What is Scaring Businesses the Most? Spear-phishing. New Websense Security Labs ResearchDescription :
<p class="p1"]Spear-phishing is a huge concern for today’s government and enterprises. While high profile attacks like last week’s spear-phishing attack against the White House and last year’s attack against Oak Ridge National Laboratory underscore the risk to government agencies, today’s businesses are also a primary victim. Hackers are increasingly looking to steal source code, intellectual property and financial information.
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<p class="p1"]In light of these incidents, the Websense Security Labs collected data from the ThreatSeeker Network and analyzed it using our Advanced Classification Engine to identify the top trends in phishing today. These include:
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- Dramatic shifts in attack strategy
- New security evasion tactics
- An evolution of the targeted threat model
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<p class="p1"]For all the details, head over to our
Insights blog.
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Lien : http://community.websense.com/blogs/securitylabs/archive/2012/10/09/what-is-scaring-businesses-the-most-spear-phishing-new-websense-security-labs-research.aspx
