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Why are Phishing Attacks so Easy to Launch?

Phishing attacks are on the rise, due in large part to how easy to launch and lucrative they are for the attackers, says Brooke Satti Charles of IBM Trusteer. "Phishing is a really easy way to perpetrate an attack," says Satti Charles, a financial crime prevention strategist. "Creating a sophisticated way to break...

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The Latest Trends in Countering Phishing Attacks

Phishing attacks are on the rise for two main reasons, according to Brooke Satti Charles, a Financial Crime Prevention Strategist with IBM Trusteer. The first is how easy they are to launch. The second is their continued profitability for attackers. So how can enterprises make sure they are not the next...

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Why You Should Be Worried About Mobile Security

If you're thinking, "Mobile threats and malware are still in their infancy and the risk isn't significant enough yet," it's time to think again. The rise of advanced, PC-grade mobile malware, innovative fraud schemes, such as SIM swap fraud, and fraudsters' increasing use of mobile devices in cross-channel attacks...

Why You Could Be The Cause of An Attack

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...

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How to Protect Your Customers from Phishing Attacks

A new phishing site just popped up targeting your online banking customers. Many of your end users who land on the page won't realize they're about to disclose their login or payment card information to fraudsters. How can you help your customers before they disclose their credentials? Download this whitepaper...

When Malware Attacks Your IBM i, AIX, and Linux Servers; True Stories From the Field

Businesses around the world are seeing an increase in malware attacks, including ransomware like CryptoLocker, Locky, and zCrypt. These attacks can result in weeks of downtime, and some of the most damaging data breaches originated with malware, including the Target breach in 2014. A robust malware defense could...

Mitigating Human Risk in Banking Transactions

Download this eBook to discover: The latest social engineering attack methods The transaction authorization weaknesses How to minimize the risk of social engineering attacks Industry best practices and use cases

Impostor Email Threats: Four Business Email Compromise Techniques and How to Stop Them

Impostor email threats, also known as business email compromise (BEC) and CEO fraud, have hit more than 7,000 companies since the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) began tracking this type of scam in late 2013. Those that succeed can yield millions of dollars in fraudulent transfers. Download this eBook...

There is No Silver Bullet: Why a Multi-layered Approach to Endpoint Security is a Must

The security landscape changed dramatically with the maturation of crypto-ransomware. Not only did this new type of malware bring about a more lucrative business model for attackers, it also spurred the adoption of many so-called 'next-gen' endpoint security techniques. While these techniques bring impressive new...

Beyond Next-gen: Defining Future-ready Endpoint Security

The notion of "next-gen" is now promoted by some providers of endpoint security software as a way to improve the efficacy of protecting endpoints from compromise, given the prominent role endpoints play in cybersecurity attacks, the ways in which mobility and cloud apps have expanded the attack surface area, and the...

The Top 5 Myths of Next-Gen Endpoint Protection

"Next-generation" endpoint protection, or next-gen AV, has been getting a lot of press recently. But what does the term actually mean? For IT security managers under pressure, the most important thing isn't the latest buzzword, but finding a solution which is effective in protecting their organization from an...

Why Can't We Solve Phishing?

We know why phishing works; we know how it works. And yet the schemes still work, and they're only getting more effective. How can we stop phishing? Jim Hansen of PhishMe has some ideas, and they just might surprise you. Hansen, COO of anti-phishing vendor PhishMe, says it isn't about throwing more technology at...

Top 11 Automated Malware Analysis Providers Ranked by Forrester

Despite significant investments in the signature-based defenses of today's network, email and endpoint security solutions, since 2010, these solutions have been ineffective against the sheer volume of evolving malware. Security and risk professionals have turned to automated malware analysis (AMA) for help. These...

Cybercrime Projected to Exceed $2 Billion by 2019: What You Need to Know

As defense stategies become stronger year after year, it seems as though the prevalence of malware is growing proportionately, projected to exceed $2 trillion by 2019 - a four-fold increase in the cost of security breaches over 2015.Posing a threat to every industry, profession, and company, malware not only...

What's Required in Your Next Generation IPS Solution?

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....