NEEDHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ekran System announces the launch of intuitive dashboards, revolutionizing employee monitoring. These dashboards offer real-time visibility into activity ...

While employee monitoring software isn't the go-to tool for ransomware gangs, they've abused legitimate remote monitoring and management (RMM) software for years.

Security researchers from Symantec were recently brought in to investigate a Fog ransomware infection, and determined the hackers used Syteca, a legitimate employee monitoring tool, during the attack.

In short, using employee monitoring software to boost productivity may end up doing the opposite. Prasanth Nair, CEO of corporate productivity firm Double Gemini, said that monitoring doesn't ...