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In this interview, Cyren botnet expert Geffen Tzur explains how botnets work and gives a view from the trenches on successes and challenges in fighting botnet cybercrime. What defines a botnet? Doesn’t all malware “phone home”? A botnet is defined as a network of infected computers set up to perform

Successful phishing attacks are all over the news and a top concern for IT managers, but how do you make the business case for adding more advanced email and web security? In a new report, security industry analyst Derek Brink of the Aberdeen Group has crunched the numbers and put

Überall wird über erfolgreiche Phishing-Angriffe berichtet. Diese stellen eine der größten Sorgen für IT-Manager dar – wie aber lässt sich der wirtschaftliche Nutzen einer zusätzlichen, fortschrittlicheren E-Mail- und Web-Security verdeutlichen? In einem neuen Bericht hat der Analyst der Security-Branche, Derek Brink von der Aberdeen Group, die Zahlen zusammengestellt und die

13.3 million Scarab ransomware emails detected in one day The new Scarab ransomware being distributed via email by the Necurs botnet appears to come from scanning devices or services like HP, Epson or Lexmark. While there are similarities to the Necurs-distributed Locky ransomware, Scarab seems to have been developed by

Do you know the difference between spear phishing and clone phishing and…just plain phishing? Or adware and malvertising? Check out the list below of the top 10 threat terms every employee should be familiar with, and familiarize yourself with more threat terms in Cyren’s new online Cyber Threat Dictionary in