Anti-malware designers are failing to understand the complexities of malware and are using out of date technology to combat a rapidly evolving threat, says Christopher Elisan, principal malware scientist at RSA.
Cloud applications are not only spreading malware faster than ever, but also propagating the effects of ransomware encryption from one user to another — even when the malware is not actually downloaded by the secondary victim, according to a new report.
The Arizona Superior Court in Pima County was hit with a ransomware attack earlier this week that was thwarted shortly after being discovered by the county's IT department.
An advance persistent threat group has recently been concentrating its efforts on infiltrating Japanese critical infrastructure and key commercial interests, according to cybersecurity firm Cylance.
IT security firm Webroot is claiming that 97 percent of the malware encountered by its user base in 2015 was unique to a specific endpoint, which indicates that hackers are constantly creating new variants to avoid detection.
