Accenture finds cocky infosec execs miss three targeted attacks each month
Are you confident in your abilities to secure the corporate network? You shouldn’t be, according to consultancy firm Accenture.
Are you confident in your abilities to secure the corporate network? You shouldn’t be, according to consultancy firm Accenture.
Microsoft’s Application Guard creates a hardware-based virtual barrier between Windows hardware and zero-day attacks on Edge users.
Symantec's latest annual research suggested that the incidence of zero-days had doubled in 2015 – due in large part to the growing professionalism of cybercriminals developing new malware like the hybrid GozNym banking Trojan.
David Braue | 18 Apr | Read more
Cybercriminals have become as professional as marketing experts and as well-resourced as nation-state hackers, a Symantec technical expert has warned as new figures suggest Australia remains the APAC region's top ransomware target.
David Braue | 18 Apr | Read more
Hackers usually try to make their malware stick to victims’ PCs, but a group behind recent attacks exploiting an un-patched flaw in Internet Explorer (IE) are using malware that vanishes on reboot, signalling a shift in strategy to frustrate forensic investigators.
Zero-day attacks, outdated vendor patches, malware toolkits spewing out new variants in their thousands, new threat vectors from unprotected and unmanaged mobile devices.
David Braue | 18 Jun | Read more
Attackers targeting government employees working with nuclear weapons understood departments are using outdated versions of Windows,IE
Antone Gonsalves | 07 May | Read more
Juniper Networks has acquired the assets of Webscreen Systems, a developer of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) mitigation products, from Accumuli of the United Kingdom.
When the zero-day attack known as the "Here You Have" virus not long ago hit about 500 PCs at the Salt River Project, a large public power utility and water supplier for Arizona, it turned out that the antivirus software in use provided no defense.
Ellen Messmer | 05 Nov | Read more