Attacks on Point-of-Sale (POS) systems continue to occur at staggering rates and retailers remain exposed as vulnerabilities in point-of-sale systems afford weak links for attackers to exploit. According to the 2018 Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report (DBIR), of the more than 53,000 incidents examined, 2,216...
Researchers from the U.K.-based penetration testing service Pen Test Partners recently attacked a video surveillance system, and they pulled off a fairly scary feat. “We successfully switched video feeds from one camera to another through the cloud service, proving arbitrary access to anyone’s camera,” they...
Tony Cole and Carolyn Crandall Become 2018 Distinguished Reboot Honorees for Their Influence and Leadership. FREMONT, Calif., Aug 24, 2018 – Attivo Networks®, the leader in deception solutions for cybersecurity defense, today announced that SC Media has named Tony Cole, chief technology officer at Attivo Networks,...
It is a long-held maxim in cybersecurity that the bad guys have the advantage. They only have to succeed once, but the good guys have to stop them every time. So it is always interesting and often important when a new method comes along that...
Attivo Networks® today announced that DMN has named Carolyn Crandall, chief deception officer and chief marketing officer, as one of its Hall of Femme 2018 Honorees. Nominees for induction are carefully selected based on their achievements, approach to marketing, and mentorship. DMN is the leading...
“If you want to outmaneuver the advisory you need to set traps within the network and set up a high-fidelity detection mechanism, and make it actionable,” said Carolyn Crandall, chief deception officer at Attivo Networks, a cybersecurity company....
The patterns of cyber attacks are well known and so are the targets. The bad guys are seeking to break in to get valuable data or take actions that benefit them, and want to go undetected for as long as possible. There are a number...
Carolyn Crandall, CMO at Attivo Networks, explains what tasks are being fobbed off onto the machines: "Marketers need tools that automate operations, simplify admin tasks, track analytics, conduct account-based marketing, and ultimately, boost sales."...
An active defense is the use of offensive actions to outmaneuver an adversary and make an attack more difficult and to carry out. Slowing down or derailing the attacker so they cannot advance or complete their attack increases the probability that the attacker will make a mistake and expose their presence or reveal...
Counterintelligence (CI) is the information gathered and actions taken to identify and protect against an adversary’s knowledge collection activities or attempts to cause harm through sabotage or other actions. The goal of CI is to ensure information cannot be modified or destroyed by a malicious...