The Symantec Response team did further analysis on the attack and released the Top 20 countries impacted by Petya. Ukraine, US, Russia, France and the UK were the most impacted (see graph below). Similar to WannaCry, Petya uses the Eternal Blue exploit as one of the means to propagate itself. HoweverRead More…
New research from Symantec reveals that while ransomware continues to earn the lion’s share of attention (particularly as of late with WannaCry), financial threats are in fact 2.5 times more prevalent according to Symantec detection data. Other key findings from Symantec’s research: Attackers study their victims’ network: The Dridex downloaderRead More…
StarLink, today announced that they have been appointed as a Value-Added-Distributor(VAD) for Symantec in the Middle East region. StarLink’s extensive partner and customer base in the Middle East will now have access to Symantec’s market leading Enterprise product range. Nidal Othman, Managing Director at StarLink said, “This exciting new businessRead More…
Symantec’s Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR) suggests that the Cyber criminals revealed new levels of ambition in 2016 – a year marked by extraordinary attacks, including multi-million-dollar virtual bank heists and overt attempts to sabotage organizations by state-sponsored groups including Shamoon, and record-breaking DDoS attacks that were carried out byRead More…
