A new study conducted at the University of Plymouth underscores that spam filters in popular email providers are highly ineffective against phishing attacks. The researchers found that 75% of phishing …
Email persists as a major avenue for cyberattacks in 2019
While 63% of cybersecurity professionals believe that security at their organization has improved in the past year, the vast majority (85%) of organizations suffered an email-borne cyber incident last …
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Cybercrime Costs Global Economy $2.9m Per Minute
Global losses to cybercrime total $1.5 trillion per year, which amounts to $2.9 million per minute, a new report by RiskIQ shows. Some of the largest companies are losing $25 each minute due to …
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Malware-based Attacks Dropped 20% Worldwide
New research by SonicWall indicates that threat actors are increasingly abandoning traditional attacks like malware and phishing campaigns in favor of more sophisticated, encrypted attacks. While …
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Survey: Only Half of Organizations Believe They Can Stop Cyber Attacks
A new global survey conducted by CyberArk indicates that half of organizations have little confidence in their cyber defenses and actually believe that threat actors can break into their networks …
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22 percent of businesses hit by phishing attacks in the last quarter
A new survey by GreatHorn sheds light on the massive threat that email-based attacks pose to organizations. It shows that 22% of organizations experienced a data breach that started with an …
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Iran-Linked APT34 Invites Victims to LinkedIn for Fresh Malware Infections
FireEye researchers recently uncovered a new phishing campaign by Iranian state-backed cyber espionage group APT34 (aka OilRig or Greenbug) that took advantage of LinkedIn. Masquerading as a …
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Phishing alert: 80% of companies lack DMARC policies to protect against spoofing
Even though phishing emails are used in 91% of all cyberattacks, the vast majority of websites have not implemented basic measures to prevent threat actors from spoofing their domain as part of …
Infographic: Why email is your weakest security link
Avanan has released a new infographic showing why email is the weakest link in cybersecurity. According to the report, 1 out of every 99 emails people receive at work is actually a phishing message. …
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Gone phishing: Why summer brings increased security threats to the enterprise
A new report by LastLine shows that cyber risk may be highest during the summer months, with 30.5% of respondents indicating they see more cyber threats during the summer compared to the rest of the …
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