email security
Over half of organizations were successfully phished in 2019
Nearly 90 percent of global organizations were targeted with BEC and spear phishing attacks in 2019, reflecting cybercriminals’ continued focus on compromising individual end …
Email security industry miss rates when encountering threats are higher than 20%
Email security miss rates are definitely a huge issue. Malicious files regularly bypass all of today’s leading email security products, leaving enterprises vulnerable to …
Office 365 users: Beware of phishing emails pointing to Office Sway
One of phishers’ preferred methods for fooling both targets and email filters is to use legitimate services to host phishing pages. The latest example of this involves …
Why the 2020 US presidential election is still vulnerable to foreign interference
With the international political situation becoming increasingly fraught and divisive, it is hard to ignore the shadow of foreign interference looming over electoral …
Hackers go phishing for the holidays
It’s that time of year again. Everyone’s busy – at work and at home. That includes cybercriminals, too. In fact, the holiday season is when busy, distracted people tend to be …
Most security pros admit to accidental internal breaches at their organization
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 …