The email industry is under a prolonged and targeted attack. Going back almost a year now, service providers and their clients have been the focus of so-called spear-phishing and other intrusions that have resulted in large-scale direct and indirect data breaches. It’s scary stuff, and the worst of it is far from over. Largely, these breaches have come in two flavors: system intrusion with direct compromise of data and client credential compromise.
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Sniffing Out a Scam: Real-Time Detection's Role in Battling Data Breaches
Posted by: George Schlossnagle May 28, 2011 05:00 AMThe email industry is under a prolonged and targeted attack. Going back almost a year now, service providers and their clients have been the focus of so-called spear-phishing and other intrusions that have resulted in large-scale direct and indirect data breaches. It’s scary stuff, and the worst of it is far from over. Largely, these breaches have come in two flavors: system intrusion with direct compromise of data and client credential compromise.