february review of cyren security blog
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Always Ahead of the Threat
... with CYREN Security Blog
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February Highlights
• Destroying the ROI of cybercrime
• Security-as-a-Service – moving cybersecurity to the cloud
• Cybercriminals spread malware via fake YouTube and Vimeo pages
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Destroying the ROI of Cybercrime
“Now, practically any worker can unwittingly bring malware back inside the company network. This is why it’s vitally important to protect end-user devices of all types—whether company or end-user owned—to stop infection by malware.[...]Cybercriminals have now further raised the stakes by developing malware that incorporates evasion techniques to ‘sense’ when it is being inspected by security tools and turn off malicious operations until the inspection ends. These combine to create a security “gap”.”
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Security-as-a-Service – moving cybersecurity to the cloud
“When your network is secured via Security-as-a-Service, end user traffic is routed through a robust and scalable cloud security platform, where it is screened and analyzed for viruses, malware, and other threats. Even data from roaming devices, such as notebooks, tablets and smartphones can be protected.“
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Cybercriminals spread malware via fake YouTube and Vimeo pages
“The YouTube link that opens a Vimeo page should be a giveaway that all is not well but we assume enough users proceed to the next step. Once the page opens it suggests download of a “Missing Adobe Flash Plugin” which is actually a Rovnix BankingTrojan.“
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