Social engineering is not a new concept, but it is an enduring one that is steadily growing, with no end in sight.
One of the most common social engineering schemes is phishing, which is defined as "the use of social engineering and technical subterfuge to defraud an online account holder of their financial...
From ransomware to business email compromise, most of today's Internet scourges - in spite of vast differences in their appearances - are related to each other and depend on a small number of reused adversarial techniques. Decomposing the threats into these atomic building blocks is helpful to understand the nature of...
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The threat landscape certainly has changed in recent years. But can you say the same about the traditional intrusion prevention system."The biggest problem with IPSs today is that organizations are trying to fight today's threats with yesterday's solutions," says Bertone, who serves as CTO of Fidelis Cybersecurity....
How Prepared is Your Enterprise to Defend Against Phishing
Attacks?
From the Anthem breach to the compromise of the U.S. Office of
Personnel Management, phishing attacks have been at the heart of
many high-profile security incidents - including the most recent
attacks at Seagate and Snapchat. Spear...
Markus Jakobsson, Chief Scientist at Agari, has released a new book focused on socially-engineered schemes. What are the key takeaways, and how can security leaders improve their abilities to fight back against the schemers?
To paraphrase an old saying, a wall is only as
strong as its weakest point. When it comes
to system and data security, people are
often that point.
People are the last line of defense to prevent
unblocked attacks from clearing a path to
your systems and data. To serve that role
effectively, employees must be...
Business Email Compromise phishing attacks, including the recent surge of IRS W-2 scams, have never been more prevalent. Why? Because they work.
These attacks, which often impersonate company executives, are actively targeting organizations large and small. When successful, BEC attacks lead to large losses due to...
In recent years, sending a seemingly innocent email to trick the recipient into allowing unauthorized access to corporate and organizational networks has cost businesses millions of dollars. End users have become sensitive to highly publicized cyber-attacks, knowing that their personal data is at stake.
As...
Contact centers increasingly are the key "soft" targets for fraudsters who impersonate legitimate customers to alter or obtain information. This information is then used to facilitate direct and cross-channel fraud, which can be very difficult to tie back to the call-center entry point. How do fraudsters conduct these...
Today's spear-phishing attacks are highly targeted, technically sophisticated and represent a real threat to data security. Attackers can leverage information gleaned from social media to tailor messaging to individual targets, and can convincingly imitate legitimate senders.
A successful attack compromises the...
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