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Waltham, MA-based email security firm GreatHorn has raised an additional $13 million in a new funding round technically filed as a Series A-1. [Read More]
Cybercriminals are already targeting a recently disclosed vulnerability in the open-source Exim mail server, Cybereason reports. [Read More]
Email-focused cybersecurity firm Vade Secure has agreed to a €70 million (approximately US$79.3 million) investment by venture capital firm General Catalyst. [Read More]
Security researchers documented the of evolution a Nigerian cybercriminal group from its emergence as a one-man shop into a large business email compromise (BEC) operation employing dozens of threat actors. [Read More]
Privacy-focused ProtonMail has been accused of voluntarily helping law enforcement spy on users, but the company has denied the accusations. [Read More]
Google on Tuesday said that some customer passwords for its G Suite customers were stored in an unhashed format since 2005. [Read More]
Tampa Bay, FL-based security awareness and simulated phishing firm KnowBe4 has acquired Oslo, Norway-based security culture measurement company CLTRe for an undisclosed sum. [Read More]
The Russia-linked threat group known as Turla has been using a sophisticated backdoor dubbed LightNeuron to hijack Microsoft Exchange mail servers. [Read More]
2020 presidential campaigns are preparing for cyber threats, which includes training, mandatory use of 2FA, and phishing simulations. [Read More]
After testing more than two dozen popular encrypted email clients, researchers found that the majority are vulnerable to one or more signature spoofing attacks. [Read More]
FEATURES, INSIGHTS // Email Security
Conventional email security solutions may defend against spam, viruses, and malware, but they don’t defend against ignorance or egregious stupidity.
As data moves online, social engineering techniques have become far more personalized, technologically advanced and ultimately successful.
Yahoo's “Account Key” uses push notifications to their Yahoo Mail app on mobile devices. Will this securely replace passwords and two-factor authentication?
In the case of Hilary Clinton's personal email server, we know that Top Secret information was transmitted over a network that likely wasn’t equipped to safeguard it. If her server was a target of foreign state actors, the implications are frightening.
Today’s email-based attacks don’t occur at a single point in time and use multiple methods to evade detection. To bolster protection, organizations may turn to a set of disparate products that don’t – and can’t – work together.
Recent high-profile security breaches at major retailers stem from the fact that in-store networks and their components are evolving and spawning a range of attack vectors.
Many continue to click on links or attachments sent via email without taking any steps to verify the origin of the email or the validity of the link or attachment. It only takes one click to for an attacker to establish a foothold in the target’s systems.
Social engineering attacks can happen at any time. Here are some strategies you can use to help reduce the chances of a successful social engineering/phishing attack you or your organization.
Was the Mayan Apocalypse was a myth? Since I am a security geek, I just happen to talk about security a lot. What are some security myths I have heard in my conversations with some very bright people?
In this column, Tal analyzes the technical details of the DKIM vulnerability, evaluates possible implications of the exploit, and points to some general lessons.
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