Topic: Cyber investigations and threat intelligence

Swimming with cyber-sharks and fending off today’s great white: ransomware
By Jeffrey Beley
Eric Welling
July 7, 2020
Ransomware is today’s great white cyber-shark. Learn the facts so that you can better mitigate cyber-shark attacks.
All aboard! How hackers are moving in on the transit sector
By Howard Marshall
June 22, 2020
Accenture's blog reveals public transportation systems can face a range of threats from financially and politically motivated cyberthreat actors. Read more.
Threat actors update phishing techniques to take advantage of cloud transitions
By Heather Larrieu
May 27, 2020
Accenture Security CIFR team has seen threat actors update their phishing techniques to take advantage of the rapid adoption of cloud-based SaaS. Read more.
Look out, C2 communications: PXJ may be coming for you
By Nancy Strutt
May 18, 2020
Accenture iDefense analysts have uncovered details about command-and-control communications in a dangerous new PXJ ransomware variant. Read more.
Extortion entrepreneurs: How cybercriminals are bullying businesses
By Paul Mansfield
May 8, 2020
In this blog post, Accenture's Paul Mansfield describes various threat actor tactics used to extort organisations. Read more.
Citrix virtual hard disk analysis: Don't miss coins in your swap
By Mark McCurdy
Larry McDonald
Heather Larrieu
April 24, 2020
The Accenture Security Cyber Investigation and Forensics Response (CIFR) team investigated a potential exploit of a Citrix NetScaler appliance. Read more.
New Click2Gov Threat: Sophisticated, Sneaky and Dangerous
By Alireza Salimi
Jeffrey Beley
April 14, 2020
Accenture's CIFR team investigates new Click2Gov breaches attempted by the hackers responsible for the 2017 and 2018 threats as well. Read more.
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