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Most security pros admit to accidental internal breaches at their organization

December 16, 2019

44% percent of executives believe employees have erroneously exposed personally identifiable information (PII) or business-sensitive information using their company email …

Microsoft demystifies email attack campaigns targeting organizations

December 10, 2019

Email is attackers’ preferred method for gaining a foothold into organizations. Campaign views, a new type of report available to some Microsoft enterprise customers, …

Researchers develop machine learning-based detector that stops lateral phishing attacks

November 5, 2019

Lateral phishing attacks – scams targeting users from compromised email accounts within an organization – are becoming an increasing concern in the U.S. Whereas in …

Cybercriminals using custom phishing tools to target the world’s largest tech brands

October 31, 2019

Cybercriminals are using enterprise-based development and deployment strategies, such as phishing as a service (PaaS), to leverage some of the world’s largest tech brands, …

Phishing attacks are a complex problem that requires layered solutions

October 24, 2019

Most cyberattacks start with a social engineering attempt and, most often than not, it takes the form of a phishing email. It’s easy to understand the popularity of this …

Phishing attempts increase 400%, many malicious URLs found on trusted domains

October 9, 2019

1 in 50 URLs are malicious, nearly one-third of phishing sites use HTTPS and Windows 7 exploits have grown 75% since January. A new Webroot report also highlights the …

BEC explodes as attackers exploit email’s identity crisis

October 9, 2019

850,000 domains worldwide now have DMARC records, a 5x increase since 2016, according to Valimail. However, less than 17% of global DMARC records are at enforcement — meaning …

macOS Catalina: Security and privacy improvements

October 8, 2019

Apple has released macOS Catalina (v10.15), a new major release of its desktop operating system, which comes with many functional and security and privacy improvements. The …

Email is an open door for malicious actors looking to exploit businesses

October 1, 2019

There’s an alarming scale of risks businesses are up against in a time when email is proving an open door for cybercriminals and malicious actors looking to disrupt, …

Microsoft to block 40+ additional file extensions in Outlook on the web

September 30, 2019

Microsoft is planning to block by default 40+ new file types in Outlook on the web to improve the security for their customers. “We took the time to audit the existing …

Employees are mistakenly confident that they can spot phishing emails

September 26, 2019

While a majority (79%) of people say they are able to distinguish a phishing message from a genuine one, nearly half (49%) also admit to having clicked on a link from an …

A look into the frequency and success of phishing attacks on SMEs

September 4, 2019

43% of UK SMEs have experienced a phishing attempt through impersonation of staff in the last 12 months. Of those impersonation phishing attempts, it was discovered that …

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