Email Security stories

Just as cyber-criminals are ever honing their methods to increase their chances of success, so must security teams. >>

Not only is email everywhere, but it is ‘built-in’ to our lives as a required mode of communication for too many activities to name.>>

User-compromised passwords and phishing attacks were the reason for 62% of all security breaches reported.>>

"IP and domain reputation data contains fingerprints of malicious behaviour. Therefore, it is vital to expand the breadth of data shared, analysed, and utilised globally.">>

“By encouraging the deployment of DMARC and promoting its adoption, BIMI benefits the whole email ecosystem to promote strong sender authentication.”>>

"Organisations need to re-evaluate the communications channels they use to interact with customers to better establish trust. With fraudsters monopolising open channels such as SMS and email, these channels cannot be relied upon.">>

There is increased risk of socially engineered attacks like conversation hijacking, business email compromise, account takeover, and growing demand for protecting customer data in the cloud.>>

 A new study has revealed 40% of all corporate email breaches occurred on websites used for personal purposes.>>

Check Point Software Technologies has this week launched a new cybersecurity offering designed for cloud-based emails and office suite applications.>>

In partnership with Katana Technologies, Advantage and PowerDMARC will help to increase DMARC adoption rates across the region.>>

The Graphus solution uses AI technology to defend Microsoft Office 365 and G Suite inboxes from a variety of threats delivered via email.>>

Barracuda has today released a report detailing how 6,170 malicious accounts that use Gmail, AOL, and other email services were responsible for more than 100,000 business email compromise (BEC) attacks on nearly 6,600 organisations. >>

PowerDMARC will provide CSA with critical data points from their platform that will facilitate new research into the emerging technology of cloud-based email security.>>

VIPRE’s reseller partners can now offer SafeSend to their customers to help prevent data breaches caused by employee-error.>>

"With 91% of all email-related security breaches emanating from poor cyber hygiene, never has it been more pressing to adopt good practices and invest in solutions that will better support remote working environments in the face of crisis.">>

Of the COVID-19 related attacks detected by Barracuda Sentinel through March 23, 54% were scams, 34% were brand impersonation attacks, 11% were blackmail, and 1% are business email compromise.>>

Microsoft’s AccountGuard service aims to strengthen cybersecurity for those campaigning for the election, or for government organisations involved in political education or analysis.>>

“This is a significant milestone for our Australian business to better serve all of our local customers, particularly those operating in regulated industries that face local data requirements.">>

The standalone solution gives customers and service providers the ability to increase email security with automated incident response and threat insights.>>

In the first technology integration, Proofpoint will check potentially malicious attachments with CrowdStrike Falcon Intel and will add new hashes to the customer’s custom intelligence.>>

The information logistics firm was listed as one of the twelve most important providers of email security services in the world by Forrester Research.>>

Out of 160 billion emails analysed between April and June 2019, 42% were rejected.>>

The survey includes responses from 660 executives, individual contributors and team managers serving in IT-security roles in the Americas, EMEA, and APAC.>>

Email attacks are having a major impact on businesses, with ever-evolving security concerns proving a challenge for IT security professionals.>>