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COVID-19 Threat Intelligence Briefing

Protecting Student, Teacher, and District Data

April 3, 2020

An Update on the COVID-19 Threat Landscape

As the world works to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus, cyber adversaries are only working harder — opportunistically trying to take advantage of global disruption with this new cyberattack vector. CrowdStrike® Intelligence closely monitors this adversary activity and is observing spikes in ongoing coronavirus-themed phishing attacks and scam campaigns.

In this webcast, CrowdStrike exposes the threat actors that are attempting to exploit the confusion caused by COVID-19 and outlines the adversaries’ motivation, tactics and techniques. Armed with this information, you will learn how to identify COVID-19-themed threats, be better able to educate users and more effectively deploy proactive security measures.

Join CrowdStrike Vice President of Intelligence Adam Meyers as he offers insights into how threat actors are actively taking advantage of COVID-19 to infiltrate organizations and achieve their objectives.

Attend this webcast to learn:

  • How threat actors are exploiting COVID-19 — their motivation and intent
  • The latest tactics, techniques and procedures adversaries are using to reach their objectives
  • The sectors and geographical regions being targeted by COVID-19 exploits
  • Steps you can take to proactively address these emerging threats

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From the Desk of Stephen Mathezer

Armed with over 20 years of experience in various security roles, Stephen is an esteemed security practitioner, boasting expert level knowledge of operating system and network internals enabling him to architect, implement, support and manage a wide variety of security solutions. A strong believer in maximizing existing solutions and capabilities before seeking new technology solutions, Stephen uses all the tools at his disposal to help enterprise customers reduce business risk and improve their security posture.