The Defender's Advantage Podcast Threat Trends: Tales from the 2023 Trenches
Dec 12, 2023
Doug Bienstock and Josh Madelay, Regional Leads for Mandiant Consulting, discuss threat trends in 2023 including business email compromise, common initial infection vectors, social engineering tactics, theft of credentials from outsourcing vendors, Fin 11's activities, enhancing security measures, rise of adversary-in-the-middle techniques, and data theft by ransomware threat actors.
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1 2 3 4 5 6
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
Increase in Theft of Credentials from Business Process Outsourcers and IT Vendors
02:25 • 11min
Fin 11: Targeting File Transfer Services and Expanding Tactics
13:38 • 7min
Enhancing Security Measures: Moving Beyond User Awareness Training
20:46 • 4min
Rise of Adversary-in-the-Middle Techniques
24:49 • 6min
Threat Trends and Data Theft
31:13 • 7min