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Despite warnings, most people still don’t change their passwords

May 13, 2019

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 …

Hackers used credentials of a Microsoft Support worker to access users’ webmail

April 16, 2019

On Friday, an unknown number of customers of Microsoft’s webmail services (Outlook.com, Hotmail, MSN Mail) received a notice from the company telling them that attackers …

Google introduces many G Suite security enhancements

April 15, 2019

Last week, the big news from Google Cloud Next 2019 was that phones running Android 7.0 or higher can be turned into a security key for G Suite account 2-step verification. …

A quarter of phishing emails bypass Office 365 security

April 12, 2019

Email phishing is one of the most often used – and most successfully used – attack vectors that lead to cybersecurity incidents and breaches. Microsoft is the most …

Automatically and invisibly encrypt email as soon as it is received on any trusted device

April 1, 2019

While an empty email inbox is something many people strive for, most of us are not successful. And that means that we probably have stored away hundreds, even thousands, of …

Attackers are exploiting IMAP to bypass MFA on Office 365, G Suite accounts

March 20, 2019

Where possible, and especially for important accounts such as Office 365 and G Suite accounts, the prevailing advice for users is to enable two-factor authentication. …

Fewer than 28% of gov.uk using DMARC effectively in line with guidelines

March 20, 2019

Only 28% of gov.uk domains have been proactive in setting up DMARC appropriately, in line with UK Government Digital Service (GDS) advice in preparation for the retirement of …

Accidental data breaches are often compounded by a failure to encrypt

February 25, 2019

83 percent of security professionals believe that employees have accidentally exposed customer or business sensitive data at their organization. Accidental data breaches are …

Exposure of sensitive data via cloud applications and services increases 20%

February 22, 2019

To identify top threats, the Dtex researchers collected and analyzed information from work-issued endpoints across more than 300,000 user accounts. Proprietary, cloud and …

Phishers’ new trick for bypassing email URL filters

February 20, 2019

Phishers have come up with another trick to make Office documents carrying malicious links undetectable by many e-mail security services: they delete the links from the …

Impersonation, sender forgery and corporate email spoofing top the charts

February 13, 2019

This Q4 of 2018 was a busy period for phishing scammers. INKY researchers saw a spike in email volume this time of year as people use email to gather their receipts from …

Email authentication use growing steadily in every industry sector

February 4, 2019

U.S. federal government agencies and many major enterprises have made significant strides to thwart the spread of fake emails, a major cybersecurity attack vector. But many …

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