This June, MediaNama held an open house discussion on Securing Online Data, supported by Microsoft and Akamai. This is Part 2 of our coverage of the discussion, which looks into how ransomwares attack users and some Cyber War stories shared by attendees during our discussion. We have purposely not identified speakers for their safety and anonymity. Here is Part 1 of our discussion which looks into emerging cyber threats in India. Important note: We've anonymised some information in the War Stories in order to protect the identities of those who told them or the companies they spoke about. Please note that the photographs in this post are not necessarily representative of those who told the war stories. How attackers try to install malware Bruno Goveas, Director, (Security) Sales at Akamai said that sometimes cyber breaches happen due to unintentional user behaviour. "Even in case of a sophisticated user, you know these hackers are really smart, they know I use my phone. These hackers place malicious links in place where you know I click, and I suddenly clicked on a malware link, and I have installed some malware by mistake, that's one thing to worry about. " "Despite secure protocols like HTTPS in place, attacks happen via the web. That's where the world is heading to. We already have "secure" systems, why can't we protect systems with just these protocols? The biggest challenge now online is credential abuse. A lot of insider phishing attacks happens via an email. When you go to a site,…
