Ransomware: Understanding the Threat and Protecting Your Business
Introduction Definition of ransomware Ransomware is a type of malware that infects a computer or network and prevents users from accessing their data or systems. The attackers behind it demand payment, often in the form of cryptocurrency, in exchange for providing a decryption key to restore access. In some cases, the attackers threaten to publish […]
Cybersecurity Interview Questions Part-4
In continuation of our interview series, here we are presenting the 4th part in our interview series. Let’s begin: Q1. How firewall can aid in malware mitigation? An enterprise firewall between your internal network and the Internet provides one layer of protection for the internal computers. However, not all threats come through the “front door” […]
Cybersecurity Interview Questions Part-3
In the continuation of our interview questions series, here we present the next part of our interview questions, Lets begin: Q1. Name some malware identification tools. Some of the mostly used tools in identification of malware is: CrowdStrike Falcon Insight EDITOR’S CHOICE This EDR analyzes malware on two levels and also identifies intruder activity. The […]
Cybersecurity Interview Questions: 2
In the continuation of our Interview Question Series, we are publishing our second part of total five series. In this part we will be briefly seeing the Interview Questions for cybersecurity from the perspective of malware, a most common threat, almost encountered in each event and still a preferred choice for various APT groups. Let’s […]
Understanding Diavol – Ransomware Used By Wizard Spider
FortiGuard Labs is a threat intelligence and research organization at Fortinet. It is comprised of experienced threat hunters, researchers, analysts, engineers, and data scientists. Its mission is to provide customers with the industry’s best threat intelligence to protect them from malicious cyberattacks. The researchers at FortiGuard Labs have discovered a new ransomware called Diavol. And […]
Wannacry Ransomware: Malware that Crippled the World
The first question that comes is, What is it? A worm is known as WannaCrypt, Wana Decrypt0r 2.0, WanaCrypt0r 2.0, and Wanna Decryptor, with many names the functionality remains the same ransomware following its basic principle “Encrypt Files and Demand Ransom”. Some Details about the Attack The attack took place on 11th May, 2017. It […]
