Cybercriminal Minds - Evolving BEC Attack Tactics During Shelter-in-Place

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Sherrod DeGrippo, Sr. Director of Threat Research & Detection and Ryan Kalember, EVP of Cybersecurity Strategy at Proofpoint

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Welcome to Proofpoint's Cybersecurity eSummit! This is the 1st session of a 3-session event. Feel free to watch the recordings of our previous webinars in the attachments & links tab. This session: COVID-19 not only impacts our lives but also affects cyber threat landscape, which continues to be dominated by coronavirus-related activities. Proofpoint Threat Research team has observed more and more business email compromise (BEC) and email account compromise (EAC) scams leveraging coronavirus lures. In addition, attackers have come up with more sophisticated tactics to trick their targets into making fraudulent wire transfer. Join our speakers Ryan Kalember, EVP of Cybersecurity Strategy, and Sherrod DeGrippo, Sr. Director of Threat Research & Detection, of Proofpoint to learn more about: - The current state of COVID-themed BEC/EAC scams - New BEC tactics targeting organization’s supply chain - The differences between BEC and other tactics, such as malware and cred-phish - Why threat actors choose a certain attack tactic and the psychology behind criminal minds *This session is eligible for one CPE credit with ISC(2). To claim your credit, please submit our online form here: https://go.proofpoint.com/webinars-submit-cpe-credit
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