. With the complexity of opportunistic ransomware attacks increasing, it’s never been more important for IT teams to not only protect their users with effective comprehensive filtering and decryption tools but to also educate users on the importance of remaining vigilant when opening e-mails, especially attachments and links that are contained within them.”
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