Sophos has published a multi-part research series on the realities of ransomware, including an industry-first detailed look at new detection evasion techniques in WastedLocker ransomware attacks that leverage the Windows Cache Manager and memory-mapped I/O to encrypt files. A complementary article examines the evasion-centric arms race of ransomware, providing a months-long review of how cybercriminals have been escalating and markedly changing evasion techniques, tactics and procedures (TTPs)...
Read MoreYet only four out of 10 security leaders in the UK can answer the question, “How secure, or at risk, are we?”
Read MoreHalf of first-time security analysts working in Security Operations Centres (SOCs) plan to leave after just three months in the job, according to a study* from SIRP Labs out today. Not one of them plans to stay in their current role for no longer than 18 months. Of all the security analysts interviewed nearly half (48%) of security analysts are considering leaving their role, within 11 months on average.
Read MoreWith the partnership between Access42 and Thycotic, a big step is taken within the Netherlands to make end-users more aware in protecting the most vulnerable accounts within their organization.
Read MoreTanium has expanded its partnership with Google Cloud to help organizations accelerate the transformation to distributed business operations. This new offering, sold by Tanium, will help enterprises detect, investigate, and scope advanced, long-lived attacks (APTs), and includes an integration between Tanium’s Threat Response and Chronicle, Google Cloud’s security analytics platform.
Read MoreMalware attacks abusing machine identities grew eightfold over the last 10 years.
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