Phishing threats take many forms and are used to deliver malware, steal credentials, and entice recipients into taking actions they will later regret. Despite advances in technology, these threats continue to reach inboxes and continue to succeed. In this episode, we speak with Ryan Olson of Palo Alto’s Unit 42 and Cofense Intelligence Product Manager Mollie MacDougall. Learn more: Phish Fryday – Emotet Returns Coronavirus InfoCenter COVID-19: The Cybercrime Gold Rush of 2020 Emotet Thread Hijacking, an Email Attack Technique Questions or comments? Reach us at phishfryday@cofense.com The post Phish Fryday – Phishing Threats with Palo Alto Unit 42 appeared first on Cofense. Phish Fryday – Phishing Threats with Palo Alto Unit 42 was first posted on October 2, 2020 at 12:10 am.©2018 "Cofense". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact me at pmit@cofense.com

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Phishing Threats with Palo Alto Unit 42

For many organizations, financial transactions are a quick, intricate dance of payments, receivables, and reporting. It’s high stakes and high pressure. Drop a phish into the midst of this environment and bad things can happen. To discuss the role of finance in an organization and how attackers target the processes and pressures to commit cyber theft are Cofense CFO Mel Wesley, Cofense Co-founder and CTO Aaron Higbee, and Cofense Security Solution Advisor Tonia Dudley. Learn more: Real Phishing Threat Examples Cofense Submerge has gone Virtual Questions or comments? Reach us at phishfryday@cofense.com The post Phish Fryday – Phishing Finance appeared first on Cofense. Phish Fryday – Phishing Finance was first posted on September 11, 2020 at 12:10 am.©2018 "Cofense". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact me at pmit@cofense.com

Phishing Finance

According to the latest Ponemon Cost of Data Breach Report, over half of malicious breaches are financially motivated. When we follow the money, we see ransomware continuing to cause availability concerns, which can be addressed with mature disaster recovery plans. Not to be outdone, attackers are increasing their leverage to ensure a timely payment. Joining us this week are Cofense Cyber Threat Intelligence Analysts Brad Haas and Aaron Riley to talk about this latest move by threat actors. Learn more: Avaddon Ransomware Joins Data Exfiltration Trend Avaddon ransomware launches data leak site to extort victims Cofense Submerge has gone Virtual... The post Phish Fryday – Ransomware appeared first on Cofense. Phish Fryday – Ransomware was first posted on August 28, 2020 at 12:10 am.©2018 "Cofense". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact me at pmit@cofense.com

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Identifying a phishing email is more than a yes/no, good/bad equation. If it’s bad, you need to know how bad it is. If my user clicked it, what happened? What do I need to do to protect my organization? Answering these questions requires a certain level of expertise with tools and strategies for analyzing malicious emails. Joining us this week is Cofense Director of Product Management Pete Smith to talk about the skills needed to break down an attack to understand the Indicators of Compromise that result from a successful attack. Learn more: Phishing attacks target locale-specific users Cofense Submerge... The post Phish Fryday – Phishing Defense Expertise appeared first on Cofense. Phish Fryday – Phishing Defense Expertise was first posted on August 14, 2020 at 7:28 am.©2018 "Cofense". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact me at pmit@cofense.com

Phishing Defense Expertise

What started out as a banking trojan has now evolved into one of the most widespread and disruptive botnets threatening organizations worldwide. Emotet. After a brief hiatus earlier in 2020, Emotet has returned with a new trick up its sleeve. Here to talk about the dangers of Emotet and how to reduce your vulnerability to it is Cofense Senior Research Engineer and resident Emotet expert Jason Meurer. Learn more: Emotet stealing attachments Previous discussion about Emotet on Phish Fryday Cofense Virtual Submerge Questions or comments? Reach us at phishfryday@cofense.com The post Phish Fryday – Emotet Returns appeared first on Cofense. Phish Fryday – Emotet Returns was first posted on July 31, 2020 at 12:10 am.©2018 "Cofense". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact me at pmit@cofense.com

Emotet Returns

As phishing attacks remain a top threat to organizations across the globe, it’s critical to understand just what tactics and techniques attackers are using. Few have the resources to defend against every possibility, and so we must consider the actual threat landscape versus the theoretical. In this episode, we speak with Max Gannon about Cofense’s latest phishing report – what we’re seeing in the wild and what the future may hold. Learn more: Mass Logger Malware Could Be Massive Why Qakbot is so Dangerous The Q1 2020 Phishing Review Questions or comments? Reach us at phishfryday@cofense.com The post Phish Fryday – Q2 2020 Phishing Review appeared first on Cofense. Phish Fryday – Q2 2020 Phishing Review was first posted on July 17, 2020 at 12:10 am.©2018 "Cofense". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact me at pmit@cofense.com

Q2 2020 Phishing Review

Security analysts need data – lots of data – to do their jobs defending organizations. It’s easy to drown in all the noise, though, and not be able to find attacks and respond quickly. In this episode, we speak with IMAX Information Security Analyst Rob Sipthorpe to discuss the IMAX phishing defense program and how they’re cutting through the noise and finding bad fast. Learn more: IMAX Cofense Triage Questions or comments? Reach us at phishfryday@cofense.com The post Phish Fryday – Cutting Through the Noise at IMAX appeared first on Cofense. Phish Fryday – Cutting Through the Noise at IMAX was first posted on July 3, 2020 at 12:10 am.©2018 "Cofense". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact me at pmit@cofense.com

Cutting Through the Noise at IMAX

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