QinetiQ NA Unveils Social Engineering Detection Product

Your organization’s network and systems may be hacker proof, but are your employees? QinetiQ North America today unveiled a security solution designed for government customers to detect  social engineering attacks, through the use of Email Intent Analysis, real-time URL, link analysis and high-value …

Cyveillance, Wombat Security Technologies Team to Educate on Phishing

Cyveillance is teaming up with Wombat Security Technologies to educate organizations on phishing scams and provide training on ways of protection against them.

An email campaign will test employees through phishing scams they could fall for. Wombat will use PhishGuru, an online tool to asses and train employees through simulated phishing emails. If…

Survey: Anti-Virus Solutions Offer Inadequate Protection

Anti-virus programs may not be as effective as they initially were thought to be: A new study by Cyveillance found AV vendors detect less than 19 percent of malware attacks on the first day malware appears in the wild, and even after 30 days, many vendors cannot detect known attacks, making it critical for businesses to become more proactive in terms of cybersecurity to reduce the risk for infection.

“To…

Cyveillance wins Product of the Year Award

The Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) has named Cyveillance Brand Intelligence(TM) a recipient of the 2009 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award.

“As a leader in cyber intelligence, Cyveillance provides its customers with the information they need to protect their customers, reputation, employees and enterprise,” said Panos Anastassiadis, COO of Cyveillance. “Cyveillance Brand Intelligence gives organizations the information needed…

Education, IP Blocking Could Decrease Success of Spear-Phishing Attacks

In the early days of Internet fraud, most cyber crooks used emails as their main medium to scam people into disclosing personal information. These emails were littered with spelling and grammatical mistakes, which alerted some cautious users. These days, however, online criminals have honed their spelling and grammar skills, and they manage to fool even the savviest web users with sophisticated methods of deception.

With the evolution of phishing and…

Reducing Threat Exposure: Cyveillance’s IP Block List

Cyber intelligence firm Cyveillance has announced a new offering for its customers called Cyveillance IP Block List, which reduces the exposure to current threats. With the growth of the current threat landscape, the new offering will allow clients a more proactive cybersecurity posture.

Unlike more traditional approaches to cybersecurity, Cyveillance “look for threats in the wild before they hit your…

Cyveillance Finds Targeting of New Brands Up 50 Percent

Cyveillance, a leader in cyber intelligence, announced its findings that cyber criminals are having greater success by using increasingly sophisticated techniques. Phishing remains one of the top threats according to Cyveillance’s “2H 2009 Cyber Intelligence Report.”

Panos Anastassiadis, COO of Cyveillance, said “Cyber criminals are focusing their efforts on developing more sophisticated and targeted attacks rather than using a far reaching blanket approach, in order to…