Fraud Protection August 16, 2018

Email Security Best Practices to Help You Reel In the Threat of Phishing

4 min read - Phishing is still among the most common causes of a data breach. Companies should invest in managed security services and comprehensive awareness training to improve email security best practices.

August 13, 2018

Banking Trojans Trickbot and IcedID Partner for Distribution and Development

2 min read - Trickbot has formed a partnership with another banking Trojan, IcedID, to help distribute each other's malware more widely — and possibly co-develop new capabilities.

August 13, 2018

Malicious Email Payloads Increased in Volume and Diversity in Q2 2018

2 min read - A quarterly threat report revealed that malicious email attacks increased by 36 percent and delivered more diverse payloads in Q2 2018.

August 10, 2018

Modular Remote Access Trojan Uses Sophisticated Techniques to Evade Detection

1 min read - According to security researchers, a new modular remote access Trojan (RAT) is using several sophisticated techniques to fly under the radar of traditional detection solutions.

Threat Intelligence August 9, 2018

How a Cyberattack Framework Can Help Reduce Risk at All Levels, Part 4

7 min read - Even after a successful attack, security teams can still minimize the financial and reputational damage associated with a breach by following the IBM X-Force cyberattack framework.

August 6, 2018

Phishing Campaign Uses FTP Links to Deliver DanaBot Banking Trojan

< 1 min read - Australian businesses have been targeted in a phishing campaign that uses FTP links to deliver the DanaBot banking Trojan, which is designed to steal financial information and other private data.

August 2, 2018

New UK Phishing Campaigns Lure Industry Targets With Compromised Email Contacts

2 min read - A new batch of industry-specific phishing campaigns is leveraging compromised email contacts to steal login information associated with employees of engineering, transport and defense organizations.

Threat Intelligence August 1, 2018

How a Cyberattack Framework Can Help Reduce Risk at All Levels, Part 3

6 min read - An attacker who gains access won't necessarily walk away with an organization's proprietary data. Here's how a cyberattack framework can help you subvert an attacker already in a network.

Incident Response July 18, 2018

How the IBM X-Force IRIS Cyberattack Framework Helps Security Teams Reduce Risk at All Levels, Part 1

5 min read - The IBM X-Force IRIS cyberattack preparation and execution frameworks aim to help security teams predict threat actors' motives and tactics and communicate security intelligence more clearly.

July 16, 2018

Human Error Strains Security Teams: How Can Companies Nip Employee Negligence in the Bud?

2 min read - New data reveals that security professionals are increasingly concerned about employee negligence because it forces them to respond to preventable data breaches.