Name: Ransomware and BEC in the Cyber Threat Landscape
Start: 2022-04-28T20:00:00Z
End: 2022-04-28T20:01:00.000Z
Location: BrightTALK
Rating: 4.8

Learn more about new approaches to email security to stop advanced business email compromise attacks that bypass traditional, threat intelligence-based email security solutions.

Unlike legacy email security solutions, the Abnormal Security platform uses an innovative AI-based approach that deeply understands the people, relationships, and business processes to stop the most sophisticated and costly attacks.

Microsoft 365 powers the modern workplace, but its complexity also creates risk. Missteps in Admin Center, SharePoint, Teams, or Exchange can quietly open doors to attackers, from excessive permissions to weak policies that expose sensitive data. This session explores how security posture management uncovers hidden gaps, strengthens configurations, and prevents small oversights from escalating into breaches.

ThreatStream: Hidden Entry Points: How Microsoft 365 Misconfigurations Create Vulnerabilities

Microsoft 365 powers the modern workplace, but its complexity also introduces risk. Missteps in the Admin Centre, SharePoint, Teams, or Exchange can quietly open the door to attackers—from excessive permissions to weak policies that expose sensitive data. This session explores how security posture management uncovers hidden gaps, strengthens configurations, and prevents small oversights from escalating into breaches.

The rise of crypto has created new opportunities—for both investors and attackers. In this session, we’ll uncover how threat actors exploit decentralized systems, impersonate crypto brands, and weaponize urgency to steal funds, and how Abnormal AI detects and blocks these fast-moving, irreversible scams.

ThreatStream: Cryptocurrency Fraud: Fast Money, Faster Scams

The rise of crypto has created new opportunities—for both investors and attackers. In this session, we’ll explore how threat actors exploit decentralised systems, impersonate crypto brands, and weaponise urgency to steal funds, and how Abnormal AI detects and blocks these fast-moving, irreversible scams.

Threat actors are rapidly adopting generative AI to enhance the scale, sophistication, and effectiveness of their attacks in K-12 institutions. Email remains one of the most vulnerable entry points, as cybercriminals leverage AI-generated content to craft highly convincing phishing campaigns, business email compromise (BEC) attacks, and other social engineering tactics.

In this session, we’ll explore how generative AI is reshaping the threat landscape, examining real-world examples of AI-driven attacks, the evolving techniques used by cybercriminals, and the specific attack types expected to increase in both volume and complexity. We’ll also discuss how AI can be harnessed for defense, providing insight into the latest security innovations that leverage AI to counteract emerging threats.

By the end of this session, you’ll have a deeper understanding of the risks posed by AI-powered attacks and the proactive steps your organization can take to stay ahead of adversaries in this evolving cyber battlefield.

Earn your continuing education credits with ISC2 by viewing cybersecurity content from Abnormal Security.

[Virtual Workshop] The AI Threat: Protecting K-12 from AI-Generated Email Attacks

As mergers and acquisitions accelerate, cyber and privacy risks remain among the most overlooked and financially devastating factors that impact deal value and post-close stability. In this joint session with experts from Norton Rose Fulbright, CrowdStrike, and Abnormal AI, we’ll cover: 

- The legal risks of insufficient diligence and why understanding a target’s data landscape and compliance posture is essential for protecting investments.
- How the CrowdStrike M&A Compromise Assessment can uncover active and historical adversary activity across endpoint, cloud, identity, and SaaS environments. 
- How behavioral AI provides critical visibility into email-borne risk to enable Day-One protection against BEC, account takeovers, and vendor fraud.

Together, these three expert panelists will share an in-depth approach to M&A security to empower your organization to reduce the risk of acquisitions, accelerate secure integrations, and preserve deal value.


**Webinar attendees are eligible for 1 CPE credit through ISC2. Claim your CPE credit here: https://bit.ly/4f3xas3

Day-One Defense: A Smarter Approach to Cybersecurity for M&A

AI has upended the economics of social engineering. Anyone can now craft fluent, context-aware lures at speed and scale. In this session, Abnormal AI’s EJ Whaley and world-renowned cyberpsychologist Dr. Mary Aiken unpack how attackers blend large language models with behavioral science—exploiting authority bias, urgency, and group conformity—to bypass human defenses across email, chat, and video (including deepfakes). 

We’ll examine why traditional awareness can backfire, how “phishing-as-a-service” industrializes fraud, and what it takes to restore trust in a zero-trust world. 

Register now!

**Webinar attendees are eligible for 1 CPE credit through ISC2. Please claim your ISC2 CPE credit here: https://bit.ly/4f3xas3

Convergence Season 5, Chapter 15: Supercharged Deception: How AI Is Accelerating Social Engineering [AMER]

AI has upended the economics of social engineering. Anyone can now craft fluent, context-aware lures at speed and scale. In this session, Abnormal AI’s EJ Whaley and world-renowned cyberpsychologist Dr Mary Aiken reveal how attackers blend large language models with behavioural science—exploiting authority bias, urgency, and group conformity—to bypass human defences across email, chat, and video (including deepfakes).

We’ll explore why traditional awareness training can backfire, how “phishing-as-a-service” is industrialising fraud, and what it really takes to restore trust in a zero-trust world.

Register now!

**Webinar attendees are eligible for 1 CPE credit through ISC2. Please claim your ISC2 CPE credit here: https://bit.ly/4f3xas3

Convergence Season 5, Chapter 15: Supercharged Deception: How AI Is Accelerating Social Engineering [EMEA]

Convergence Season 5, Chapter 15: Supercharged Deception: How AI Is Accelerating Social Engineering [APAC]

Generative AI is powering a new wave of business email compromise attacks—more scalable, personalized, and nearly impossible to detect. See how threat actors craft hyper-realistic emails and how Abnormal’s behavioral AI detects impersonations that traditional tools miss.

ThreatStream: When BEC Meets AI

The email security market is crowded with vendors making bold AI claims, but how do you separate genuine innovation from marketing noise? As organizations face increasingly sophisticated threats—from AI-generated phishing to business email compromise—choosing the right email security solution has never been more critical or more complex.
Join former Gartner analyst Ravisha Chugh and Abnormal's Director of Product Marketing Lane Billings for an insider's perspective on evaluating email security vendors in 2026. Drawing on years of vendor evaluation experience and deep market analysis, this session gives security leaders a practical framework for making informed decisions.

You'll learn:
- How Gartner analysts assess the email security landscape, and the evaluation criteria that matter most
- The questions to ask vendors—and the red flags to watch out for 
- A practical framework for building your vendor shortlist
- How to use analyst reports like the Gartner Magic Quadrant effectively
- How to structure vendor comparisons to reveal real differentiation and real-world performance

Whether you're replacing a legacy SEG, augmenting existing defenses, or evaluating your current solution, this session provides the independent analysis and actionable guidance to make the right choice for your organization.

**Webinar attendees are eligible for 1 CPE credit through ISC2. Please claim your ISC2 CPE credit here: https://bit.ly/4f3xas3

Beyond the Quadrant: An Analyst's Guide to Evaluating Email Security in 2026

Generative AI is driving a new wave of business email compromise attacks—more scalable, more personalised, and increasingly difficult to detect. See how threat actors craft hyper-realistic emails, and how Abnormal’s behavioural AI identifies impersonation attempts that traditional tools miss.
In this ThreatStream webinar, Abnormal expert Ryan Schwartz uncovers how AI is changing the face of BEC. He walks through real attacks—from vendor compromise and payroll fraud to internal account takeovers—and shows how behavioral analysis detects what traditional tools can miss.

Watch the on-demand webinar to learn
- How attackers use AI to research targets and craft believable emails in seconds
- Why payload-less attacks and lookalike domains evade traditional defenses
- How behavioral analysis identifies unusual tone, urgency, and relationships to stop financial fraud

How vendor compromise spreads across organizations—and how to detect it early. Register now to view the on-demand webinar!

The email security market is crowded with vendors making bold AI claims, but how do you separate genuine innovation from marketing noise? As organisations face increasingly sophisticated threats—from AI-generated phishing to business email compromise—choosing the right email security solution has never been more critical or more complex.
Join former Gartner analyst Ravisha Chugh and Abnormal’s Director of Product Marketing, Lane Billings, for an insider’s perspective on evaluating email security vendors in 2026. Drawing on years of vendor evaluation experience and deep market analysis, this session gives security leaders a practical framework for making informed decisions.

You’ll learn:
- How Gartner analysts assess the email security landscape, and the evaluation criteria that matter most
- The questions to ask vendors — and the red flags to watch out for
- A practical framework for building your vendor shortlist
- How to use analyst reports such as the Gartner Magic Quadrant effectively
- How to structure vendor comparisons to reveal real differentiation and real-world performance

Whether you’re replacing a legacy SEG, augmenting existing defences, or evaluating your current solution, this session provides the independent analysis and actionable guidance needed to make the right choice for your organisation.

**Webinar attendees are eligible for 1 CPE credit through ISC2. Please claim your ISC2 CPE credit here: https://bit.ly/4f3xas3

The email security market is crowded with vendors making bold AI claims, but how do you separate genuine innovation from marketing noise? As organisations face increasingly sophisticated threats—from AI-generated phishing to business email compromise—choosing the right email security solution has never been more critical or more complex.

Join former Gartner analyst Ravisha Chugh and Abnormal’s Director of Product Marketing, Lane Billings, for an insider’s perspective on evaluating email security vendors in 2026. Drawing on years of vendor evaluation experience and deep market analysis, this session gives security leaders a practical framework for making informed decisions.

You’ll learn:
- How Gartner analysts assess the email security landscape, and the evaluation criteria that matter most
- The questions to ask vendors — and the red flags to watch out for
- A practical framework for building your vendor shortlist
- How to use analyst reports such as the Gartner Magic Quadrant effectively
- How to structure vendor comparisons to reveal real differentiation and real-world performance

Whether you’re replacing a legacy SEG, augmenting existing defences, or evaluating your current solution, this session provides the independent analysis and actionable guidance needed to make the right choice for your organisation.

**Webinar attendees are eligible for 1 CPE credit through ISC2. Please claim your ISC2 CPE credit here: https://bit.ly/4f3xas3

Generative AI is driving a new wave of business email compromise attacks—more scalable, more personalised, and increasingly difficult to detect. See how threat actors craft hyper-realistic emails, and how Abnormal’s behavioural AI identifies impersonation attempts that traditional tools miss.

Higher education is facing an escalating volume of advanced, AI-driven email threats designed to impersonate trusted users, compromise accounts, and slip past traditional defenses. With small teams and increasing pressure to reduce manual workloads, universities are rethinking how they secure their communities against these fast-evolving attacks.

In this fireside chat, Patricia Titus, Field CISO at Abnormal AI, and Thomas Smith, Deputy CIO of Coppin State University, will explore how Coppin State strengthened its security posture by modernizing its approach to email threat detection and response. Thomas will share how the university reduced operational burden through automation, improved visibility into account compromise attempts, and achieved a dramatic reduction in attacks.

You’ll learn:
- How AI is shaping today’s most common threats in higher education
- Ways automation helps reduce manual investigation 
- Key priorities for universities preparing for next-generation, AI-enabled threats

Join us to hear real-world insights, lessons learned, and practical takeaways you can apply to elevate your institution’s security posture.

**Webinar attendees are eligible for 1 CPE credit through ISC2. Please claim your ISC2 CPE credit here: https://bit.ly/4f3xas3

Defending Higher Ed in the Age of AI: A Fireside Chat with Coppin State University

Simulated Phishing programs are hard to build, easy to destroy, and labor intensive. Tune in as Ms. Epps will present lessons learned from two years of enterprise simulated phishing in the Duke Academic Medical Center including:

• Documentation, executive support, staffing, platform selection and pilot testing.
• Phish template tips, entity and user engagement, phish reporting.
• Safe-listing and working efficiently with your mail and security teams.
• Metrics, program maturity and gamification.
• How you know you’re doing it right (or wrong).
• Taking it beyond phishing.

Simulated Phishing -- Two Years of Near Misses

This study explores collegiate eSports student-athletes’ and administrators’ perceptions of student safety/cyberbullying within higher education while also highlighting the correlation to traditional business initiatives and the protection of employees. Specifically it outlines cyber safety, from the lens of minorities, and documents the thoughts of participants who compete, discerning the impact cyber safety has had on their lives. Tactical suggestions for increasing cyber safety and overcoming common cyber threats that may impact individuals and communities of color will also be discussed.

What cyber-bullying initiatives can teach companies about protecting employees

Let’s face it, cyberattacks such as ransomware are becoming more common and more complex. The coming 12 months will bring increasingly aggressive cybercrime activities as malicious actors continue to pivot their ransomware attacks from data encryption to data exfiltration

The question to you is this: are you doing everything you can to protect your organization from a ransomware outbreak?

Join our session to know the trends in Ransomware in 2022 and to know how to ensure you’re prepared and ready to respond to any ransomware scenario

Ransomware Trends in 2022

Cybercrime has evolved rapidly, and we all need up-to-date response techniques to match. Today's adversaries are targeting suppliers, while leveraging zero-day vulnerabilities and malware-free attacks to evade detection. At the same time, remote work capabilities and the shift to the cloud have greatly increased the attack surface. 

How should you respond to modern cybersecurity incidents? More importantly, how can you detect evidence of an intrusion early enough to minimize or prevent damage? In this talk, we will highlight:
* New response trends and the changing threat landscape.
* Supply-chain incidents such SolarWinds.
* Mass zero-day exploits, such as Log4j.
* Malware-free attacks and detection strategies.
* Incident notification trends.

Join us and get practical strategies for adapting your incident response best practices to reflect today’s increasingly interconnected threat landscape.

New Trends in Cyber Incident Response and Forensics

Conducting forensics and incident response for containers and Kubernetes helps you better understand security breaches, meet compliance requirements and recover quickly. On average, containers live less than 5 minutes, so having a cloud native incident response plan is critical.

Container and Kubernetes Security Best Practices: Forensics & Incident

Join Kaspersky to hear about the changing threat landscape, why evasive threats are so dangerous and how to prevent or mitigate them. 
This session will review topics such as:
- tools beyond EPP - do you need them?
- ransomware prevention checklist
- EDR vs MDR
- how to maximize limited, skilled resources  
- incident response strategies

The rise of evasive threats and why it’s vital to prevent them

The rapid shift to remote and hybrid work has created unprecedented opportunities for cybercriminals to strike organizations across all industries. Companies must be proactive and understand the top threats lurking before they fall victim, costing them monetary and reputational damage. Tune into this expert panel as they explain leading cybersecurity threats facing organizations and what they can do to keep their data, employees and customers safe.

We'll discuss:
- How to define and choose and incident response framework
- Recent high profile cyber attacks and what we can learn from them
- Latest state of ransomware and its new variants
- The increase in DDoS attacks

The top cyberattacks to watch for in 2022

Cybersecurity attacks are increasing in all sectors, with many of them successful. In many ways, new technology has enabled this by focusing on usability, ubiquitous access and functionality. While cloud service adoption has accelerated in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have outsourced many critical services to third parties while failing to properly update security controls and processes. 

In this talk, we'll explore some of these new challenges are and how many of them are simply variations on old themes.  We'll discuss what you can expect by way of challenges and obstacles in addressing these risks. But most importantly, we will explore what organizations, regardless of size and resources, can realistically do to both reduce the likelihood of breaches as well as responding when they do occur.

Key Takeaways
• Why we are in a more precarious situation when it comes to the likelihood of successful cyber attacks and breaches.
• Identify unique challenges deriving from both technology advancements and new work models.
• Identify old problems reappearing in newer ways i.e. ITAM.
• Formulate a high level game plan on breach prevention and how to respond to successful attacks

How New Technology Increases Chance of Breach and Avoiding Detection

What do you do when a third-party vendor has a data breach and exposes your data? In this talk, discover what happened when a third-party vendor was extorted after a ransomware attack, exposing private company data.

1) Do you launch your Incident Response Plan?
Do you have an IR plan?
Have you tested it lately?
Does it cover a third-party data breach?

2) Do you call your Cyber Insurance carrier?
Do you have Cyber Insurance?
Do they cover this type of incident?
What does it cover?

Key takeaways:
* Review your IR plan. If you don’t have one, make one.
* Review your Cyber Insurance policy. What does it cover? If you don’t have cyber insurance, should you get it?
* Review your Risk Registry. Do you have third-party risk identified? If so, does it have the right priority?

My team didn't fail -- the vendor did!

Cybersecurity has proven to be more important than ever due to the continuous changes to work and everyday life brought on from the past two years. In 2022, cyber threats will only continue to evolve, making it imperative to keep up with the latest threats and solutions. During this discussion, we will cover four significant security topics that you should look out for this year to improve your cybersecurity. 

Join four Infoblox security experts to learn more about: 


1. Endpoint 
2. Visibility
3. Cyber Intelligence
4. Cyber Insurance

What to Look Out For in Security in 2022

Securing the endpoint is riddled with new challenges as most workforces have moved off premises and face a slew of new threats. Join this panel discussion to hear leading experts and thought leaders share their insights and tips for how companies can protect themselves using both known and newer methods and technology.

We'll discuss:
- Redefining the endpoint in 2022
- ZTNA and other emerging security frameworks
- The challenge of BYOD devices, IoT devices in the modern workforce
- Evolving strategies to protect the endpoint

Panelists include: 
Ateef Mulla, Regional Senior Solution Engineer & Cybersecurity Expert - SonicWall

The state of endpoint security in today's workforce

Browsing is now an inherent part of our work and personal lives, from researching, shopping, social media, and accessing SaaS applications. Unfortunately, phishing attacks can strike when users click the wrong link. Ninety-four percent of malware is delivered via email and phishing attacks, making browser isolation an essential part of the Defense in Depth strategy to protect end users. The session will go over key points on how such technology can be used in your organization and why it should be included in your next budget as well as synergies with other products suites like SSE and frameworks such as SASE.
 
Takeaways:
• Use cases for browser isolation.
• Achieving ZTNA using browser isolation.
• Where browser isolation fits in my environment. 
• Risks and concerns the use of browser isolation can eliminate.

Secure Browser or Browser Isolation 101

Ensuring users have access to only the resources they need, aka least privilege is great. But have you considered granting users only needed access?
 
This talk will introduce the concept of granting ‘Just-in-Time Access’. Securing an endpoint is more than patching and vulnerability management. Granting access to who, when and what also secures an endpoint. Only when a user needs to connect to a system, can access be granted. Ports such as SSH do not need to be open for the world to connect and probe. Database credentials do not need to last forever.
 
This approach limits the damage that can be caused by an account -- privileged or otherwise -- by reducing the amount of time an attacker has to gain access to the account, as well as the time they have to move from a compromised account before losing access.
 
The short explanation for Just-in-Time Access is providing short-term access in real time. It is a relatively new term in the industry and is another way to practice the least privileged best practice.
 
Key Takeaways:
• The benefits to Just-in-Time access for security and operations
o Improved visibility
o Minimize damage from compromised accounts
o Operational efficiency
• How SSH can be replaced with AWS SSM sessions
o Direct SSH replacement
o SSH reverse proxy
• How Just in Time Access for database credentials can help 
o Example: Hashicorp Vault
o Example: Akeyless
• Resources for learning more

Introduction to Just-in-Time Access with SSH and Database Credentials

The zero trust concept has been around for over a dozen years. For a long time it was just an aspiration for companies, but over the past few years it has become a reality. According to a number of surveys, a majority of organizations are working on zero trust projects.  While zero trust is primarily regarded as a network security framework, the tenets of zero trust are applicable to all elements of the cyber security stack.  This presentation will discuss why and how zero trust can be implemented at the device level.  Attending the webinar will provide you with:

o A deep understanding of the components of zero trust;
o How a zero trust mindset fosters the development of a zero trust architecture;
o The added value of including endpoints into this security framework;
o The knowledge required to advocate for the incorporation of a zero trust architecture throughout the security stack.

The Zero Trust Framework Applies to Endpoints Too

Security teams were once able to reliably understand the users, assets, data and applications they needed to protect. Today, current operating models have put workforces and workloads in motion, forcing security architects to rethink and rearchitect modern security strategies. 
 
As adversaries leverage sophisticated attacks that transverse both endpoints and cloud workloads, security teams require more sophisticated controls capable of working together to prevent, detect and respond to advanced threats within a highly dynamic attack surface. This research-led session will focus on how teams are responding, the end-user security controls at play, and the strategies shown to be most effective.

Securing a world in motion from any location, any device, or any cloud

Next-Gen Strategies for Securing the Network in 2022

Colonial Pipeline. CNA Financial. Quanta. Even the NBA. Hardly a week goes by without a ransomware story hitting the news, as organizations worldwide are targeted by an attack. But are there more dangerous threats out there?

In this webinar, hear Crane Hassold, Director of Threat Intelligence at Abnormal Security, discuss the real threats in today’s landscape, and why ransomware is only one of your concerns. With full insight into the past, present, and future of the threat landscape, this webinar will provide you everything you need to understand what could be targeting your organization.

Watch this on-demand webinar to learn:

- How has the cyber threat landscape changed over the past decade?
- What drives threat actors to change their methods and tactics?
- Why should stopping business email compromise be at the top of your priority list?
- And what will change as new regulations are put in place?

After viewing this webinar, you are eligible for 1 CPE credit through (ISC)².

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