Phishing attacks continue in 2018 to be very successful, regardless of all of the training employees have received. Threatening every organization around the world, attackers consider phishing a go-to technique to gain access to the network because it yields great success. With limited IT staff, budget constraints and...
Business email compromise and account takeover attacks haven't faded; they've just morphed. Wes Dobry of Agari discusses the new wave of these attacks and how organizations can do a better job of detecting and responding to them.
Business email compromise attacks that impersonate executives and business partners to trick employees are "the biggest security issue in all of technology today," says Dan Hoffmann of Agari.
In spite of all the news about advanced persistent threats and targeted hacks from nation-states, the most common security challenge facing enterprises today continues to be social engineering.
Successful hackers know the user is the weakest link in the security chain. Email phishing campaigns have proven to be...
If you browsed the latest security headlines, you'd probably think the majority of data breaches were related to hackers, political activists, malware or phishing. While the latter two hint at it, the truth is that nearly half of all data breaches can be traced back to insiders in some capacity.
For public sector technology leaders evaluating technologies to combat malware attacks, this report offers important considerations for deploying cloud-based security.
Ransomware and other data security threats are a serious concern for any organization, but the stakes are higher and the risks are greater for...
As of Q1 2018, the global cybersecurity community finds themselves inundated with both internal and external advanced threat actors who are stealthier, more resilient and sadly, more effective than they have ever been before. Many organizations are coming to terms with deciding whether their security posture is...
The success of a Business Email Compromise (BEC) attack lies in exploiting the trust and familiarity between sender and recipient, and evading traditional security solutions by eliminating the use of malicious URLs or attachments - which existing security solutions were never designed to do.
According to the FBI,...
Business email compromise attacks that impersonate executives and business partners to trick employees are the biggest cyber threat organizations face today. This is not news. But what may come as a surprise is that the vast majority of BEC attacks are preventable. This session reviews why email spoofing works, the...
Business email compromise (BEC) attacks that impersonate executives and business partners to trick employees comprise the biggest cyberthreat organizations face today. This is not news. But what may come as a surprise is that the vast majority of BEC attacks are preventable. This session will review why email spoofing...
In this session, Trend Micro will review its own research into Pawn Storm (a.k.a., APT28, Fancy Bear, Strontium, etc.), which exposes the scope and scale of the cyber-espionage attacks the cyber tradecraft of those who wage these attacks. Trend Micro's researchers have observed activity dating back to 2004, with...
Despite the proliferation of social networks and messaging apps, email remains the primary means of communication today. Unfortunately, it also remains a persistent threat vector for cybersecurity abuse. We see these evil emails everywhere: at work, at home and in the news, attempting to sell something, or steal...
This session will review the latest trends in ongoing and emerging cyberthreats posed by cybercriminals. FBI Supervisory Special Agent Matt Braverman will walk through the latest tactics being used in ransomware, business email compromise exploits and other cyber-extortion schemes, and discuss the FBI's stance on how...
Business email compromise (BEC) attacks that impersonate executives and business partners to trick employees comprise the biggest cyberthreat organizations face today. This is not news. But what may come as a surprise is that the vast majority of BEC attacks are preventable. This session will review why email spoofing...
Cyber-extortion has reached new proportions, with a wide variety of methods, such as distributed-denial-of-service attacks and ransomware variants, being used to extort individuals and organizations. Ransomware-DDoS hybrid attacks, like Cerber, have showcased how attackers have added DDoS capabilities to ransomware....
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