MCLEAN, Va., Aug. 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- CYREN (NASDAQ:
CYRN) today announced the release of its Q2 2015 CYREN Cyberthreat
Report that highlights a 38% overall quarterly increase in phishing
attacks. It also details the ever-growing number and sophisticated
types of phishing attacks specifically designed to gain access to
corporate information.
Looking beyond heavily phished domains such as PayPal, Apple and
Gmail, the CYREN security analysts examined a vast variety of other
phishing campaigns that seek out financial gain or specific
intelligence from businesses rather than consumers. They found
these more sophisticated attacks to be consistently grouped into
two categories:
- Indirect Phishing Attacks – Cybercriminals deploy a
series of attacks that add up to a successful phishing campaign –
usually in combination with organizational information from other
sources such as LinkedIn. For example, an employee using their own
Apple device is tricked into giving away iTunes credentials as part
of an attack, which can give access to contact or calendar
information. Additionally, an employee with a cloud-based company
email (such as from Office 365 or branded Gmail accounts) could be
successfully phished, providing the attacker with a platform for
sending malicious emails that appear safe.
- Direct Phishing Attacks – Cybercriminals seek login
credentials for actual business systems. During Q2 2015, CYREN
security analysts found multiple examples of phishing attempts on
Outlook credentials. Aside from email access, these credentials are
frequently used for domain logins, providing an attacker with the
tools to access far more than just email. Other cloud-based
services, such as Dropbox or Salesforce, can also provide an
attacker with direct access to valuable company data.
"We are seeing a shift in emphasis by the cybercriminals away
from the mass-distribution 'nickel and dime' campaigns looking for
quick-hit revenue that have been the staple of the cybercrime
industry for the last 10 years or more, and toward using that same
mass-distribution infrastructure for the dissemination of more
highly targeted and powerful threats," said Lior Kohavi, CTO at CYREN. "This shift
highlights a problem with legacy security tools and
technologies. These tools were designed to provide protection
in a threat landscape consisting of slow-evolving threat types, the
majority of which were iterations of previously-detected
threats."
Kohavi continued, "If the trend we are seeing now proves to be
true, security professionals have real cause for concern, as it
means that their enterprises will be exposed to an ever-increasing
volume of threats, each one possessing the capability to severely
impact their organization. In this new reality, security
powered by "offline" technology models, such as periodic updates to
local static databases, can no longer provide meaningful
protection."
Other report highlights include:
- A deeper look at the 50% increase in detected malware using
Adobe Flash Player
- Vietnam stands as the world
leader of spam-sending zombies
- New Android malware down 20% from Q1 2015
- The frequently ineffective use of script blocking
- The increasing burdens created by Java
- Attempted trickery by spammers actually backfiring
The 13-page quarterly report is available for download at
http://tinyurl.com/oomcajz.
About CYREN
Founded in 1991, CYREN (NASDAQ and TASE:
CYRN) is a long-time innovator in cybersecurity. Through
full-function Security as a Service (SecaaS) and embedded
deployment options, CYREN provides web, email, mobile and endpoint
security solutions that are relied upon by the world's largest IT
companies to protect against today's advanced threats. CYREN
collects threat data and delivers real-time cyber intelligence
through a unique global network of over 500,000 points of presence
that processes 17 billion daily transactions and protects 600
million users. To learn more, visit www.cyren.com.
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