Malware

Ryan Weeks is CISO at Datto, a founding member of the Institute for Security and Technology's new anti-ransomware initiative. He spoke to SC Media about the segment of the business community that he believes to be underserved by efforts to counter ransomware.

While Teardrop was delivered by the original Sunburst backdoor in early July 2020, Raindrop was used just under two weeks later for spreading laterally across the victim’s network, Symantec said in a report.

Continued attacks from nation-states, new strains of ransomware, domestic political turmoil, and the reality that it will take several months for the COVID-19 pandemic to resolve will make it a challenging year for security pros. Today’s columnist, Mick Baccio of Splunk, offers some insights on how to manage the year ahead.

Several the group's recent ransom notes explicitly name data stolen from workstations that belong to top executives, including founders/CEOs.

In Nov. 2020 alone, company blocked 262 million emails containing malicious, remotely hosted images.

The capability is an easy win for CISOs, which can benefit with limited tweaks to machines.

The software company says two customer inquires, in hindsight, appear linked to the supply-chain attack.

This effect partly answers one of the most enduring conundrums in cybersecurity: why do people keep clicking on bad emails, causing email data breaches?