Legacy defenses can't keep pace with new cyber threats

  Attacks such as ransomware are able to bypass legacy security solutions because organizations are neglecting to patch, update, or replace their current products according to a new report. The study from cyber security company Webroot also shows cryptojacking gaining ground, with over 5,000 websites being compromised with JavaScript cryptocurrency miner CoinHive to mine Monero since September 2017. Polymorphism, which involves creating slightly different variants of malicious or unwanted files, has become mainstream too according to the report. In 2017, 93 percent of the malware encountered and 95 percent of potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) were only seen on one machine.… [Continue Reading]