Ray is the Director of Netskope Threat Labs, where their mission identify and protect against the latest cyberattacks. They research the threat landscape to provide cloud-enabled enterprises the knowledge and tools to protect themselves.
The increasing popularity of cloud apps has given rise to three types of abuse described in this report: attackers trying to gain access to victim cloud apps, attackers abusing cloud apps to deliver malware, and insiders using cloud apps for data exfiltration. The report serves as a reminder that the same apps that you use for legitimate purposes will be attacked and abused. Locking down cloud apps can help to prevent attackers from infiltrating them, while scanning for incoming threats and outgoing data can help block malware downloads and data exfiltration.