{"id":3657,"date":"2018-11-13T12:28:08","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T16:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/endpoint-security\/?p=3657"},"modified":"2019-08-23T16:29:50","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T20:29:50","slug":"grayware-can-defend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/endpoint-security\/grayware-can-defend\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Grayware and How Can You Defend Against It?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here at Solutions Review, we spend a great amount of time discussing various strains<\/a> of malware such as ransomware, cryptojacking attacks<\/a>, and fileless malware<\/a>. We explore how these threats manifest<\/a> on enterprise networks and the damage they can wreak on your bottom line. We discuss how next-generation endpoint security solutions can defend against these attacks and shut down attack vectors in the digital perimeter before hackers find them. <\/span><\/p>\n

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But what about the ambiguous cases, where it isn\u2019t clear if the mysterious file on your network is malicious or not? This is where we enter the tenuous realm of grayware. <\/span><\/p>\n

What is grayware? How does it manifest? And what can your enterprise do to defend against it? <\/span><\/p>\n

What is Grayware? <\/b><\/h3>\n

Grayware refers to any program, file, or application that raises suspicions or otherwise seems untrustworthy to your security team or endpoint security solution. The programs or files may carry unfamiliar names or have familiar names and publishers but are offered through suspicious sites or platforms. <\/span><\/p>\n

The issue is not these programs and files <\/span>being<\/span><\/i> malicious. Instead, the issue is they are <\/span>impossible to distinguish<\/span><\/i> from malicious programs or innocent ones. Often, these programs create new vulnerabilities not by being actively malicious but by being so poorly coded they create new attack vectors. Alternatively, grayware\u2019s activities can create security issues exacerbating actual malicious programs. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What Activities Make Grayware so Suspicious? <\/b><\/h3>\n

According to a recent report by <\/span>Dark Reading<\/span><\/a>, grayware can do plenty of damage even if they aren\u2019t actively malicious: <\/span><\/p>\n