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eScan debuts new technology for detection and mitigation of ransomware


Johannesburg, 03 Oct 2016

eScan's latest introduction of its PBAE technology now provides strong defence against ransomware attacks. This year has seen an unprecedented growth of more than 172% rise in ransomware attacks and many corporate and government organisations have fallen prey to ransomware attacks. Though widely not reported, it has cost millions of dollars to many organisations across the world.

From Cryptoware, Locky to Cerber ransomwares have been reinventing itself with various changes to its earlier versions. It has evolved with the cyber threat landscape and it is seen as one of the most malicious programs yet to cripple organisations with huge extortion demands.

As IT adoption grows from BFSI to manufacturing to healthcare industries, the dependency on it infrastructure and protection of business' critical data becomes of paramount importance for CXOs. Their prime concern is not only to protect valuable business data, but also to protect the identity of users for organisations depending on consumer data, such as BFSI, ecommerce, BPO/ITeS, etc.

eScan thus developed the latest technology PBAE (Proactive Behavioral Analytics Engine) to provide real time protection for organisations as a strong defence against ransomware attacks. After thorough research of ransomware and its variants, the eScan research team has developed an algorithm that analyses the behavioural patterns of ransomware programs to enhance the protection of the IT assets of organisations as well as SOHO users.

eScan's Proactive Behavioral Analysis Engine monitors the activity of all the processes on the server as well as end points and whenever PBAE encounters an activity or behaviour which is reminiscent of a ransomware, a red flag is raised and the process is rendered ineffective from conducting any further damage. However, ransomware is also known to encrypt files residing on the network share, in such cases, when an infected non-protected system is accessing the Network Share of a protected system and tries to modify the files residing over there, PBAE, will immediately invalidate the network session. Ransomwares such as Locky, Zepto, Crysis, Crypto to name a few, along with their variants are being tackled with ease by eScan's Proactive Behavioural Analysis Engine (PBAE) Technology

Mornay Viljoen - CEO and Managing Director of eScan South Africa said: "In our constant fight against ransomware attacks, we are also working on an intelligent shadow backup mechanism, which can be triggered during such eventualities, enabling the users to quickly overcome the aftershocks of ransomware attacks. Our R&D team has developed the PBAE Technology after thorough research of many ransomware attacks and its behaviour across many variants. PBAE Technology today is highly successful in detecting and mitigating thousands of ransomware attacks across the globe."

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eScan, one of the leading anti-virus and content security solutions for desktops, smartphones and servers, is developed and marketed by MicroWorld. It is powered by innovative and futuristic technologies, such as MWL Technology, DIRC Technology, NILP Technology, and sophisticated Anti-Virus Heuristic Algorithms that not only provides protection from current threats, but also provides proactive protection against evolving threats. It has achieved several certifications and awards from some of the most prestigious testing bodies, notable among them being AV-Comparatives, Virus Bulletin, AV-Test, ICSA, and PCSL labs. Combining the power of various innovative technologies, eScan provides Multi-level Real-time Protection to digital devices and networks. For more information, visit www.escan.co.za.

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