Research reveals how evolving threats can readily bypass
legacy antivirus solutions
WATERLOO, Ontario and WALTHAM,
Massachusetts, Oct. 1, 2019
/PRNewswire/ -- eSentire, Inc., the global leader in Managed
Detection and Response (MDR) and Carbon Black, a leader in
cloud-native endpoint protection, today announced the release
of a new Threat Intelligence Spotlight that highlights the
increasing sophistication of modern malware. The new report
coincides with the start of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
in the United States and
Canada.
With modern malware becoming increasingly
sophisticated, eSentire and Carbon Black conducted the Threat
Intelligence Spotlight to provide a resource that can be used by
anyone, regardless of their technical knowledge, to understand how
malware works, and more importantly how to protect against its
impact.
eSentire's Threat Intelligence Spotlight: The Shifting Framework
of Modern Malware draws on data gathered from both Carbon
Black's extensive endpoint protection install base and the more
than 650 mid-sized organizations that eSentire protects. Analysis
of this data by security analysts at both companies reveals
interesting findings, which include:
- The median number of variants within a malware family is around
10, which begins to highlight the challenges faced by traditional
endpoint solutions—and the largest number of variants within a
family is more than 200
- It takes nearly 40 hours for the majority of legacy antivirus
engines to detect some new forms of malware
- New variants of Emotet, a major malware family that recently
returned after a four month hiatus, can spread to unprotected hosts
on the same network in under 12 seconds
- Over two-thirds (67%) of all malware enters an organization via
email
Sean Blenkhorn, Chief Product
Officer, eSentire said: "The global malware ecosystem has
matured beyond nuisance-causing and attention-grabbing activities
into a massive business, complete with markets, vendors and
outsourcing. Education is the first step in being able to protect
against malware, and our new Threat Intelligence Spotlight provides
the perfect foundation for anyone who wants to understand this
issue in more detail."
Tom Kellermann, Chief
Cybersecurity Officer, Carbon Black said: "As attackers
continue to evolve their techniques, visibility for defenders is
absolutely paramount. Legacy antivirus solutions are proficient at
one thing – stopping known commodity malware. As any security
professional will tell you, commodity malware represents only a
small fraction of today's attacks. Modern attacks are often
fileless, aim to gain persistence on the enterprise and often allow
the attacker to move laterally. Modern endpoint protection is
required for stopping modern attacks."
The full report can be downloaded from:
http://bit.ly/2ngamkG
About eSentire:
eSentire, Inc., the global leader
in Managed Detection and Response (MDR), keeps organizations
safe from constantly evolving cyber attacks that technology alone
cannot prevent. Its 24x7 Security Operations Center (SOC), staffed
by elite security analysts, hunts, investigates, and responds in
real-time to known and unknown threats before they become business
disrupting events. Protecting more than $6
trillion AUM in the financial sector alone, eSentire absorbs
the complexity of cybersecurity, delivering enterprise-grade
protection and the ability to comply with growing regulatory
requirements. For more information, visit www.esentire.com and
follow @eSentire.
About Carbon Black
Carbon Black (NASDAQ: CBLK) is a
leader in cloud-native endpoint protection dedicated to keeping the
world safe from cyberattacks. The CB Predictive Security Cloud®
(PSC) consolidates endpoint security and IT operations into an
endpoint protection platform (EPP) that prevents advanced threats,
provides actionable insight and enables businesses of all sizes to
simplify operations. By analyzing billions of security events per
day across the globe, Carbon Black has key insights into attackers'
behaviors, enabling customers to detect, respond to and stop
emerging attacks.
More than 5,600 global customers, including approximately one
third of the Fortune 100, trust Carbon Black to protect their
organizations from cyberattacks. The company's partner ecosystem
features more than 500 MSSPs, VARs, distributors and technology
integrations, as well as many of the world's leading IR firms, who
use Carbon Black's technology in more than 500 breach
investigations per year.
Carbon Black and CB LiveOps are registered trademarks or
trademarks of Carbon Black, Inc. in the
United States and/or other jurisdictions.
eSentire Media Contact:
Dan
Deeth
eSentire Inc.
519.404.5425
dan.deeth@esentire.com
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