The State of Email Security and Protection

Phishing and ransomware top the list of security risks that organizations are not fully prepared to deal with. Email security continues to be top of mind for organizations as attackers become more devious in how they conduct their attacks. Companies face evolving threats, which are often extremely personalized and mimic common real-world emails they receive.
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Email Threats Poised to Haunt Security Pros into …

Decentralized threat intel sharing, more public-private collaboration, and greater use of automated incident response are what’s needed to combat phishing As organizations begin to plan their cybersecurity strategy for 2020 and beyond, email security will certainly be high on leadership’s agenda. That’s because phishing attacks continue to increase in sophistication and frequency, and email remains
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How Avanan defends cloud-based email platforms

In the early days of the internet, email was one of the first enterprise applications organizations embraced. Since then, countless trends, services and software providers have come and gone, yet email remains a cornerstone for business, government and even private users. It also has historically been, and still remains, one of the top vectors that
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Business Email Compromise Attacks Spike 269%

A new Mimecast report finds a significant uptick in BEC attacks, malware attachments, and spam landing in target inboxes. Business email compromise (BEC) ramped up 269% from last quarter to this quarter, according to Mimecast’s latest Email Security Risk Assessment (ESRA). This quarter showed a massive spike in emails containing dangerous file types, malware attachments,
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5 Step Guide To Building Your Email Security Strategy

Addressing The Entire Email Attack Chain Sponsored By: Download Your Copy We respect your privacy, by submitting this form you agree to having your details passed onto the sponsor who may promote similar products and services related to your area of interest. For further information on how we process and monitor your personal data click
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Email Security: Prepare For A New Threat Landscape

Legacy Solutions Outpaced By Changing Threat Landscape And Rise Of Targeted Attacks Organizations face a changing threat landscape and a rise of targeted email attacks. Security teams are spending an inordinate amount of time responding to phishing attacks. Join this Cyber Security Hub webinar to learn security strategies to prevent, defend and respond against modern
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IRS Alerts Taxpayers to New Email Scam

A spoofed IRS.gov link leads victims to a fraudulent Web page where they are prompted to download malware. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is warning taxpayers and tax professionals of a new impersonation scam in which fraudsters send unsolicited emails containing malicious links. Emails contain links to a website resembling IRS.gov with details seemingly related
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Beware rogue email rules and forms

Most rich email clients (Outlook, Apple, Office 365, Gmail or Mozilla Thunderbird) allow users and developers to automate tasks based on incoming or outgoing emails. Actions allowed by some of the email clients are far more sophistication than others, although almost all email clients allow automatic email forwarding or blocking/deleting future incoming emails based on
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Sextortion Email Scams Rise Sharply

Cybercriminals are increasingly trying to trick people into paying ransoms by threatening to expose compromising activities to friends and family. Email scams in which cybercriminals attempt to extort money from victims by threatening to reveal something embarrassing about them are on the rise. According to Symantec, between January and the end of May this year,
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Deutsche Bank Email Vulnerability Left Ex-Employees with Access

Failures in computer and control systems are being blamed. When Deutsche Bank left the equities trading business, employees in that division were let go. However, their access to their Deutsche Bank email accounts lasted for several weeks after they were shown the door. While access to trading and other financial systems was immediately terminated along
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