It is believed that the eight apps were likely developed by the same person or group.

Check Point’s researchers view Speakup as a significant threat, as it can be used to download and spread any malware.

The report analyses survey results from different vertical sectors, organisation sizes and IT team sizes to build a picture of the attack and cyber defence landscape.

Norwegian cybersecurity firm Visma is accusing a Chinese state-sponsored attack group (APT10) of allegedly attacking their systems and engaging in cyberespionage.

“From the meteoric rise in cryptomining to massive data breaches and DDoS attacks, there was no shortage of cyber-disruption."

The report identifies increases in backdoors, cryptocurrency miners, and the use of exploits against their endpoints.

“Malware hidden in encrypted traffic is one of the biggest threats organisations are facing today,” says new EVP global sales.

The supply chain creates a hole that cybercriminals can exploit by first infiltrating the partner.

Organisations continue to be targeted by cryptominers, despite an overall drop in value across all cryptocurrencies in 2018.

Proofpoint researchers have looked ahead at the trends and events likely to shape the threat landscape in the year to come.

The report is based on data from active WatchGuard Firebox unified threat management appliances and covers the major malware campaigns.

Over 50% of respondents reported that 100 days of dwell time or more was representative of their organisation.

The 2018 CrowdStrike Services Cyber Intrusion Casebook reveals IR strategies, lessons learned, and trends derived from more than 200 cases.

Symantec Industrial Control System Protection Neural helps defend against USB-borne cyber attacks on operational technology.

The classic firewall lacked the ability to distinguish between different kinds of web traffic.

“In one case, the attacker gained access and tracked the business’s emails for at least six months. They gathered extensive knowledge of the business’s billing cycles."

Security needs to move away from the traditional approach of chasing after arbitrary forms of malware.

The report explores changes in the threat landscape over the past year, uncovering trends and how they are expected to impact cybersecurity in 2019.

DanaBot is a Trojan written in the Delphi programming language that includes banking site web injections and stealer functions.

Ad fraud ring 3eve used botnets to generate nearly 30 million dollars in fraudulent ad revenue.

Today, AV has an alternative, and it is Artificial Intelligence (AI).

The next evolution of ransomware, escalating nation-state attacks, biometric hacking, Wi-Fi protocol security, and Die Hard fiction becomes reality.

Fileless malware often finds its way into organisations via web browsers (or in combination with other vectors such as infected USB drives).

“Financial organisations regularly handle sensitive, regulated data like home addresses, bank statements and Social Security numbers.”