Cyber Defense eMagazine December 2019

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effective and forward-looking cybersecurity solutions. Too many products are reactive and don’t
proactively investigate for real-time threats. These are some of the initial necessary measures
organizations need to take toward protecting data from the abundant and dangerous threats that are
plaguing users from browser extensions.
About the Author
Atif Mushtaq is founder and CEO of SlashNext, the company
pioneering a new, more effective way of protecting companies
from the growing problem of Web-based phishing. Prior to
founding SlashNext, Atif spent nine years at FireEye as a senior
scientist, where he was one of the main architects of FireEye’s
core malware detection technology. He has spent most of his
career on the front lines of the war against cybercrime. He has
worked with law enforcement and other global organizations to
take down some of the world’s biggest malware networks
including Rustock, Srizbi, Pushdo and Grum botnets.