In this talk, Brent Hansen, Thales TCT’s CTO, and Richard Hosgood, white hat hacker and North American Director of Engineering at Votiro, dissected an April 2020 phishing attack, the gaps that antivirus and next-generation antivirus leave for unknown and zero-day threats, and how an emerging technology called Positive Selection technology can prevent these types of attacks.
How the Federal Government Implemented Zero Trust Security
As of March, 7 federal agencies are working from home. While teleworking keeps federal and civilian workers safe, it greatly increased cybersecurity risks. One of the major risks was through internet browsing. Malicious code easily hides within the browser, and browsers can change from safe to malicious in an instant, creating risk for any user...
How CDR Technology and Symantec Isolation Can Protect Your Employees
Now, more than ever, you have to trust your workforce. To support remote teams, organizations are making greater use of web-based applications, systems, and content portals. But trust alone isn’t enough to keep employees—and the organization—safe. Webpages carry risk of malware delivered through browser exploits, and can flip from good to bad in an instant....
How to Prevent Ransomware Instead of Just Detecting It
The first ransomware attack occurred in 1989. In 2020, more than 30 years later, why is ransomware still such a common issue? Despite adopting various technologies and security solutions, attacks are still taking place—and they are getting more severe. In fact, the average ransomware payment has increased 104% in Q4 of 2019 and business interruption...
What’s in that Malicious File? A File Dissection Event
Organizations receive malicious files from emails, web uploads, and content-sharing platforms daily. File-borne attacks are on the rise and 40%-60% of malicious files evade and breach existing security defenses to end up in your inboxes, on your platforms, and in your network. We want you to send us those files. Seriously. Forward malicious files to...
How a Phishing Campaign Tricked Shipping Customers
Just a few months ago, Votiro discovered a cleverly disguised, multi-stage phishing campaign targeted UPS, FedEx, and DHL customers. In the webinar How FedEx, UPS & DHL Customers were Tricked by an Advanced Phishing Campaign, Votiro Director of Engineering, Rich Hosgood, dissects the UPS, FedEx, and DHL emails and Excel Attachments and explains: What made...
