Posts Tagged ‘Malware’
Malware appears on the WatchGuard top ten malware list for first time
Mac-based malware has appeared on the list of the top ten most common types of malware for the first time in WatchGuard’s quarterly Internet Security Report. The Mac scareware appeared in sixth place in WatchGuard’s latest Q3 2018 report and is primarily delivered by email to trick victims into installing fake cleaning software. The new…
Read MorePetya-like wormable malware: The “Who” and the “Why”
Late on 27 June, the New York Times reported that a number of Ukrainian banks and Ukrenergo, the Ukrainian state power distributor, had been affected by unidentified malware which caused significant operational disruption.
Read MoreDigital Shadows reveals that the Mirai Botnet isn’t going away
Digital Shadows, a provider of cyber situational awareness, released its new report Mirai and The Future, Forecasting the DDoS Landscape in 2017.
Read MoreTargeted Attacks and Malware Biggest Cyber Threats of 2015
Targeted Attacks and Malware Set to be Biggest Cyber Threats of 2015Written by Mohamed Djenane, Security Specialist, ESET Middle East 2014 was a big year for the cyber security industry with shocking revelations emerging of data breaches of immense scale conducted against some of the largest and most prestigious global organizations. At the start of…
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