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How Endpoint Solutions Can Protect Businesses Against Ransomware

  • Posted on:July 18, 2016 at 9:05 am
  • Posted in:Malware, Ransomware
  • Author:
    Trend Micro
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This year alone, the FBI predicted that the total loss to ransomware will reach a whopping US$1 billion. The ransomware business is booming, encouraging cybercriminals to expand their target base—from consumers to businesses, regardless of type and size.

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Tags: application controlbehavior monitoringCERBERcrypto-ransomwareCryptoWallgateway solutionsJIGSAWLockyRAA ransomwareTeslacrypt

Businesses Held for Ransom: TorrentLocker and CryptoWall Change Tactics

  • Posted on:September 22, 2015 at 9:03 pm
  • Posted in:Bad Sites, Malware, Spam
  • Author:
    Paul Pajares (Fraud Analyst) and Jon Oliver (Senior Architect)
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Perpetrators behind ransomware have moved away from targeting consumers and tailored their attacks to extort small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).This business segment make potentially good targets for ransomware since small businesses are less likely to have the sophisticated solutions that enterprises have. And at the same time, the owners often have the capacity to pay….

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Tags: cryptoransomwareCryptoWallransomwareSpamTorrentLocker

Magnitude Exploit Kit Uses Newly Patched Adobe Vulnerability; US, Canada, and UK are Most At Risk

  • Posted on:June 16, 2015 at 2:42 am
  • Posted in:Exploits, Malware, Vulnerabilities
  • Author:
    Peter Pi (Threats Analyst)
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Adobe may have already patched a Flash Player vulnerability last week, but several users—especially those in the US, Canada, and the UK —are still currently exposed and are at risk of getting infected with CryptoWall 3.0. The Magnitude Exploit Kit included an exploit, detected as SWF_EXPLOIT.MJTE, for the said vulnerability, allowing attackers to spread crypto-ransomware into…

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Tags: Adobecrypto-ransomwareCryptoWallFlashMagnitude exploit kitransomware

CryptoWall 3.0 Ransomware Partners With FAREIT Spyware

  • Posted on:March 19, 2015 at 7:49 pm
  • Posted in:Malware, Ransomware
  • Author:
    Anthony Joe Melgarejo (Threat Response Engineer)
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Crypto-ransomware is once again upping the ante with its routines. We came across one crypto-ransomware variant that’s combined with spyware—a first for crypto-ransomware. This development just comes at the heels of the discovery that ransomware has included file infection to its routines. CryptoWall 3.0 We first encountered CryptoWall as the payload of spammed messages last year. We…

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Tags: crypto-ransomwareCryptoWallFAREITfile encryptionransomwarespyware

Security Predictions for 2020

  • Cybersecurity in 2020 will be viewed through many lenses — from differing attacker motivations and cybercriminal arsenal to technological developments and global threat intelligence — only so defenders can keep up with the broad range of threats.
    Read our security predictions for 2020.

Business Process Compromise

  • Attackers are starting to invest in long-term operations that target specific processes enterprises rely on. They scout for vulnerable practices, susceptible systems and operational loopholes that they can leverage or abuse. To learn more, read our Security 101: Business Process Compromise.

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