Regardless of the political fall-out from Special Counsel Robert J. Mueller’s indictment of twelve Russian intelligence operatives for tampering with the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, this much seems clear after reading the 29-page, John LeCarre-like document: It has become unreasonable to expect any organization to successfully defend against such a massive, coordinated cyberattack.
Tags: Mueller, U.S. election, presidential election, spear-phishing, phishing, cyberattacks, Russian hackers, Russian operatives, Russian intelligence, GRU, Clinton Campaign, DNC, Democratic National Committee, DCCC, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, isolation, browser isolation, remote browsing, credential theft, malware, Podesta, Clinton, cryptojacking, cryptocurrency, X-Agent
It was reported on April 1st – appropriate that it was April Fool’s Day – by a number of media outlets that Hudson’s Bay Company, the Canada-based parent company of iconic luxury retailer Saks Fifth Avenue, as well as Lord & Taylor and Saks Off 5th, had been hacked. Reportedly, over 5 million credit and debit card numbers of customers of the retailers had been stolen, and supposedly were for sale on the Dark Web.
Tags: cyber security, phishing attack, browser isolation, hacked, hackers, isolation technology
“Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.” – Maya Angelou
It’s Valentine’s Day, and love is in the air.
Unfortunately, so are emails riddled with malware.
Tags: malware, isolation platform, isolation technology, cyber security, virus
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Leonardo da Vinci
This quote even holds true when it comes to cyber threats.
While experts discuss the impending battle royal between cybersecurity, and attackers and hackers, focusing in on “good AI” vs. “evil AI” in an ever-escalating, highly-sophisticated cyber arms race, it’s sometimes the simplest of threats – and mistakes – that can be the most dangerous and frustrating.
While this post is intended to be a little tongue-in-cheek for readers, it’s been written to provoke discussion on how organizations continue to do the same things they have done for the last 15 years, without thinking of all the issues they bring with them…
Tags: ransomware, phishing, isolation, web isolation, spear-phishing, malvertising
The past few years, the major studios and production companies that create movies, broadcast television, streaming content, and even online and video games have been under cyber attack.
Tags: cyber attacks, ransomware, phishing attack, isolation, malicious code, malware
The holiday shopping season kicks off this week with Black Friday (November 24 th) and Cyber Monday (November 27 th). And, if it’s any indication of how much online shopping will occur, last year (2016), Cyber Monday set a new sales record of $3.45 billion USD!
Tags: cyber attacks, phishing, cyber Monday, Black Friday, isolation, isolation platform, malware
Last month, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security directed federal agencies to begin employing enhanced security methods and protocols on all government email accounts. This action is an effort to halt the impersonation of U.S. government email domains, referred to as spoofing, by attackers intent on deploying a dizzying array of cyber attacks typically initiated by a phishing campaign. Given that many reports place the start of a cyber attack squarely on phishing campaigns—some reports place the figure at over 90% of cyberattacks are as the result of phishing—it makes sense that the DHS would require greater email security for federal government email accounts and inboxes.
Tags: DMARC, cyber attacks, cyber security, phishing attack, isolation
If you are in the financial services community, you are likely well-aware of and well-acquainted with SWIFT and the services it performs. As a quick primer for the uninitiated, SWIFT is an acronym for the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, a cooperative built over forty years ago by banks and financial institutions globally to address a mutual problem: A better, more secure, and automated way to communicate inter-bank payments across borders. SWIFT addressed this common issue, and today, it is a world-leading provider of secure messaging services for over 11,000 banks, financial organizations, and enterprises in over 200 countries.
Tags: SWIFT, cyber attacks, phishing, spear-phishing, malware, isolation technology, isolation platform
At the recent FS-ISAC Fall Summit in Baltimore, Maryland, many attendees—whether banks, insurance companies, or other financial services institutions (FSIs), such as brokerages—expressed their concerns about phishing attacks.
Tags: FS-ISAC Annual Summit 2017, malware, phishing attack, cyber security
