With growing interest in the potential of IoT and connected things, attackers have found opportunities to exploit these devices. New malware and botnets are being specifically built to target IoT devices.
Supply chain attacks are a growing concern of any organization today. The goal of this type of attack is to compromise an organization via insecure components in the organization’s supply chain.
Software developers are increasingly being targeted by supply chain attacks. Popularization of package managers and their integration into the development pipelines has made this ecosystem an interesting target for various threat actors.
Last week the 22nd annual Black Hat conference hosted over 19,000 security professionals in Las Vegas. By all measures, it was a great event, particularly for ReversingLabs, and we wanted to share a few exciting outcomes and informative findings.
When it comes to malware's persistent threat to your business, we typically discuss risk in context to failed compliance with regulations, or we talk about data loss, or we focus on fears around business continuity. But internal application quality and the software supply chain are often left out of the conversation — likely because the risk remains somewhat ambiguous.
Traditional supply chain attacks impact the production of physical goods. Your supply chain might include partners delivering raw materials, component parts used in manufacturing, as well as distribution of finished goods.Disruption of that supply chain could result in production shutdowns, aging inventory, degraded partner relations, and financial loss.
Phishing attacks are deception attempts that try to trick a person into clicking a link that leads to a credential-stealing page or a malicious application download. Relying on social engineering tactics, they have the potential to grant attackers unauthorized access to infrastructure, services, or information.
Email-based attacks are the most prominent threat vector that organizations see today. Like any other form of communication, emails get exploited to become carriers for a wide variety of attacks.
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