ERMES Security

Online trackers collect information about employees and their devices. Such information is stored on systems external to the company and if lost or stolen, puts at risks the company’s security and privacy.

Sensitive information gets exposed to unknown third parties by employees who browse the web. Data such as web histories, click traces, contacts and credentials provided in forms can be stolen and used for malicious purposes.

Third-party services embedded in sites can record and store any action performed on visited web pages, such as clicks and keystrokes. Collected data contains credentials and credit card numbers too.

Tracking links to third party web sites. Web sites provide links to third party web sites that contain identification information to track users.

Profiles built by trackers are out of control of the tracked company. These are bought or stolen by competitors to capture strategic plans.

Many websites embed scripts which exploit computational resources available on visitors’ devices to mine cryptocurrencies and provide revenues to the attacker. Employees see their device performance slow down and unwillingly take part in an often illegal mining network.

Compromised websites fool users by means of tabnabbing techniques with the ultimate goal of performing phishing, scam, or distributing malware

Malicious actors intercepting, observing, and potentially even modifying your HTTP communications with web sites.