Computer Weekly

AUGUST 8, 2016

Symantec security researchers have uncovered a spying campaign by a previously unknown group using modular malware as stealthware

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Network World

AUGUST 27, 2024

Target customers are enterprises and telecom service providers looking to defend against malware and ransomware attacks, and to defend against nation-state actors. VMware’s vDefend platform protects east-west traffic with zero trust, microsegmentation, zone-level segmentation, and malware and ransomware defense.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 19, 2021

It has recently been discovered that another strain of malware, Raindrop, was used in the attack. Symantec was able to do some digging into SolarWinds and had some interesting findings. This will likely result in more malware strains being discovered and reported as more of the scope of the attack is revealed.".

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Network World

APRIL 21, 2017

The notion of detecting malware by looking for malicious file signatures is obsolete. Depending on which source is cited, anywhere from 300,000 to one million new malware files are identified every day.

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CTOvision

JULY 29, 2013

Google Play store inundated with scam apps, Symantec says – “A steady stream of questionable applications is flowing daily into Google’s Play store for Android devices, according to security vendor Symantec.” ” Symantec believes that they have found at least 1200 malicious apps in the last seven months.

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Network World

MAY 27, 2016

Malware links suggest that North Korean hackers might be behind recent attacks against several Asian banks, including the theft of US$81 million from the Bangladesh central bank earlier this year. The same malware was also previously linked to an attempted theft of $1 million from Tien Phong Bank in Vietnam.

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Network World

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Malware attacks that recently put the Polish banking sector on alert were part of a larger campaign that targeted financial organizations from more than 30 countries. There are also similarities to tools previously used by a group of attackers known in the security industry as Lazarus.

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Tech Republic Security

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

Dubbed Coreid, the group has adopted a new version of its data exfiltration tool and is offering more advanced capabilities to profitable affiliates, says Symantec. The post Colonial Pipeline ransomware group using new tactics to become more dangerous appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Data Center Knowledge

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Infected devices connect to peer-to-peer network that distributes threat updates Read More.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The “malware-as-a-service” is used to serve nation-states and criminal networks, Microsoft said. based tech giant worked with FS-ISAC, ESET, Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs, NTT and Symantec, a division of Broadcom, to help disrupt Trickbot. The Redmond, Wash.-based The New York Times reported that the U.S.

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CTOvision

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

February 13, 2015 – Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT), McAfee Labs, Palo Alto Networks® (NYSE: PANW) and Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC), co-founders of the industry’s first cyber threat alliance, today announced that Barracuda Networks, Inc. ABOUT SYMANTEC. Ninety-nine percent of Fortune 500 companies are Symantec customers. Santa Clara, Calif.,

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The Verge

AUGUST 11, 2021

These attacks can often lead to supply chain attacks, ransomware incidents, or malware that affects regular consumers, too. Hackers managed to hide malware inside system cleaner utility CCleaner in 2017 , and consumers are often the victims when databases of credit cards and personal information are leaked.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 18, 2023

As recently as February this year, the Symantec Threat Hunter team saw ConnectWise used in both Noberus and Royal ransomware attacks. Go beyond malware detection: Since bad actors are often leveraging legitimate software, it’s important that organizations use a security solution that can detect and analyze suspicious behavior — and stop it.

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Network World

MARCH 29, 2017

According to research conducted by Symantec , the number of cyberattacks against small businesses (companies with fewer than 250 employees) has been steadily growing over the last six years, with hackers specifically targeting employees (phishing).

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Network World

JULY 14, 2016

Security vendor Symantec has noticed a “call-barring” function within newer versions of the Android.Fakebank.B malware family. The malware works by first scanning the phone for specific banking apps. A new Trojan that can steal your payment data will also try to stymie you from alerting your bank.

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Network World

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Hong Kong, Australia, and other countries, according to a Tuesday report from security firm Symantec. As part of their attacks, the hackers used malware to cover up records of fraudulent transactions made over SWIFT, preventing their victims from learning about the money theft.

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CTOvision

JUNE 23, 2014

He also oversaw managed services as a vice president at VeriSign and Symantec, as a result of the company’s acquisition of Riptech. Invincea is the premier innovator in advanced malware threat detection, breach prevention and forensic threat intelligence. Follow Invincea: Invincea Blogs: [link]. Videos: [link]. Webinar Series: [link].

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 9, 2023

Cyberattacks such as malware infiltration and vulnerability exploitation continue to make headlines, attacking companies of various sizes. This ensures that any potential malware will be completely localized and neutralized, never hitting the endpoint. Malvertising, where harmful code is inserted into legitimate ad networks.

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CTOvision

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Many of us in the community, myself included, have long said that anti-virus is dead and even a senior VP at Symantec has now admitted such. PCworld on Macrobased Malware. Microsoft on Macro Malware. Trendmicro on Macro Malware. Figure 1: Receiver Operating Characteristic curves for malware detection.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 17, 2022

Traditionally, attackers would just drop their malware on the endpoint and run it. When the virtual machine started, the malware was loaded only inside of the virtual machine. Symantec by Broadcom Software. They also are working harder to evade defensive measures when they get onto an endpoint. Choosing their victims .

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CTOvision

APRIL 13, 2015

Meet representatives from over 400 companies, including sponsors such as Microsoft, Intel, HP, Cisco, Symantec, IBM and more. RSA Conference 2015: Re-Think Your Approach to Malware Analysis By Leveraging Intelligence (blogs.rsa.com). Over 500 speakers from across the industry. See our list of keynote speakers. More exhibitors.

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CTOvision

JANUARY 24, 2017

The code they use is designed to escape detection by common anti-malware solutions and can lie dormant for days or weeks until an opportunity presents itself. Modern cloud landscapes face inevitably more sophisticated attacks. Organizations are losing 7.6 percent of their revenue due to identity fraud.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 25, 2022

A specific example of this was a new form of disk-wiping malware (Trojan.Killdisk) being used to attack organizations in Ukraine shortly before the launch of a Russian invasion on February 24. Meanwhile, geopolitical conflicts are threatening to cause spillover effects on corporate networks.

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CTOvision

JANUARY 9, 2015

Indeed, penetrations of corporate information systems are so widespread, persistent and severe that government agencies and cyber security firms such as Symantec independently estimate America is losing “hundreds of billions” of dollars in intellectual property per year.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

CareFusion’s parent company Becton Dickinson responded, saying that all 14 hundred and 18 of the identified vulnerabilities were within third-party software applications including Windows XP and Symantec pcAnywhere, and others. There are’s a lot to unpack here. First, this is a supply chain issue. Vamosi: This is bad.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 15, 2021

CareFusion’s parent company Becton Dickinson responded, saying that all 14 hundred and 18 of the identified vulnerabilities were within third-party software applications including Windows XP and Symantec pcAnywhere, and others. There are’s a lot to unpack here. First, this is a supply chain issue. Vamosi: This is bad.

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Galido

MAY 10, 2016

Computer viruses have come a long way from the early days of personal computers, when teenage hackers competed for bragging rights, creating malware designed for mischief or random mayhem. As the stakes have grown, so too has the potential damage and destruction brought on by malware. Cyber Command. military strategy.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 6, 2022

These are not groups of individual hackers sitting around the table late at night as it was in teh early days of malware writing. Hypponen: Alright, original sea change for monetizing malware was 2003. That's when we started seeing the cooperation between spammers and malware writers. I remember meeting Mikko in 2006.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2022

They also had a piece of malware called killdisk position on the systems so that when the systems rebooted, it would kick off deleting all the files and deleting all the systems. It was a masterful piece of malware, carefully crafted to achieve a specific goal. When they did that.

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