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Work from Home Modifies the Endpoint Security Equation, Cisco Says SPONSORED CONTENT: As customers get to grips with this new WFH reality, they'll need to simplify their implementations and make more use of automation, says Cisco Secure's Al Huger. The work-from-home trend is here to stay and has forever altered how enterprises handle endpoint security, says Cisco Secure's Al Huger. It's also created new challenges for operations and security management, he adds. And as customers get to grips with this new reality, they'll need to simplify their implementations and make more use of automatio...

May 14, 2021 For the first time, AgentTesla has ranked second in the Check Point Research (CPR) Global Threat Index, while the established Dridex trojan is still the most prevalent malware, having risen to the top spot in March after being seventh in February. This month, Dridex, a Trojan that targets the Windows platform, spread via QuickBooks Malspam Campaign. The phishing emails used QuickBooks’s branding and were trying to lure the user with fake payment notifications and invoices. The email content asked to download a malicious Microsoft Excel attachment that could cause the system to ...

By Ionut Arghire on April 22, 2021 Cellebrite’s forensic applications do not include the type of security protections one would expect from a parsing software, which renders them susceptible to attacks, according to privacy-focused messaging service Signal. The Israel-based mobile forensics company offers data extraction and analysis services to intelligence organizations and public safety entities, but also to military and enterprise sectors. Cellebrite claims to have thousands of customers in over 140 countries. It has reportedly helped the FBI access information on locked phones, includ...

Apr 14, 2021 The IcedID banking trojan has entered Check Point Research’s Global Threat Index for the first time, taking second place, while the established Dridex trojan was the most prevalent malware during March, up from seventh in February. First seen in 2017, IcedID has been spreading rapidly in March via several spam campaigns, affecting 11% of organisations globally. One widespread campaign used a Covid-19 theme to entice new victims into opening malicious email attachments; the majority of these attachments are Microsoft Word documents with a malicious macro used to insert an instal...

Feb 15, 2021 Check Point Research’s latest Global Threat Index for January 2021 has revealed the Emotet trojan has remained in first place in the top malware list for the second month running, impacting 6% of organisations globally, despite an international police operation which took control of the botnet on 27 January. The police takedown caused a 14% decrease in the number of organizations that were impacted by Emotet activity, and law enforcement agencies plan to mass-uninstall Emotet from infected hosts on 25 April. Even so, Emotet maintained the top position in the Global Threat Index...