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Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities — Why Bad Actors Target HR Departments

Posted by Bert Rankin ON May 30, 2018

Your organization's C-Suite isn't the only target at risk of cyberattacks. Cybercriminals frequently target human resources (HR) departments, with the goal of collecting financial and personally identifiable information (PII). HR departments are not only more likely to have cybersecurity vulnerabilities, but they are also the...

How Malware Works – Malicious Strategies and Tactics

Posted by Bert Rankin ON May 10, 2018

Understanding how malware works, and in particular, the strategies and tactics most often used by malware authors is vitally important for cybersecurity professionals. In other blog posts, Lastline provides a brief history of malware and basic malware types. In this post, we’ll look at some...

Rootkit Prevention – Understanding Rootkits and the Role They Play in Malware Attacks

Posted by Bert Rankin ON Feb 13, 2018

If your data center tells you they need to re-install the operating system onto one of your servers, there’s a good chance it’s due to a rootkit. Malicious rootkits are one of the most dangerous tools that cybercriminals use. They enable malware authors to easily...

Malicious Email Attachments – Protection from Infected PDF files

Posted by Brian Laing ON Aug 31, 2017

Infected PDF files continue to plague security personnel responsible for detecting and containing malicious email attachments. Cybercriminals use many different tactics to breach an organization’s network defenses, and delivering infected PDF files, typically via email, remains a very common and dangerous threat. Unfortunately, Secure Email Gateways...

Cyber attack: What’s your assailant’s next move?

Posted by Bert Rankin ON Mar 28, 2017

When your company is under cyber attack — knowing your assailant’s next move can protect you from the next data breach. Wikipedia defines a cyber attack as " . . . any type of offensive maneuver employed by nation-states, individuals, groups, or organizations that targets computer information...

For Cybercriminals, A Bad Day of Phishing is Still a Good Day

Posted by Bert Rankin ON Mar 23, 2017

Phishing is still here, still bad, very lucrative for cybercriminals, and not going away anytime soon. I first heard about phishing in 2004. I was astonished to learn the annual average of phishing emails reached 0.1 percent, or 1 in 943 emails, resulting in the infection...

Machine Learning is an important component in detecting advanced malware

Machine Learning Is Transforming Malware Detection

Posted by Brian Laing ON Mar 2, 2017

Machine Learning is an important component in detecting advanced malware, but to be effective it must be well-grounded with known threat intelligence. Dr. Giovanni Vigna, Co-founder and CTO of Lastline, presented his thoughts regarding advanced malware protection at this year’s RSA conference in San Francisco. He...

Fileless malware is almost traveling mainstream

Detecting Fileless Web Threats Just Got Easier

Posted by Bert Rankin ON Feb 24, 2017

Lastline’s unique architecture protects organizations from advanced fileless malware. Last week at the RSA security conference, Christopher Kruegel, Lastline co-founder and CEO, gave a remarkable presentation about detecting fileless web threats—a new capability present in the spring 2017 release of Lastline Enterprise. During his presentation, Kruegel...

Lastline's New Release Lastline Enterprise Spring 2017

Lastline’s New Release Enhances Advanced Malware Detection

Posted by Bert Rankin ON Feb 21, 2017

Lastline's new release of our flagship product, Lastline Enterprise adds a number of capabilities, including early warning of unusual or suspicious network activity, detection of browser-based attacks, and accelerated incident investigation. Lastline's New 2017 Release It’s always an exciting event when we announce a new version of...

Ransomware – Increasingly Hitting Businesses

Posted by Brian Laing ON Jan 11, 2017

Ransomware hits both individuals and businesses, but businesses are being targeted more than ever, and end up paying significantly higher ransoms—often tens of thousands of dollars. This week, Los Angeles Valley College disclosed that it paid $28,000 in ransom to hackers who had used malicious software...

Advanced Malware Detection Tag

Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities — Why Bad Actors Target HR Departments

How Malware Works – Malicious Strategies and Tactics

Rootkit Prevention – Understanding Rootkits and the Role They Play in Malware Attacks

Malicious Email Attachments – Protection from Infected PDF files

Cyber attack: What’s your assailant’s next move?

For Cybercriminals, A Bad Day of Phishing is Still a Good Day

Machine Learning Is Transforming Malware Detection

Detecting Fileless Web Threats Just Got Easier

Lastline’s New Release Enhances Advanced Malware Detection

Ransomware – Increasingly Hitting Businesses

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