Security expert Ben Johnson from Carbon Black commented below on the reports about Furtim – a new strain of ‘paranoid’ malware that is taking extreme pains to avoid detection – least of which being to scan its intended target for any traces of 400 different security solutions before it sticks its head over the parapet – then doing a runner if even one of them is present.
Ben Johnson, Chief Security Strategist, Carbon Black:
“This is precisely why it’s so vital that organisations have continuous monitoring running on all endpoint devices, as that’s the only sure-fire way to capture the entire ‘kill chain’ of a successful attack so it can be traced back to where it came in and shut out completely. It’s also another reminder of why we need to get out there and start proactively threat hunting, so we can identify any similar breeds of sneaky malware sitting on our systems undetected.”