March 7, 2017 Silly Spammers: Email Scam Company Compromises Itself With Bad Data Backup 2 min read - A bad data backup configuration recently exposed email spammers, gives security professionals an inside look at spam operations.
February 28, 2017 End-to-End Email Encryption: Google Pushes Latest Project to Open Source 2 min read - Google just pushed its email encryption project, E2EMail, to open source. What does this mean for the development of corporate email security?
February 22, 2017 New Google Phishing Report: The Lure of Corporate Inboxes 2 min read - A new phishing report from Google Research makes it clear: Corporate inboxes lure the largest number of phishing and malware attacks.
Fraud Protection February 15, 2017 Time to Stop Shaming Phishing Victims 2 min read - It is counterproductive to shame phishing victims because it discourages end users from alerting IT professionals of suspicious emails or activity.
January 31, 2017 Google’s JavaScript Ban Boosts SVG Image Misuse 2 min read - Cybercriminals have responded to Google's impending JavaScript ban by launching phishing attacks that seek to spread via infected SVG image files instead.
January 31, 2017 Dridex Redux? Small-Scale Attacks Suggest Potential Compromise Comeback 2 min read - Researchers detected a wave of phishing attacks in the U.K. delivering malware that shares code with the infamous Dridex banking Trojan.
January 9, 2017 New Phishing Scam Uses Fraudulent PDF Files 2 min read - A security researcher disclosed a new phishing scam that prompts users to click a malicious link and enter login information to unlock a fraudulent PDF.
December 20, 2016 Phishing Email Scam Hooks Government Staff, Reels In Huge Amounts of Personal Data 2 min read - A recently disclosed phishing email scam targeted more than 100 government employees in LA County and exposed more than 750,000 private citizen records.
December 12, 2016 August Malware Tries to Steal Credentials 2 min read - The August malware, a new Trojan recently discovered by Proofpoint, uses macros and Powershell to target customer service employees at retail companies.
Fraud Protection November 2, 2016 The Art and Science of How Spam Filters Work 4 min read - Few truly understand how spam filters work, but nearly every internet user benefits from the security they provide on a daily basis.