Researchers reveal the latest lateral phishing tactics
Emails coming from legitimate, compromised accounts are difficult to spot, both for existing email protection systems and the recipients themselves. Lateral phishing tactics …
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Assessing the efficiency of phishing filters employed by email service providers
Technology companies could be doing much more to protect individuals and organizations from the threats posed by phishing, according to research by the University of Plymouth. …
Phishing is a billion-dollar global industry, consumers are the main target
Phishing is a growing pain point for individuals, businesses and CSPs, according to Allot. Consumers are the main target of these attacks, and they are calling for better …
Employees overestimate the efficacy of their workplace’s email security strategy
22 percent of businesses have experienced a data breach – defined as loss of confidential data or credentials, compromised account loss, or fraudulent financial transactions – …
Phishers targeting Office 365 admins have a new trick up their sleeve
Phishers targeting Office 365 admins have a new trick up their sleeve: they are checking the credentials entered into the spoofed login page in real-time and, if they are …
Companies still don’t understand the importance of DMARC adoption
By implementing DMARC, brands lower the odds of their domains being spoofed and used for phishing attacks on recipients. Still, 79.7% of all domains analyzed have no DMARC …
What can financial institutions do to improve email security?
Financial institutions are in a fully-fledged war against data breaches. And rightly so – the finance sector is a frequent target of ransomware, phishing, and other malicious …
Threat actors are doing their homework, researchers identify new impersonation techniques
There is an increase in three main areas: spoofed phishing attempts, HTTPS encryption in URL-based attacks, and cloud-based attacks focused on publicly hosted, trusted …
Google delivers new G Suite security tools
Google has announced several new security tools for G Suite admins and users, as well as a new 2FA option: one-time security codes based on security keys. Email security …
Global secure email gateway market growth driven by data loss prevention capabilities
The global secure email gateway market is expected to post a CAGR of over 14% during the period 2019-2023, according to the latest market research report by Technavio. A key …
The lurking danger of hacked email reply chains
Although phishing has been around in various forms since the 1990s, recent news has shown that it continues to evolve – and remains a major threat. These days, phishing …
Despite warnings, most people still don’t change their passwords
64% of people use the same password for some, or even all, of their online accounts, while only 21% use a different password for each account. These startling findings come …