This week many of us will be, at some point visiting a fireworks display with our families to celebrate what’s possibly the earliest example of a thwarted insider threat. Dating back over 400 years people have celebrated the foiled plans…
Millions of malicious e-mails are sent every day. Symantec reported that in 2016 1 in 131 e-mails sent contained malware. This figure dropped in 2017 down to 1 in 412 however according to Verizon’s 2017 Data Breach Investigations Report, two-thirds of…
Technical support and remote access scams aren’t exactly a new concept, they have been observed since as early as 2008. The premise is simple, the scammer cold calls the victim posing as a legitimate-sounding third-party, with a name such as “Microsoft”…
The Facebook Hack - The proof we need to embrace Machine Learning Threat Detection Tools for faster detection and response, by Martin Cook, Cyber Solutions Architect, Cyberseer. Whilst the Wall Street Journal reports that Facebook could land a $1.63 billion dollar…
Intro Domain Name System (DNS) is a fundamental protocol and naming system that enables computers, services or other applications connected to the internet or a private network that make use of domain names to work. It translates more readily memorised…
Today, Cyberseer Analysts saw WannaCry ransomware in several customer environments, including a leading insurance group. Instead of causing disruption, it had been stopped at the early stages. Our Analysts discovered the suspicious domain activity whilst using machine learning technology Darktrace. Wana_Decrypt0r_screenshot.png …
The Raconteur Cloud for Business supplement (published by The Sunday Times) categorises the top cloud concerns of IT departments worldwide in its infographic “trust and security in the cloud.” It’s clear that the benefits of cloud adoption are significant in…
A website malware attack is proving to be a popular choice with criminals. Attackers increasingly exploit web servers, the websites they host, and the people who use them. Over the last few years there has been a steady growth in…
Artificial Intelligence Fuelled Human Threat Hunting Is Changing The Face of Cyber Security As cyber attackers continually look for new ways to infiltrate and compromise networks, Information Security teams are faced with a sheer mass of new emerging threats. Clearly,…
Ransomware has become one of the most widespread and damaging threats that businesses or organisations face. Since CryptoLocker first appeared in 2013, there has been an ever-increasing number of file-encrypting Ransomware variants commonly delivered through attachments from spammed e-mail, downloaded…