Malware’s rise presents a rigorous challenge for organizations, meaning their security teams must remain ever-vigilant. Unfortunately, business email compromise (BEC), which takes advantage of communication channel vulnerabilities, has become a significant attack vector that has impacted many organizations. For example, […]
Gaining insight into cybercriminal activity is no mean feat. Cybercriminals are notoriously secretive, so we must rely on industry research. For example, the yearly Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report explores the latest security incidents and breach trends, the World Cybercrime
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One of the most pervasive and pressing challenges for organizations remains securing email communication against sophisticated phishing attacks. The recent Proofpoint email routing flaw, exploited in the EchoSpoofing campaign, underscores the urgency of this issue. This attack leveraged the inherent
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The cyber threat landscape is not only evolving but expanding at an unprecedented pace, posing significant challenges for organizations across the globe. Companies find themselves under a relentless siege of cyber attacks, each more sophisticated than the last. This dynamic
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The 2024 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) is out. As always, it contains a treasure trove of valuable information and crucial insights to help organizations understand trends in the threat landscape and take steps to defend more effectively against
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Businesses face an ever-evolving threat from cyber attackers, particularly through channels like email. The sophistication and frequency of phishing and Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks have notably increased. Despite utilizing traditional security protocols like Real-time Blackhole Lists (RBLs), greylisting, and
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For many organizations cloud-based email services, paired with third-party filtering providers, form the first line of defense against malicious threats. The critical alliance between cloud email and secure email gateways is designed to safeguard against email-borne threats effectively. Yet, the
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The Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) report on the Microsoft Exchange online intrusion during the summer of 2023 has cast a spotlight on Microsoft, underscoring significant security lapses. While it’s essential to scrutinize Microsoft’s actions or lack thereof, this incident
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Business Email Compromise (BEC) represents a significant and sophisticated cyber threat that targets both businesses and individuals. As highlighted in the FBI’s 2023 Internet Crime Report, this form of cyber fraud led to 21,489 complaints and adjusted losses of over
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There is a paradox at the heart of our most trusted digital communication tool. Email is the backbone of business communications, and yet email is also one of the most common attack vectors for cyber threats. Despite the advances in
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