Reading Time: 3 minutes Rapid technological growth and increasing digitalization in all aspects of life around the world have increased the value of ensuring cyber-security at all levels. This is increasingly true for EU member states and the organizations that are based in or operate from these countries. The number of cyber-attacks targeting EU member states has risen. The…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Disruptions are often unforeseen. This could be a catastrophic event like a hurricane, a fire, or an earthquake. Disruptions, however, can also come in other forms such as that of a pandemic. This means that a building doesn’t necessarily have to be demolished or lives have to be lost for an unforeseen event to completely…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Cyber breaches are quite common in the medical industry. In 2019 alone, over 40 million patient records were breached, an almost 50% increase in cases from the previous year. With COVID-19 increasing the need for healthcare and forcing more interactions between providers and patients to take place online, the risk of cyber breaches has increased….

Reading Time: 2 minutes The model is familiar: Software developers work tirelessly to improve their product, releasing new versions to add new features or fix existing bugs, making their software as good as it can be. Well, it turns out, malware creators have been taking notes. When the notorious, and prolific, TeslaCrypt ransomware was released last year, it did…

Reading Time: 2 minutes The security engineers and IT experts from the Comodo Antivirus Labs are constantly analyzing the thousands of malware families that are trying to cause destruction and chaos to IT infrastructures large and small – and ensuring the customers of Comodo stay protected and secure from these malware families.   In an ongoing series of posts…

Reading Time: 1 minute CryptoWall, the ransomware Trojan, is spread by spam emails, malware already on your computer, or drive-by downloads. Here’s how it works: 1. CryptoWall installs itself on your computer. 2. CryptoWall phones home by contacting the server belonging to CyberCrooks. 3. The CyberCrook server creates two keys: one for your computer, and the other is kept…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Over the past few weeks, the engineers from the Comodo Think Tank have looked at some of the most feared malware and ransomware today, matching it up against Comodo’s containment technology. And the results? Cryptolocker fails against Comodo Containment. Shylock and SpyEye malware fail against Comodo containment. Why? Because for CIOs, CISOs, and IT administrators…

Reading Time: 1 minute SpyEye is a type of malware which Cybercriminals use to steal online banking credentials, credit card data, passwords, and other personal information. SpyEye has infected more than 1.4 million computers globally, and its silent attack means you’re delivering your information straight to criminals. SpyEye works like this: 1. SpyEye uses in-memory injection, or DLL injection,…

Reading Time: 1 minute Shylock is the notorious banking malware designed to fool you into giving your banking login and account details to Cybercrooks. If its name and behavior sound familiar, consider yourself well-read. A bit of trivia: Shylock earned its name by references in its code to William Shakespeare’s play, The Merchant of Venice. Shylock works like this:…

Reading Time: 1 minute Cryptolocker, the ransomware Trojan, works like this: 1. Reads a file 2. Encrypts that file 3. Overwrites original file with encrypted file 4. Demands ransom But when Cryptolocker meets Comodo’s Containment technology, any new unknown file goes into Comodo Containment. The results are devastating to Cryptolocker: 1. Reads a file 2. Encrypts that file 3….