Malicious Emails stories

Hornetsecurity's 2024 report shows a 144% surge in malicious web links in emails, with phishing remaining the top email threat.

McAfee has launched AI-powered Scam Protection to combat cyber criminals using AI technology to deceive people out of thousands of pounds.

Kaspersky’s latest statistics for Southeast Asia reveal that 43,445,502 phishing attempts were successfully blocked by Kaspersky Solutions in 2022.

More than half (60%) of organisations experienced data loss or exfiltration caused by an employee mistake on email in the last 12 months.

Cybersecurity company Red Sift has launched a new product to help security experts reduce the amount of time spent investigating malicious emails.

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.

DeltaNet International has released its Phishing Simulator tool, designed to help organisations strengthen their cybersecurity awareness.

Phishing emails pretending to be from LinkedIn have been intercepted, aiming to steal personal details, says MailGuard.

Surge in cybercrime ahead of Amazon Prime Day 2021 as almost 80% of domains with the word Amazon are potentially dangerous, warns Check Point Research.

Malicious emails go unnoticed in employees' inboxes for an average of 83 hours, according to research by Barracuda.

The Open University in London has faced over 1.1 million malicious email attacks since January, with all messages being blocked by the university's servers.

Naikon’s primary method is exploit the trust and diplomatic relations between departments and governments to increase the chances of its attack succeeding.

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

Cyber 'first responders' reveal top threats and urge firms to strengthen email defenses and patch systems.

Barracuda Networks found that 30% of respondents had fallen victim to a ransomware attack, with almost three quarters revealing the attacks had originated from email.

Popular email security programmes may fail to detect as much as 25% of all emails with malicious or dangerous attachments, a study from Mimecast says.

Barracuda's SVP shares some startling new research - 80% of EMEA organisations faced an email attack last year, while 73% believe they're increasing.

A new study from Barracuda has revealed an increasingly popular method of cybercrime - steal email credentials then steal money from colleagues.

RepKnight published an 'alternative olympics' medal table that details the countries that feature most heavily on the dark web - infographic included.

A customer-facing organisation will receive hundreds, if not thousands of emails every day, each one containing personal identifiers.

More than 205 billion emails are sent and received every day with that number increasing every year - something hackers are keenly aware of.

Barracuda looks into a new phishing attack that impersonates popular web services to entice victims into giving away their credentials.

The Australasian region now has its first partner in the Global Cyber Alliance – New Zealand firm SAM for Compliance.

Proofpoint has released the findings from its massive Quarterly Threat Report – some of which are astonishing.