Leesburg-based cyber security company PhishMe is making waves against fraudulent emails with a new, innovative approach.
Cyber hacking is one of the biggest crimes facing businesses today in the modern, technological era. According to statistics produced by multiple cyber security outlets, over a million malware programs can be released on the unsuspecting public each day. The worst offender is email phishing, scam emails made to look like they come from reputable sources like popular websites, banks or employers.
The current focus to combat these scams is anti-malware software, but with new threats going live every hour, it's impossible to keep up to date. PhishMe swam against the current and looked at the root of the problem, the person who mistakenly clicks the link.
“Ultimately the problem is a human problem. Trying to discern what is legitimate in an email is hard,” said co-Founder and CTO Aaron Higbee. “We develop software that companies use to simulate spearfishing attacks on their employees and the idea is that it's not just a one off test, but a conditioning over time.”
