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Vectra Networks Enables Organisations to Stem the Ransomware Pandemic with New Real-time Detection Capabilities

June 2016 by Coline Magne

Vectra® Networks announced it has successfully enabled enterprise customers to halt ransomware attacks with a new class of threat detection capabilities available in its X-series platform, designed for real-time detection of in-progress cyber attacks.

Ransomware is a type of malware that is installed on one or more computers in a network that encrypts data and demands that the user or organisation pay a ransom to the malware operators to decrypt the data.

The FBI reported nearly 7,600 ransomware complaints between 2005 and 2015, almost one-third of which were received in 2015 and cost victim organisations roughly $57 million (£39 million).

As ransomware has evolved in the enterprise, the malware has moved beyond targeting an individual machine to systematically encrypting files on networked file shares that can have broad impact across an organisation.

The new Vectra detection can identify ransomware within seconds of it encrypting files on networked file shares by recognising patterns of behaviour typically associated with ransomware.

The ransomware detection spots encryption across the network along with potential pre-cursor behaviours such as command-and-control (C&C) encryption key transmissions and network reconnaissance scans. Vectra then automatically identifies, prioritises and alerts on these early signs within moments of infection, enabling timely remediation before the ransomware has a chance to take critical assets and files hostage.

The new Vectra detection provides coverage against HydraCrypt, CTB Locker, CryptoWall, CryptoLocker, Locky, and many other ransomware variants. The new ransomware detection is available in the Vectra X-series version 2.5 and later. Current customers have already been automatically updated to this latest version.


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