[Ache In the Head] The Problems With Your Not-So-Secure Email Gateway
I have been doing some research on Secure Email Gateways. The picture is not that pretty. Below I will summarize what I found.
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Latest social engineering news, analysis, tactics the bad guys are using and what you can do to defend your organization.
I have been doing some research on Secure Email Gateways. The picture is not that pretty. Below I will summarize what I found.
Phishing attacks are now the top vector for ransomware delivery, according to researchers at Digital Defense. Phishing emails can be highly tailored to specific employees in order to ...
Government workers are prime targets for social engineering attacks, according to Kaitlyn Levinson at GCN. Attackers use different tactics to target government employees in specific ...
Reuters describes a cyberespionage campaign carried out by the hitherto little-known threat group researchers track as "Cold River." The group is circumstantially but convincingly linked ...
The technique began in the Chinese underworld, and it amounts to an unusually protracted form of social engineering. The analogy is with fattening up a pig, then butchering it for all ...
Analysis of the year’s breaches shows Finance and Insurance businesses are the most targeted and have lost a material count of records as a result.
Despite good intentions, layered security measures, and efficacy claims by security solution vendors, new data shows that email-based threats are still getting all the way to the Inbox.
New data focused on cyberattacks in the second half of the year-to-date shows phishing taking the overwhelming lead as the initial attack vector of choice.
By Roger A. Grimes. KnowBe4 recommends that everyone use a password manager to create and use strong passwords as a part of their password policy ...
QBot malware phishing campaigns have adopted a new distribution method using SVG files to perform HTML smuggling that locally creates a malicious installer for Windows.
Researchers at ESET warn that a Chinese-speaking threat actor dubbed “MirrorFace” targeted Japanese political organizations with spear phishing emails in the run-up to the Japanese House ...
A well-trained Knowster posted: "I lost my dog this weekend and my mother in law was trying to be helpful and put my real phone number on a few social media posts she made. Now im getting ...
A recent Ivanti report shows cybersecurity practitioners getting more focused on the threat landscape, but defenders may need to hone their attention to focus on the right threats.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations (FDA OCI), and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) have released a joint ...
A small town in Manitoba, WestLake-Gladstone (population about 3300), fell victim to a social engineering campaign. The municipal government seems to have been a target of opportunity, ...
You know how some gifts are insanely sought after each year, selling out in mere minutes? Well, these are great tools for scammers, especially on social media.
ChatGPT could give Google a serious run for its money. We are not quite there yet, but the capabilities are rapidly improving. Just have a look at the command I gave it. In 5 seconds the ...
A sophisticated scammer group has stolen at least €480 million from victims in France, Belgium, and Luxembourg since 2018, according to researchers at Group-IB. The gang uses a highly ...
Delivering an equally new Royal ransomware, this threat group monitored by Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence has already shown signs of impressive innovation to trick victims.
The phenomenon known as “quiet quitting,” in which employees become disengaged from their work while formally remaining in their jobs, can lead to serious security risks, according to Tim ...
