Hackers increasingly use fileless malware to infiltrate systems within banks, with number of organizations affected growing

Briefing

Hackers increasingly use fileless malware to infiltrate systems within banks, with number of organizations affected growing

February 24, 2017

Briefing
  • Stealthy Fileless Malware – Emerging fileless malware, which is undetectable by traditional security software by hiding in hard to find spots such as in computer’s random access memory, is being used by hackers to infiltrate computers inside banks
  • Affected Organizations – Research by Kaspersky Lab found more than 140 financial institutions, government organizations and telecom companies across 40 countries affected by fileless malware
  • Drastically Increasing Cases – According to Carbon Black, fileless malware comprised 13% of total malware detections among their customers as of November 2016, up from just 3% at beginning of year

Accelerator
Cybersecurity

Sector
Financial Services, Government (excluding military), Information Technology

Organization
Carbon Black Inc., Kaspersky Lab

Source

Original Publication Date
February 9, 2017

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