Threat actors phishing for Intellectual property and source code from IT giants

  • 13 October 2014
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by Pierluigi Paganini on October 12th, 2014
 
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FireEye CEO David DeWalt explained that threat actors are targeting IT giants for source code and highlighted the importance to adopt new security model.

Phishing is a common practice in the hacking community, despite the level of awareness of the threat is high, the efficiency of the attacks is still significant. As highlighted in the last APWG report, the efficiency and the volume of phishing activities continue to increase making phishing one of the most dangerous cyber threats.
FireEye CEO David DeWalt, during a keynote speech at the MIRcon cyber security conference, has explained that phishing represents a serious threats for IT giants like Microsoft, Apple, Oracle and Adobe.
 
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