Do you ever see a mysterious calendar invite appear on your Google Calendar? If the answer is yes, there’s a good chance you are the victim of a calendar invite phishing scam.
The PolySwarm marketplace launched earlier this year, giving users the ability to gain intelligence on files from a competitive network of crowdsourced scanning engines from around the world. Now, PolySwarm users also have access to real-time information on suspect URLs, domains, and IPs.
“It’s a legitimately fascinating concept…kind of like bug bounties for both incumbent and niche AV engines.” This is what Patrick Gray said recently about cybersecurity startup PolySwarm on his podcast Risky Business.
PolySwarm’s threat detection marketplace has created the possibility of a new type of cyber-related bounty: say hello to the threat bounty