Stories by J. Peter Bruzzese

Ransomware takes malware from bad to worse

Targeted email attacks (called <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/2608694/phishing/state-of-the-art-spear-phishing-and-defenses.html">spear phishing</a>) with harmful links or attachments containing malware are an ever-increasing threat. These attacks are part social networking and part sophisticated technical effort to penetrate companies' defense systems. Traditional security deployments, in many cases, aren't prepared for these kinds of attacks.