Can your financial institution automatically detect and prevent phishing attacks? Swiftly identifying and taking down these websites is time-consuming - and unfortunately, most users submit their credentials in the first few hours of the attack. As a result, to guard against phishing you need the ability to protect...
There's no denying that the proliferation of mobile devices presents new safety challenges for enterprises and consumers alike. But these potential challenges can be mitigated, paving the way for mobile to become a trusted, convenient and multipurpose enterprise digital ID.
Learn why mobile is the future of...
Contrary to common assumption, "advanced malware" is not a singular type of superior malicious code or harmful object that can that compromises systems, harvests data or damages corporate networks. Rather, this term describes sophisticated behavior and evasion capabilities that certain strands of malware possess which...
Finding an effective breach prevention provider is critical in order to safeguard an organization's assets. NSS Labs subjected nine cybersecurity market leaders to comprehensive, rigorous testing to determine how well each product handled current advanced threats and attack methods. All vendor products were evaluated...
Traditionally in cybersecurity, technology is the central focus. Adversaries act; security controls respond. But Richard Ford of Forcepoint says it is time to change the dynamic with a shift to human-centered security.
The traditional, tech-centric approach cedes too much control to the attackers, says Ford, Chief...
Phishing attacks have seen a meteoric rise in the last year as attackers continue to refine their tactics and share successful attack types. In particular, they've taken advantage of the malware-as-a-service offerings on the dark web in order to increase the efficiency and volume of attacks.
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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...
One of the most frustrating threat innovations of the last decade has been ransomware malware. Initially considered just a consumer threat, both government and commercial enterprise networks can now be listed among its victims.
In this Infographic, Forcepoint Security Labs examines the technical and business...
Every day, your employees - usually accidentally - create vulnerabilities that create opportunities for data breaches. You must balance risks with giving employees the access they need to succeed. While cloud apps and BYOD policies are known to increase user productivity & lower operating costs, they are also...
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?
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Organizations are scrambling to identify security weaknesses before their adversaries do. Having a consistent, systematic, and scalable methodology to properly assess your environment is essential. To begin you need a solid understanding of the organization, its components, what it relies on, and what could cause it...
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...
The first quarter of 2017 brought with it some significant changes to the threat landscape, and we aren't talking about heavy ransomware distribution either. New threats and infection techniques have forced the security community to reconsider collection and analysis efforts.
This report takes a deep look at which...
In 2016, there were two contenders for king of ransomware: Locky and Cerber. So far in 2017, we've seen a massive shift in the battle between these two families, with Locky basically dropping out entirely and Cerber expanding its market share by a significant amount. New families such as Spora are emerging as well,...
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