{"id":3857,"date":"2019-03-19T16:28:55","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T20:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/endpoint-security\/?p=3857"},"modified":"2019-03-19T16:53:07","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T20:53:07","slug":"ransomware-cryptojacking-and-fileless-malware-which-is-most-threatening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/endpoint-security\/ransomware-cryptojacking-and-fileless-malware-which-is-most-threatening\/","title":{"rendered":"Ransomware, Cryptojacking, and Fileless Malware: Which is Most Threatening?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3858\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/endpoint-security\/files\/2019\/03\/randomware-cryptojacking-fileless-malware.jpg\" alt=\"Ransomware, Cryptojacking, and Fileless Malware: Which is Most Threatening?\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/endpoint-security\/files\/2019\/03\/randomware-cryptojacking-fileless-malware.jpg 800w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/endpoint-security\/files\/2019\/03\/randomware-cryptojacking-fileless-malware-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/endpoint-security\/files\/2019\/03\/randomware-cryptojacking-fileless-malware-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/endpoint-security\/files\/2019\/03\/randomware-cryptojacking-fileless-malware-540x270.jpg 540w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/endpoint-security\/files\/2019\/03\/randomware-cryptojacking-fileless-malware-162x81.jpg 162w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/endpoint-security\/files\/2019\/03\/randomware-cryptojacking-fileless-malware-360x180.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cybersecurity, especially in endpoint security, faces digital foes too numerous to list in a single article; we\u2019ve tried at least once. Experts and industry observers work tirelessly to supply enterprises with up-to-date threat intelligence on hackers\u2019 preferred tactics as they change and adapt. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><br \/>Widget not in any sidebars<br \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After all, hackers continue to evolve their malware to bypass traditional endpoint security solutions and evade their capabilities. Each new threat constitutes a potential catastrophe for enterprises of all sizes. A data breach can completely destroy small-to-medium sized businesses; moreover, a single breach can cost $3 million on average\u2014a significant blow even to larger businesses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Among all of these threats, three categories of digital cyber attacks pose the most risk to enterprises at present: ransomware, cryptojacking, and fileless malware. Yet which malware branch is most the threatening? Which malware category should enterprises work to prevent with the most concentration? <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We analyze ransomware, cryptojacking, and fileless malware\u2014their strengths and weaknesses against <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/endpoint-security\/the-new-endpoint-security-mantras-for-your-enterprise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">endpoint security solutions<\/a> and security teams. Here\u2019s what we found.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"hr hr\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Ransomware: The Hostage Taker<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Of the three\u2014ransomware, cryptojacking, and fileless malware\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/endpoint-security\/10-worrisome-ransomware-predictions-rackware\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ransomware<\/a> possesses the most famous reputation. Certainly, it remains one of the oldest malware categories still in usage by hackers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By design, ransomware infiltrates enterprise networks and holds either selected crucial databases or entire environments hostage. Hackers only release these files or networks if their victims pay them, usually in a form of cryptocurrency. Additionally, payment doesn\u2019t guarantee safety until the attack vector the hackers exploited is closed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Usually, hackers attempt to disguise their ransomware attacks as legitimate, as much as proves possible. For example, hackers may pose as a law enforcement agency accusing the victim of a crime; the victim often becomes sufficiently scared and fails to process the threat rationally. For the record, law enforcement agencies never do this.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, while still a popular cyberattack tactic, ransomware poses many problems for hackers. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Loud But Effective <\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Of the three threat categories\u2014ransomware, cryptojacking, and fileless malware\u2014ransomware attracts the most attention by design. After all, the victim can\u2019t pay a ransom unless they become aware of the ransomware. This allows IT security teams and endpoint security providers to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/why-rapid-recovery-is-key-to-minimising-the-ransomware-threat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">quickly<\/a> track down the threat\u2019s file location and remove it, denying hackers their reward. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Therefore, ransomware in modern times often proves less successful than their counterparts; this in part explains why the number of ransomware attacks decreased over the past few years. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yet anyone who assumes ransomware no longer threatens enterprises makes a terrible mistake. Ransomware has only taken a new form, evolving to become more targeted to high-value victims. More specifically, ransomware evolves to become a large enterprise problem rather than an SMB issue. Indeed, hackers often combine ransomware with spear phishing. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"hr hr\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Cryptojacking: The Silent Exploiter<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For years, ransomware wore the crown as the top malware of choice among ransomware, cryptojacking, and fileless malware. However, now <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/endpoint-security\/future-of-cryptojacking-attacks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cryptojacking<\/a> holds the horrible title, and for understandable reasons. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cryptojacking, the condensed name for cryptocurrency mining malware, takes the opposite route to ransomware; it is quiet where ransomware is loud. Cryptocurrency mining, on its own, refers to an extensive calculations process which rewards the miner with a set amount of cryptocurrency. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hackers use malware to infect victim computers with a code which performs this cryptomining process on their endpoints. That way, the victim endpoint suffers the consequences of reduced processing power and increased electrical bills which come with the mining programs. Meanwhile, the hacker reaps all the rewards. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Moreover, cryptojacking can create actual analog damage by overtaxing enterprise electrical systems, causing untold amounts of damage.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\">Dependent<b>\u00a0on Outside Markets<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The signs of cryptojacking attack can prove hard to notice at first: slowed business processes, unexpected endpoint shutdowns, higher electrical bills, etc. This subtly works to the hackers\u2019 advantage, as it allows their malware to dwell for long periods without detection. Thus, it can generate more profits over time. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, cryptojacking suffers from a dependency utterly unique to its threat category. Namely, it depends on the value of cryptocurrency. As the value of cryptocurrency rises, so too does cryptojacking attacks. But the opposite also holds true. Currently, cryptojacking seems to fade as cryptocurrency undergoes a downturn. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What does that leave?<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"hr hr\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Fileless Malware: The Darkening Shadow<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The drama of the subtitle actually <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">understates<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> the danger of fileless malware. Of ransomware, cryptojacking, and fileless malware, fileless malware is both the youngest and perhaps the most dangerous. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/endpoint-security\/fileless-malware-attacks-the-threat-of-the-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fileless malware<\/a>, as the name suggests, doesn\u2019t behave as traditional malware. Malware usually downloads a file onto the victim device or enterprise environment; this allows the legacy antivirus solutions to locate and remove them. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fileless malware doesn\u2019t do this. Instead, it uploads a program to a native process on the endpoint such as Java or PowerShell. Then fileless malware forces the native program to run its code, which performs the malicious task concealed behind its normal processes. Legacy endpoint security systems, which depend on traditional threat signatures, can\u2019t possibly detect these attacks. Often, fileless malware leaves no trace of itself behind. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hackers increasingly adopt fileless malware attacks because, especially against legacy solutions, they prove largely successful. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Time for an Upgrade?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thankfully, most next-generation endpoint security solutions work to improve their prevention and EDR capabilities to reduce the effectiveness of fileless malware. However, many enterprises continue to hold fast to their inadequate legacy <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/endpoint-security\/how-to-replace-your-legacy-antivirus-solution-for-your-business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">antivirus solutions<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">IT decision-makers often value familiarity and comfort over security when it comes to their <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/endpoint-security\/5-signs-time-replace-endpoint-security-solution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">endpoint protection platforms<\/a>. If your enterprise wants to defend against fileless malware, it\u2019s time to update your cybersecurity platform. A next-generation endpoint security solution must become a vital necessity in your business processes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In fact, facing the continual evolution of ransomware, cryptojacking, and fileless malware requires a next-gen endpoint protection platform. Legacy solutions can\u2019t match the threat intelligence and security upgrades provided by modern endpoint security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"hr hr\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Of course, our list doesn\u2019t cover the whole of all threats, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/endpoint-security\/how-to-read-symantecs-internet-security-report-to-improve-your-epp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">formjacking<\/a>. But these three categories constitute the most common attack tactics and thus the greatest worries. 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