Adwind Trojan Uses Phishing To Circumvent Antivirus And Infect Workstations

Sep 25, 2018 7:25:20 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Charlie Osborne reported at ZDNet that Adwind, a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) previously connected to attacks against industries worldwide, is back with a new toolkit designed to trick ...

Advanced Malware Targets the Telecom Sector And Bypasses Antivirus

Sep 4, 2018 5:32:47 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The telecommunication service industry is experiencing more advanced malware threats than any other industry group. Researchers at Lastline discovered that ninety percent of malware ...

SANS: "Less Than Half of Cyberattacks Detected via Antivirus"

Jul 18, 2018 1:19:21 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

We have been saying here for a while that antivirus is dead, but SANS just confirmed it in a new report that starts with: "Companies are buying next-gen antivirus and fileless attack ...

Security Firm Sued for Failing to Detect Malware That Caused a 2009 Breach

Jul 9, 2018 4:28:08 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Two insurance companies are suing a cyber-security firm to recover insurance fees paid to a customer after the security firm failed to detect malware on the client's network for months, ...

Why is Windows 10 Rapidly Gaining Ground in The Enterprise While Win7 Gets Ditched?

May 27, 2018 10:36:45 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Duo Security is a provider of secure login/access tools, and they just released their yearly Trusted Access Report with some very interesting data. Here Is The Summary Stats gathered from ...

Why are Antivirus Companies Promoting Security Awareness Training?

May 24, 2018 1:33:58 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Today, the most surprising companies have jumped on the security awareness training bandwagon. Antivirus companies like Sophos, Kaspersky, Webroot and ESET are loudly promoting the fact ...

“Good Enough” Free AV Software Argues For Security Awareness Training

May 23, 2018 5:18:22 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

By Guest Blogger Win10 Guru Ed Tittel. A surprising number of security experts agree that most users shouldn’t pay for a traditional antimalware suite. Windows 10's built-in protection, ...

Antivirus Software Doing The Complete Opposite And Spreading Malware

Nov 17, 2017 2:01:47 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Nicknamed AVGater by Austria-based security consultant Florian Bogner, he discovered an exploit within Antivirus software that takes advantage of the “restore from quarantine” function ...

U.S. Govt Orders Purge Of Kaspersky Products From Its Networks

Sep 14, 2017 5:49:43 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Wednesday told U.S. government agencies to remove Kaspersky Lab products from their networks, saying it was concerned the Moscow-based ...

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Adwind Trojan Uses Phishing To Circumvent Antivirus And Infect Workstations

Advanced Malware Targets the Telecom Sector And Bypasses Antivirus

SANS: "Less Than Half of Cyberattacks Detected via Antivirus"

Security Firm Sued for Failing to Detect Malware That Caused a 2009 Breach

Why is Windows 10 Rapidly Gaining Ground in The Enterprise While Win7 Gets Ditched?

Why are Antivirus Companies Promoting Security Awareness Training?

“Good Enough” Free AV Software Argues For Security Awareness Training

Antivirus Software Doing The Complete Opposite And Spreading Malware

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