Tag: Advanced Threats

An innocent conversation with a colleague at the office printing station led IBM Master Inventor James Kozloski to land a security patent for the cognitive honeypot, a tool to combat spear phishing.

The cybergang behind the Necurs botnet launched a massive romance-themed spam campaign in the lead up to Valentine's Day, impersonating single Russian women looking for dates online.

While the rise of AI has stoked fears of job loss in many industries, security professionals have something new to worry about: AI cyberattacks.

Many of the security threats we noted at the start of 2017 gripped the public's attention during the past year, foreshadowing major shifts to come in 2018.

A widespread ransomware attack such as WannaCry can cause problems for any business. For a health care organization, it can cause an utter catastrophe.

ATM malware has evolved significantly in three years.

Ransomware attacks are getting worse — the new LockCrypt variant uses brute-force RDP to infect devices, remain persistent and defeat antivirus defenses.

An effective threat intelligence solution enables analysts to address, track and investigate advanced attacks such as WannaCry ransomware.

A cybergang known as FIN7 has been using OLE command files to spread its malware and identify potential victims for additional phishing attacks.

An advanced cyberattack can sink an entire company if it doesn't put the proper lifeboats in place and foster collaboration between disparate departments.