Security researchers are warning that the once-dormant Bandook malware family is back and could possibly be part of a broader operation selling offensive hacking tools to governments and cybercriminal groups.
Roger Grimes of KnowBe4 maintains that antivirus and firewalls are worthless, noting that after 30 years the industry faces more threats than ever. Grimes believes that most people pay attention to firewall logs when they first enter the security field, but after the first few years they become background noise.
Unlike with an email-based phish where an employee might be observant enough spot a telltale red flag, such as multiple typos or the wrong sender address, there's little time to key in on suspicious circumstances in the midst of a dialogue.
Does requiring users to download software as a precursor to being able to use one’s website or online services – even if it’s security software – introduce more risk than reward?
This burgeoning trend shows that no cyber threat stays localized forever, placing pressure upon security professionals to stay current on global threat intelligence and assume threats relegated to one corner of the globe will one day migrate.
