The change of many employees to the home office at the beginning of the "Corona" contact restrictions was often hasty. Nicolas Casimir, "EMEA CISO" at Zscaler, warns that there is now a risk that devices infected with malicious code could compromise the security of the network when they return to the company.
Employees could bring logic bombs into the company
Casimir explains: “In IT security, a 'logic bomb' is malicious code that is smuggled into software or a system and whose function is only triggered if certain conditions are met. These 'time bombs' are used by viruses, worms, Trojans and ransomware to maximize damage to the corporate network and prevent early detection. ”Such an attack in the heart of the network would have greater consequences than an attack on a home office .
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