Topical Research Report Webcast Presentations

Every two weeks iDefense research teams publish a topical research report that examines specific intelligence issues. These topics are a combination of specific threats that iDefense sees and issues that our customers have asked us to explore further. Register today for one of the upcoming Web seminars by clicking on one of the following seminar titles:

>>  06.04.08 2PM ET: BBB: A Threat Analysis of Targeted Spear-Phishing Attacks
Since February 2007, organized groups of cyber criminals have launched more than 50 waves of highly targeted cyber fraud scams, impacting corporations and governments alike. These attacks use a social engineering technique, called "spear phishing" and sometimes "whaling," to trick a user into installing malicious code, which allows the attacker to collect valuable data from the compromised computer.

Organizations of all types and sizes must immediately deal with the risks these attacks pose to internal staff and customers, each for their own reasons. Financial institutions face special risks from these attacks due to the specific and aggressive targeting of their customers and applications, while government and contracting organizations stand to leak vital strategic and national defense data.

Because these fraudsters target specific corporate employees with high levels of access, and because they aggressively use the stolen information, these types of attacks are more dangerous than conventional Internet fraud schemes.

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