Phishing doesn't happen on mainframes. A user who works at a company that has a mainframe but no access cannot be a phishing threat to a mainframe.
That was my point. Joe On Sun, Apr 24, 2022 at 10:34 AM Gibney, Dave < [email protected]> wrote: > It is arguable that a successful phish involved on insider. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On > > Behalf Of Joe Monk > > Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2022 8:20 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: IBM (IBM Z) , Lenovo, HPE and Huawei Servers Rank as Most > > Secure Platforms in ITIC Survey | TechChannel > > > > [EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize > > the sender and know the content is safe. > > > > "Given that a healthy percentage of successful attacks involves insiders, > > there > > is no way that z/OS is immune to breaches." > > > > Umm, you may want to rethink that statement... > > > > "Phishing and related attacks — such as smishing (phishing lures sent > over > > SMS messages) and business email compromise (phishing messages sent by > > someone pretending to be a colleague or a supervisor) — was the most > > common > > primary cause of data breaches in 2021. Ransomware was not too far > behind, > > and malware was the third most common cause of data breaches.At the > > current > > growth rate, ransomware attacks will pass phishing as the No. 1 root > cause > > of data compromises in 2022, ITRC predicts." > > > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.darkreading.com/edge-threat- > > monitor/most-common-cause-of-data-breach-in-2021-phishing-smishing- > > bec__;!!JmPEgBY0HMszNaDT!u- > > 4fSo6TSZojRZ0IH6DKEA70HTAH9ucb8s7DxZ4NObs9gvY- > > _gQMZwf_6EQM1tkS2H_ABi0508IFBSI_$ > > > > Last I checked, Outlook doesnt run on z/OS... > > > > Joe > > > > On Sun, Apr 24, 2022 at 8:11 AM Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Given that a healthy percentage of successful attacks involves > insiders, > > > there is no way that z/OS is immune to breaches. The best that can be > said > > > is that, properly administered, it is more secure than some other > platforms. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > > > > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://mason.gmu.edu/*smetz3__;fg!!JmPEg > > BY0HMszNaDT!u-4fSo6TSZojRZ0IH6DKEA70HTAH9ucb8s7DxZ4NObs9gvY- > > _gQMZwf_6EQM1tkS2H_ABi0507J-pmvm$ > > > > > > ________________________________________ > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on > > behalf > > > of Bob Bridges [[email protected]] > > > Sent: Friday, April 22, 2022 7:53 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: IBM (IBM Z) , Lenovo, HPE and Huawei Servers Rank as Most > > > Secure Platforms in ITIC Survey | TechChannel > > > > > > Don't get me wrong: I do believe that IBM mainframes belong at the top > of > > > the list for security capabilities. But it occurs to me that if they > > > determined this by poll, then their results may be skewed by a) the > belief, > > > on the part of mainframers like me, that IBM is best, and b) a > reluctance > > > on the part of some corporations to report breaches even in polls that > > > claim they're anonymous. > > > > > > That said, I'm a little surprised that IBM had "fastest mean time to > > > detection (MTTD) from the onset of the attempted attack until the > > company > > > isolated and shut it down". I know real-time reporting products are > out > > > there for mainframes, but I had the impression they're not used much. > > > > > > It's also interesting, given the size of the companies that use > > > mainframes, that they also report "The least amount of monetary losses > > due > > > to a successful security hack". Although see item b) above again. > > > > > > --- > > > Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313 > > > > > > /* Believe me! 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