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Phishers target panicking PayPal users with fake “failed transaction” emails

December 4, 2017

With the end-of-the-year holidays quickly approaching and many users worrying whether the gifts they bought online will be delivered in time for the festivities, an email from …

BEC scammers are robbing art galleries and collectors

November 3, 2017

BEC scammers are targeting art galleries, collectors and artists, swindling them out of money and, on occasion, ruining their businesses. According to The Art Newspaper, nine …

KnockKnock campaign targets Office 365 corporate email accounts

October 5, 2017

Researchers uncovered KnockKnock, an attack on Office 365 Exchange Online email accounts, originating from 16 countries around the world and targeted organizations in …

Google introduces new protections to prevent app-based account compromise

July 19, 2017

Google has implemented new protections that should considerably reduce the risk of potentially malicious apps gaining control of users’ Google account. There can be no …

BEC scams: How to avoid them and how to fight back

July 13, 2017

Phishing and spear-phishing emails are a constant threat to all users, but enterprises are positively inundated with them. “Most businesses will use a spam filter and …

Enterprises face 3,680 potential phishing emails each week

July 13, 2017

GreatHorn analyzed more than 3.5 terabytes of data – over 373 million corporate emails – to gain insights into the sheer volume of email threats facing enterprises …

Email scammers swindle US State Supreme Court judge out of $1 milion

June 21, 2017

If often happens to less prominent individuals, but this time it happened to a US State Supreme Court judge: scammers have managed trick her into wiring the money meant for …

When it comes to trustworthy websites, banks drop the ball

June 21, 2017

OTA’s ninth annual Online Trust Audit & Honor Roll analyzed more than 1,000 consumer-facing websites for their website and email security and privacy practices. The Audit …

New Gmail anti-phishing features rely on machine learning

June 2, 2017

Google has announced several new security features and improvement of existing ones in order to protect Gmail users against phishing emails. New features The new features are …

Majority of workers blindly open email attachments

May 4, 2017

The vast majority (82 percent) of users open email attachments if they appear to be from a known contact, despite the prevalence of well-known sophisticated social engineering …

Know your enemy: Defining the new taxonomy of malicious emails

April 27, 2017

Just as it is the default tool for most businesses, email’s capacity for rapid, mass communication has made it a favourite instrument of criminals. As a result, malicious …

Rollout of DMARC email security protocol needs to gain steam

April 3, 2017

Trust, from both customers and investors, is the most important currency for financial services companies. A breach of trust can break a bank, while maintaining trust leads to …

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