CyActive

Thank you for the 2015 Cool Vendors award, presented by the legendary Plummer

Since launching in 2013, we have been tirelessly developing our future-proof solution to secure networks against increasingly complex cyber attacks. We are excited to announce today that we have entered into an agreement to be acquired by PayPal.
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Our Journey from Pioneering Predictive Cybersecurity Solution to PayPal - CyActive Our Journey from Pioneering Predictive Cybersecurity Solution to PayPal

A major issue regarding IoT devices, such as routers - is malware riding on default passwords. Are you also easy to guess?

You’re Too Easy to Guess - CyActive A recent publication by ProofPoint gave light to a major issue regarding IoT devices, such as routers, that we’ve written about in the past — malware riding on default passwords. In the current case, Brazilian attackers sent out socially-engineered phishing e-mails with malware that was designed to…

The "Equation Group" uncovered by Kaspersky, includes one malware, F***y, that is the origin of a whole bunch of other world class malware, including Stuxnet.

F***y: Malware Mothership - CyActive As the “mother” of Stuxnet, F***y became the ancestor of a number of major malware through the reuse of its code.

Nature’s evolution combined with the mind of a hacker result in CyActive's award winning future-proof security - CMO Danny Lev explains @ Engerati.com
http://www.engerati.com/article/thinking-ahead-outsmart-hackers

Thinking Ahead To Outsmart Hackers | Engerati - Transmission & Distribution Nature’s evolution theory combines with the mind of a hacker to future-proof cybersecurity for utility operations.

Attackers reused the same exact malware and the same exact infrastructure to carry out attacks on two large IT companies, leading to attacks on two major U.S. healthcare corporations.

And a word on the bank attacks...

The Anthem Thief - CyActive Attackers reused the same malware and infrastructure to attack two IT companies, followed by two major U.S. healthcare corporations, Anthem being the latest

From Target to The Home Depot and beyond, the PoS malware family is a tight-knit bunch, constantly borrowing techniques from each other

From Zero to Your Credit Card - CyActive Analysis that highlights the efficiency of reusing malware techniques and just how easy it is to develop a credit card data stealing malware.

Proud to have just received the prestigious Smart Energy UK & Europe 2015 Cyber Security Award!

Malware is playing a never ending imitation game - malware development and proliferation all comes down to reuse. and the spread of ransomware is great example of this.

The Ransom Imitation Game - CyActive Cryptowall serves as an excellent example of the manner in which hackers manage to create large numbers of malware in a relatively short time.

We're first on this list of 9 Israeli Cyber-Security startups that provide innovative methods of protecting businesses from sophisticated hackers.

9 Israeli Cyber-Security Startups to Watch Out For In the wake of the Sony hack, many high-profile companies are scrambling to figure out how they can protect themselves so that they're not next.

The highly sophisticated teams that developed Agent.BTZ and Snake used a great strategy - Adapt, reuse techniques that work and throw away those that don’t.

The Snake and the RAT are Cooperating Against You - CyActive A recent eye-opening post reveals just how basic the practice of reuse is to malware development.

“Network devices, such as routers and printers, that either a patch for them was not yet created, or their hardware was not designed to patch vulnerabilities, leave an exploitable device in your network, waiting for attackers to exploit”. Shlomi Boutnaru, CTO of CyActive

6 Biggest Business Security Risks and How You Can Fight Back IT and security experts discuss the leading causes of security breaches and what your organization can do to reduce them.