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Analysts who anticipate the SASE market will expand by more than a factor of five before 2025 explain reasons behind the surge.

Microsoft's monthly security fixes addressed a Win32k zero-day, six publicly known flaws, and three bugs in the Windows TCP/IP stack.

The takedown was no small task: Authorities including Europol, the FBI, and the UK's National Crime Agency, along with agencies from Canada, France, Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands, and Ukraine, teamed up to bring down one of the world's most prolific and dangerous botnets. As of December 2020, Emotet was the world's most popular malware, affecting 7% of organizations globally, Check Point research found. Its massive presence made it an appealing vector for attackers who wanted to deploy widespread malware and ransomware campaigns. "Emotet, in a way, was by far the most successful botnet ...

Sophos researchers today published a report on updates to Agent Tesla, a family of remote access Trojan (RAT) malware that has grown more popular in recent months. Its developers are buckling down on defense evasion with several techniques, such as targeting Microsoft's Anti-Malware Software Interface (AMSI), to slip past security tools and remain persistent on a device. Agent Tesla, offered as a form of malware-as-a-service, has been active since 2014 and remains a common threat to Windows machines, researchers report. Many attackers use it to steal credentials and other information via scre...

Interview With a Russian Cybercriminal A LockBit ransomware operator shared with researchers why he became involved in cybercrime, how he chooses victims, and what's in his toolbox. IT security practitioners spend a lot of time strategizing ransomware defense, but many know little about the criminals plotting attacks. Who is the person behind a devastating ransomware campaign? Why did they choose a specific target? What about cybercrime appeals to them?  Related Content: To better understand the attacker's perspective, Cisco Talos researchers interviewed a LockBit ransomware operator. Their ...