Emotet: A veritable Swiss Army knife of malicious capabilities
Formerly just a banking Trojan, Emotet is now one of the most dangerous and multifaceted malware out there. According to Malwarebytes, it and Trickbot are part of the reason …
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ENISA outlines top cyber threats and trends in 2018
In 2018, the cyber threat landscape changed significantly. The most important threat agent groups, namely cyber-criminals and state-sponsored actors have further advanced …
Cybercriminals increasingly taking aim at businesses
2018 has been the year when cryptominers first dethroned ransomware as the most prevalent threat due to a meteoric spike in Bitcoin value in late 2017, then slowly trailed off …
Four cybersecurity trends every CIO should know
The cybersecurity landscape in 2019 will likely bolster bigger, more complex threats and developments. Given the intricacy of today’s cyber security challenges, organisations …
USB threat vector trends and implications for industrial operators
In an attempt to make industrial control systems less accessible to attackers, industrial players are limiting network access and increasingly using USB media devices to …
Retail and finance top the list of vulnerable industries, increasingly targeted with credential threat campaigns
The finance, professional, and information sectors had the highest volume and most variety of malicious activity in Q2 2018, says Rapid7, and the manufacturing sector is …
Hackers go after Australian ICT, managed services providers
The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), which integrates the national security cyber capabilities and serves as a hub for collaboration and information sharing with the …
Expected cyber threats over the next six months
With recent large-scale cyber attacks signaling a growing front in destructive threats and business impact, a new midyear report from iDefense, part of Accenture Security, …
Rising information security threats, and what to do about them
The digital threat landscape faced by enterprises large and small is in perpetual flux, and keeping an eye on things and adapting defenses should be of primary importance to …
Logtrust debuts analytics solution for detecting threats in real-time
Logtrust announced at RSA Conference 2017 its Real-time Integrated Threat Analytics Solution Program. The program enables companies to build solutions that analyze the …
