Cloud Security June 10, 2020

How Threat Actors Are Adapting to the Cloud

4 min read - With organizations increasingly moving to cloud environments, cloud security is more critical than ever. Cloud environments often hold large troves of valuable and sensitive data that can put organizations and their customers at risk if they are breached. At the…

June 2, 2020

Trickbot Using BazarBackdoor to Gain Full Access to Targeted Networks

2 min read - Security researchers observed the Trickbot operators using a new backdoor called "BazarBackdoor" to gain full access to targeted networks.

June 1, 2020

Weekly Security News Roundup: Average Ransomware Demand Grew 14 Times in One Year

3 min read - Researchers revealed that the average ransomware demand grew 14 times over a one-year period from 2018 to 2019. Read on to learn what else happened last week in security news.

CISO June 1, 2020

Stronger Together — Building Cyber Resilience

3 min read - As new ways of work are coupled with a growing prevalence of malware and ransomware, cyber resilience has become top of mind in boardrooms around the world.

May 28, 2020

PonyFinal Ransomware Leverages Brute-Force Attacks to Access Networks

2 min read - Security researchers observed PonyFinal ransomware using brute-force attacks to access targeted organizations' networks.

May 25, 2020

Weekly Security News Roundup: ‘Silent Night’ Malware Reminiscent of ZeuS

3 min read - Researchers observed digital criminals selling a new malware strain based on the ZeuS family called "Silent Night." Read on to learn what else happened last week in security news.

Cloud Security May 21, 2020

The Connection Between Cloud Service Providers and Cyber Resilience

3 min read - Cloud service providers offer great performance and resilience, but ultimately it is up to individual organizations to determine whether these long-known advantages outweigh the possible downsides.

May 18, 2020

Weekly Security News Roundup: WannaCry Dominated Ransomware Detections in Q1 2020

3 min read - Security researchers revealed that WannaCry dominated their ransomware detections in the first quarter of 2020. Read on to learn what else happened last week in security news.

Advanced Threats May 14, 2020

X-Force IRIS Overcomes Broken Decryption Mechanism in Jest Ransomware

10 min read - IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS) recently helped a company fend off a ransomware attack by building a custom decryptor for a strain of ransomware known as "Jest."

May 11, 2020

Weekly Security News Roundup: Dacls RAT Begins Targeting Mac Users

3 min read - Security researchers observed a new version of the Lazarus Group's Dacls RAT targeting Mac users via a trojanized 2FA app. Read on to learn what else happened last week in security news.