Information security systems and methods for cyber threat event prediction and mitigation

A system for automatically adjusting one or more device security settings, the system comprising:

• a memory configured to store:
• a plurality of information feeds received over a communications network from a plurality of information sources;
• and
• a plurality of predefined triggers, each predefined trigger comprising criteria for evaluating one or more of the plurality of information feeds for possible security events;
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• a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the processor configured to:
• access a particular information feed from the plurality of information feeds;
• access a particular predefined trigger associated with the particular information feed;
• determine, by comparing the particular information feed with criteria of the particular predefined trigger, whether a security event is predicted to occur;
• and
• when the security event is predicted to occur:
• generate an alert for display on a user device;
• and
• send, over the communications network, one or more instructions to adjust the one or more device security settings in order to prevent or mitigate the predicted security event, wherein the one or more instructions to adjust the one or more device security settings are sent to a user device, the one or more instructions operable to increase a sensitivity level of a detection service running on the user device, wherein increasing the sensitivity level of the detection service running on the user device comprises increasing a sensitivity of detection of phishing attacks and turning on a multi-factor authentication.

A method for automatically adjusting one or more device security settings, the method comprising:

• receiving a plurality of information feeds over a communications network from a plurality of information sources;
• accessing a particular information feed from the plurality of information feeds;
• accessing a predefined trigger associated with the particular information feed, each predefined trigger comprising criteria for evaluating one or more of the plurality of information feeds for possible security events;
• determining, by comparing the particular information feed with criteria of the particular predefined trigger, whether a security event is predicted to occur;
• and
• when the security event is predicted to occur:
• generating an alert for display on a user device;
• and
• sending, over the communications network, one or more instructions to adjust the one or more device security settings in order to prevent or mitigate the predicted security event, wherein the one or more instructions to adjust the one or more device security settings are sent to a user device, the one or more instructions operable to increase a sensitivity level of a detection service running on the user device, wherein increasing the sensitivity level of the detection service running on the user device comprises increasing a sensitivity of detection of phishing attacks and turning on a multi-factor authentication.