HP Wolf Security: Home office employees are targeted by hacker attacks
As the boundaries between work and home have merged, IT security risks have increased and everyday actions such as opening an attachment can have serious consequences. Without pre-pandemic visibility into devices and how and by whom they are being used, IT and security teams are operating with a clouded view. – We invite you to read the text below including watching the video about HP Wolf Security and you will understand the problem better.
Fact is that:
71% of employees say they access company data from home more often now than before the pandemic. The most common types of data accessed are: customer and operational data, and financial and human resources data. At the same time, office workers are increasingly using their work devices for private tasks.
In numbers:
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- 76% of employees confirm that working from home during COVID-19 has blurred the boundaries between their personal and professional lives.
- However, 27% of them know that they should not share their work devices, but feel like they “have no other choice”.
- The work devices are now considered personal devices
- Last year: 54% increase in phishing; 56% increase in web browser-related infections; 44% of compromised devices are used to infect the rest of the organization and there was a 45% increase in compromised printers as a point of attack
Hackers take advantage of these changing patterns to tailor their phishing campaigns. According to KuppingerCole, between January and April 2020, there was a 54% increase in malicious actors exploiting gaming platforms, often directing users to phishing pages. HP Wolf Security's Threat Insights also showed an increase in gaming-themed malware. For example, campaigns were identified that distributed the Ryuk ransomware via file-sharing sites, as well as samples of the stealthy Gootloader JavaScript downloader malware, both of which masqueraded as Fortnite cheats.
There has been a 238% increase in global cyberattack volume during the pandemic!
What does he do HP Wolf?
In response to these challenges, HP today announces HP Wolf Security: a newly integrated portfolio of secure-by-design PCs and printers, hardware-enabled endpoint software security solution, and endpoint security services to protect customers from growing cyber threats. The new HP Wolf Security platform builds on more than 20 years of security research and innovation to offer a unified portfolio for customers focused on comprehensive endpoint protection and cyber resilience. From hardware to software and services, HP Wolf Security helps organizations defend against threats, even when they are unknown. The Wolf provides multi-layered defense against threats and can seamlessly integrate with enterprise security systems and solutions.
HP is one of the market leaders in the area of PC and printer security and is now bundling all security offerings for its customers on a single platform. HP is addressing the increasing demand for comprehensive and resilient endpoint infrastructure and cyber defense.
With HP Wolf Pro Security, HP is redefining PC security for small and medium-sized customers: HP Wolf Pro Security integrates threat containment based on micro-virtualization and malware prevention based on Anti -Next generation virus and identity protection. The new features are integrated into HP's hardware security functions. IT teams can operate and deploy these easily.
See in Video Starring Christian Slater as "The Wolf" - as he crosses the line between good and evil and uses his hacker mentality to show how an attacker might operate - the video helps illustrate the impact of such security risks.