Trend Micro reported last month that Ransomware attacks increased 752% in 2016. Ransomware families grew to 247 last year from just 29 in 2015. Why the rapid growth? Well, ransomware attacks work and attackers are getting paid. The report suggests that ransomware is now a $1 billion business. The trend has continued into 2017. The […]
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Today Graphus is pleased to announce a new channel partnership with the Intelligence Systems Group (ISG). ISG is a Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business that provides cyber security software and services to the Intelligence Community. The company will initially offer the Graphus solution to its corporate and governmental client’s using G-Suite by Google to detect, […]
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While there is debate about how the WannaCry ransomware attack in May was spread, it seems fairly clear that yesterday’s Goldeneye attack was delivered via spear phishing. Reuters reported: An adviser to Ukraine’s interior minister said earlier in the day that the virus got into computer systems via “phishing” emails written in Russian and Ukrainian […]
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The New York Times reported last week that spear phishing attacks have escalated recently targeting nuclear power plants, utilities and manufacturers. The article focused specifically on the threat to nuclear facilities where “spear phishing” was the common cyber attack technique. Hackers wrote highly targeted email messages containing fake résumés for control engineering jobs and sent […]
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A new infographic from Crozdesk illustrates the negative impact a cyber security attack can have on a business. Cyber attacks are becoming more sophisticated and more frequent making companies even more vulnerable. And the consequences are becoming more severe. After a data security breach, companies have to manage increased public scrutiny and recover from bad […]
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Three years ago, Martin Engineering IT Manager Mike Komnick started to see a rise in spear phishing emails. They were supposedly from the CEO and sought to initiate wire transfers. One was even in process, but thankfully, canceled before completion. Then, two years ago, a ransomware attack was successfully delivered through a social engineering email. […]
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Graphus® is used by organizations of all sizes and various industries. Many of our customers that use Microsoft Office 365 also have implemented Microsoft’s Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) with the goal of protecting their organization from sophisticated cyber attacks. Unfortunately for many of these organizations, attacks are still making it past ATP, and other tools […]
Read More The Rise in Ransomware Ransomware is a type of malicious software designed to block access to a computer system until a sum of money is paid. Ransomware attacks have been on the rise and all signs point to it not slowing down anytime soon. According to Radware’s Global Application and Network Security Report, the number […]
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Detecting and alerting messages that include malicious links (and attachments!) is nothing new for Graphus. Our product has been able to do this and auto-quarantine any emails carrying malware since it was released to the public. Analyzing URLs and attachments in real-time and automatically removing threatening emails from the recipient(s) inbox has proven to be […]
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Dun & Bradstreet was hacked. So what? Lots of businesses are hacked. Why should I care about yet another cybersecurity breach? Well, this one very likely involves you personally. SC Magazine reported that: “A Dun & Bradstreet 52GB database containing about 33.6 million records with very specific details about each of the people involved from […]
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