An Evolving Battle

By Ryan Olson

Ryan Olson is the director of Palo Alto Networks' threat intelligence team; responsible for collection, analysis and production of intelligence on adversaries targeting organizations around the world. Prior to joining Palo Alto Networks, Olson served as Senior Manager in Verisign's iDefense Threat Intelligence service. His area of expertise is detecting and identifying actors and groups conducting cyber-crime and cyber-espionage operations. He was a contributing author to the book, "Cyber Fraud: Tactics, Techniques and Procedures," and primary author of "Cyber Security Essentials."

As malware continues to grow and change, the number and types of at-risk devices will do the same. Currently, malware oriented towards mobile devices is on the rise, with hackers focusing on smartphones and tablets. Ryan Olson, the director of threat intelligence at Palo Alto Networks, says that the targeted devices are changing, but hackers are still just looking to make money off of stolen data – and that they are being thwarted by continuing improvements in mobile security.

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