Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) stories - Page 9

Security firm reveals Asia connections behind the CCleaner hack
Tue, 26th Sep 2017
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The attack was never intended for consumers, but instead went after companies such as NEC, Samsung, Asus, Fujitsu, Singtel, Intel and VMware.

Expert spells out how businesses can 'block the spears'
Tue, 12th Sep 2017
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There is no doubt about it, but spear-phishing is big business in 2017 - Menlo Security's Jason Steer explains how businesses can protect themselves.

Measure and mitigate risk to build a comprehensive cyber defense
Tue, 12th Sep 2017
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It is helpful to think of cybersecurity risk as a three-dimensional concept: a function of threat, vulnerability and consequence.

Onesecure Asia and Trusted Metrics form security operations center for Singapore & ASEAN
Mon, 11th Sep 2017
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Trusted Metrics and Onesecure Asia are partnering up to deliver US-developed Security Operations Center (SOC) technology to Singapore and ASEAN.

Redlock signals company growth with new appointments
Mon, 11th Sep 2017
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cloud security
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RedLock appoints Ankur Shah as VP of products and Viswa Subramanian as VP of engineering to drive product development and research.

Cylance ink OEM agreement with ContentKeeper to provide predictive malware blocking
Fri, 8th Sep 2017
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ContentKeeper Technologies and Cylance have partnered to embed Cylance's OEM Engine into ContentKeeper's Gateway Security Platform.

Turla threat group targets G20 Summit attendees
Mon, 21st Aug 2017
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Participants in this year’s G20 Summit in Germany are being targeted in a new wave of malware droppers, suspected to be from APT group Turla.

New opportunities emerge as APAC web application firewall market surges
Sat, 22nd Jul 2017
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Research from Frost & Sullivan has revealed the demand for cloud-based and virtual web application firewalls is strong in the APAC market.

The three Rs of enterprise security: Rotate, repave, and repair
Mon, 10th Jul 2017
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digital entertainment
No organisation regularly repaves their services or applications from a known, good state, leading to vulnerable servers for more than five months.

Cybersecurity battleground shifting to Linux and web servers - report
Wed, 5th Jul 2017
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WatchGuard found that despite an overall drop in general malware detection for the quarter, Linux malware made up more than 36% of the top threats.

WatchGuard finds Australians not sure how to deal with ransomware
Mon, 12th Jun 2017
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1 in 3 Australian consumers are unsure if they are protected against ransomware, according to a survey by WatchGuard.

Digital Shadows on Wannacry: An analysis of competing hypotheses
Mon, 22nd May 2017
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Digital Shadows probes the enigma of WannaCry's origins, weighing cybercriminal mischief against nation-state subterfuge.

Addressing the cyber security skills gap
Mon, 8th May 2017
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Ingram Micro’s Andrew Khan gives a quick rundown Fortinet’s multi-faceted approach to upskilling staff whilst reducing complexity.

Fight malware by spotting the top eight indicators of threat traffic in your network
Tue, 2nd May 2017
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There are eight main indicators that can help detect compromised networks. Here's how you can catch threat traffic before it cripples your systems.

Asia Pacific MSSPs staying buoyant amidst economic slowdown
Wed, 19th Apr 2017
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Asia Pacific Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) are experiencing healthy growth an market buoyancy despite an economic slowdown.

ICIT: The Know Your Enemies 3.0 Advanced Persistent Threat Advisory is finally here
Wed, 29th Mar 2017
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China and Russia are by far the most active and they sponsor the most prevalent and the most sophisticated adversaries.

SonicWall reports that Cerber ransomware mutates fast to avoid detection
Tue, 14th Mar 2017
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The Cerber ransomware is self-mutating by as much as two versions a day to stop matching its own previous signatures.

Advanced Threat Protection – Preventing unknown risks
Mon, 13th Mar 2017
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APTs compromise their target system with advanced code techniques to circumvent security barriers - and stay under the radar as long as possible.

NTU Singapore signs joint agreement to pour $3m into cyber threat research
Fri, 10th Feb 2017
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Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University and Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev will work together to combat cyber threats.

Votiro & Netpoleon see 'great potential' in Singapore cybersecurity market
Thu, 15th Dec 2016
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Votiro and Netpoleon Solutions see 'great potential' to distribute cybersecurity products to the booming Singapore market as it becomes a smart city.