Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) Kill-Chain

According to Netswitch Technology Management, the Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) kill-chain looks like the following:

Jul 17, 2016

The Six Steps of an APT Attack

To improve your cyber security and successfully prevent, detect and resolve advanced persistent threats, you need to know how APTs work:

Jul 01, 2016

Advanced Persistent Threats

Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) campaigns comprise a growing part of the current threat landscape. Some APT campaigns remain active, in fact, even after drawing extensive

May 16, 2016

Spear Phishing Attacks - How? Why?

Spear phishing is an e-mail spoofing fraud attempt that targets a specific organization, seeking unauthorized access to confidential data. Spear phishing messages appear to come from a trusted source. Phishing messages usually appear to come from a large and well-known company or website with a broad membership base, such as eBay or PayPal. In the case of spear phishing, the appa

May 09, 2016

What is Phishing?

Phishing is the attempt to acquire sensitive informative such as usernames, passwords and credit card details, often for malicious reasons, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. Phishing is the illegal attempt to acquire sensitive information for malicious reasons.

Apr 25, 2016

Anti-Phishing Work Group Phishing Trends

Semi-annually, the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) publishes the Phishing Activity Trends Report.

Apr 18, 2016

Symantec Internet Security Threat Report: 2016

The Symantec Internet Security Threat Report includes vast information on security related issues. Spam, phishing and malware data are captured through a variety of sources.

Apr 08, 2016

Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report Summary 2015

Since the 90s, phishing continues to evolve and continues to trick, especially those in communications, legal and customer service areas. According to the Verizon 2015 Data Breach Investigations Report, 23% of recipients

Jan 01, 2016

Summary of Global Phishing Survey 2H 2014

Semi-annually, the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) publishes the Global Phishing Survey. This report addresses phishing trends and underscores the significance of phishing by quantifying the scope of the global phishing problem. In this report, APWG examines all the phishing attacks detected in the second half of 2014, July 1 through December 31).

May 18, 2014