Categoria: NSFOCUS in the News

POLITICO - OUCH! CYBERCRIME LOSSES WILL STING — Research out today from Accenture found that cyberattacks could cost companies worldwide some $5.2 trillion over five years. That’s according to more than 1,700 CEOs and C-suite executives in Accenture’s first survey of business leaders on the financial toll from criminal hackers....

Silicon Republic - As the year begins, there are a few key areas that cybersecurity professionals should keep in mind. After the excesses of the holiday period, you are more than likely looking at the blank slate of a new year before you with a sense of optimism and hope...

IT WORLD CANADA - Criminals using artificial intelligence. More nation-state backed attacks. The Internet held hostage. Dangerous chatbots. President Trump’s cellphone will be hacked. And, of course, more malware. These are some of the predictions security vendors see coming in the next 12 months. It’s not a pretty picture, but...

SecurityIntelligence - Researchers spotted two Satan variants targeting organizations in the financial sector with Monero miners and ransomware. The first variant of the malware, which security solutions provider NSFOCUS spotted in early November, targets Linux and Windows systems and spreads by exploiting various application vulnerabilities. After establishing a foothold into...

VMblog.com - It's no surprise that 2018 continued to bring an increase in fraud attacks and data security breaches, including those of Facebook and now Marriott. In the past two years, the average number of overall daily searches for keywords such as "personal information disclosure" and "hacker" have been fluctuating...

Dark Reading - Windows, Linux systems vulnerable to self-propagating 'Lucky' malware, security researchers say. A new version of ransomware that first surfaced about two years ago is garnering attention for its ability to spread via as many as ten different vulnerabilities in Windows and Linux server platforms.