endpoint security
5 reasons to double down on network security
Cybersecurity programs have evolved significantly over the past few decades. The advent of cloud computing shattered the conventional corporate perimeter, forcing …
Attackers deploying red teaming tool for EDR evasion
Threat actors are leveraging the open-source EDRSilencer tool to evade endpoint detection and response systems, Trend Micro researchers have noticed. About EDRSilencer The …
CrowdStrike engages external experts, details causes of massive outage
CrowdStrike has published a technical root cause analysis of what went wrong when a content update pushed to its Falcon sensors borked over 8.5 million Windows machines around …
Some good may come out of the CrowdStrike outage
Estimated financial losses due to the recent massive IT outage triggered by the faulty CrowdStrike update are counted in billions, but the unfortunate incident is having …
Faulty CrowdStrike update takes out Windows machines worldwide
A more recent update on the situation (July 19, 2024, 12:42 ET) Hundreds of thousands and possibly millions of Windows computers and servers worldwide have been made …
No summer break for cybercrime: Why educational institutions need better cyber resilience
The education system isn’t equipped to handle today’s cyberthreats. I’m not just talking about cybersecurity education in schools shaping the technical workforce of the future …
“Pool Party” process injection techniques evade EDRs
SafeBreach researchers have discovered eight new process injection techniques that can be used to covertly execute malicious code on Windows systems. Dubbed “Pool …
Microsoft Defender can automatically contain compromised user accounts
The “contain user” feature select Microsoft Defender for Endpoint customers have been trying out since November 2022 is now available to a wider pool of …
Endpoint malware attacks decline as campaigns spread wider
In Q2 2023, 95% of malware now arrives over encrypted connections, endpoint malware volumes are decreasing despite campaigns growing more widespread, ransomware detections are …
Critical Trend Micro vulnerability exploited in the wild (CVE-2023-41179)
Trend Micro has fixed a critical zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-41179) in several of its endpoint security products for enterprises that has been spotted being exploited in …
The ransomware rollercoaster continues as criminals advance their business models
Ransomware shows no signs of slowing, with ransomware activity ending 13 times higher than at the start of 2023 as a proportion of all malware detections, according to …
Is your browser betraying you? Emerging threats in 2023
Network attacks (IPS detections) have remained relatively flat over the last three quarters, technically down a bit more than 3%, according to WatchGuard. “Organisations need …