Reading Time: 3 minutes Digital transformation is creating a wealth of new opportunities for today’s businesses, but it’s also increasing the risks to the security of their data and information assets. From “living-off-the-land” attacks to novel strains of ransomware, it seems each new day brings potential dangers. With attackers constantly innovating, it can be a real challenge to design…

Reading Time: 2 minutes A new research note profiling the unique auto-containment + Cloud analysis approach to endpoint protection in Advanced Endpoint Protection was just released by London-based research firm Ovum Ltd. Part of Informa, Ovum researches the IT security and related TMT (Technology, Telecoms & Media) industries, including emerging technologies and vendors for endpoint security and other breach…

Reading Time: 1 minute Upgrade issues and a checkered history of customer infections are good reasons to reevaluate your options for endpoint protection. Even leading analysts agree that the solutions employed today are not preventing breaches and infections. The threat and solution landscape has changed dramatically in the past two years so here are some facts and tips to…

Reading Time: 3 minutes There are endpoint security solutions but there are better endpoint security solutions. There are so many endpoint security solutions available that would confuse even a skilled IT security administrator. Each endpoint security solution proclaims itself as the best in the world, however, reality claims otherwise. In any enterprise network, an endpoint is considered to be…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Endpoints are extremely vulnerable to security breaches. Hackers find endpoints to channel out infectious attacks through advanced persistent threats and ransomware. Threats are creatively mischevous to trick the user into clicking on any infectious link and route the user to unwanted websites at ease. Endpoint protection is a healthy practice to secure endpoints from unwanted…

Reading Time: 3 minutes A Special Update from the Comodo Threat Intelligence Lab Phishing attacks using emails have become very common but the techniques are continually being enhanced and personalized to the point where we all need a refresher course. In the past, very obvious grammatical and spelling errors made many phishing attempts easier to spot, but each month…

Reading Time: 2 minutes After an examination of the encryption routine of the malware utilized as a part of the Petya/ExPetr assaults, experts understand that the malware author can’t decode the casualties’ circle – regardless of the possibility that an instalment was made. As it turns out, this malware attack is more like a wiper but mimics a ransomware….

Reading Time: 4 minutes With overwhelming cyber attacks happening through malicious apps on mobile devices, security geeks are to intensify the endpoint security measures multiple folds. Setting up stringent endpoint security measures would be the best way to encounter possible malicious risks. Endpoint Security or Protection Strategy: Be it company devices or BYOD devices, when connected to the network…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Certain malware attacks have been discovered that target IoT (Internet of Things) devices and cause the wiping out of data from the systems or devices that are infected. This discovery has been made based on certain attacks that happened recently. Hackers are seen to be adding data-wiping routines to some of the malware that are…

Reading Time: 3 minutes What is WannaCry 2.0 Ransomware? WannaCry malware also referred to as WannaCrypt, WanaCrypt0r 2.0 or Wanna Decryptor, is a virus that combines a ransomware and a worm. The WannaCry attack is considered to be the most widespread cyber attack in history. This unprecedented worldwide attack, with malware that encrypts data and demands a ransom of…