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Report 2023: Massive email attacks
March 10, 2023
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Report 2023: Massive email attacks

The Email Security Trends Report 2023 shows that attacks in the DACH region are above average at 81 percent. The greatest impact of successful attacks was the loss of sensitive, confidential or business-critical data. The follow-up costs of a cyber attack via e-mail can be extremely expensive for companies and on average well exceed one million dollars. This is shown by an international study commissioned by cloud security specialist Barracuda Networks and now published in its “Email Security Trends 2023” report. 75 percent of businesses worldwide have been the victim of at least one successful email attack in the last 12 months.

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Defense against phishing mails with dangerous QR codes
March 5, 2023
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B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

More and more phishing emails try to disguise their dangerousness by hiding dangerous links behind QR codes. This poses a growing threat to email security. Hornetsecurity is now using new technology to counter it. Cybersecurity provider Hornetsecurity is launching two new tools - QR Code Analyzer and Secure Links - to combat growing cyber threats. Hornetsecurity is thus reacting to the increasing number of fake QR codes and the ongoing threat of phishing, which accounts for 40 percent of all cyber attacks. QR code analysis and email link checks Research by Hornetsecurity Labs has shown that cybercriminals are increasingly…

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Modern BEC phishing: billions of dollars stolen 
March 5, 2023
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Modern phishing: billions of dollars stolen

Business email compromise (BEC) is big business for cybercriminals. According to the 2021 FBI Cybercrime Study, BEC phishing was responsible for nearly $2021 billion in losses in 2,4. BEC is basically a type of phishing attack. Lookout examines how modern phishing has evolved beyond email. With the proliferation of smartphones and tablets, attackers are now going far beyond email. They are now also using other platforms such as text messages, messaging apps like Signal and WhatsApp, and social media apps to attack their targets...

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E-mail attacks are increasing by over 100 percent
July 15, 2022
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E-mail attacks are increasing by over 100 percent

Trend Micro cloud-based email security blocked 33,6 million attacks last year. Email threats have increased by over 100 percent year-on-year, remaining the top threat of attack facing organizations. Trend Micro, one of the world's leading providers of cybersecurity solutions, was able to block over 2021 million email threats in cloud-based systems in 33,6. Overall, there was an increase of over 100 percent compared to the previous year. The strong increase in attacks shows that e-mails are still the main gateway for cyber attacks. Real data evaluated This data was collected over the course of the…

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Spear Phishing: Top Threats and Trends
2 April 2022
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Barracuda News

Small businesses are three times more likely to be targeted than larger organizations. Barracuda Releases 7th Spear Phishing Report: Microsoft is the Most Mimicked Brand Name. Which companies are most likely to be at risk of spear phishing attacks, what new tricks are cybercriminals using, and what is the number of email accounts that have been compromised in the recent past? Barracuda's seventh current Spear Phishing Report: Top Threats and Trends Vol. 2021 answers these questions, explains the latest spear phishing trends and what companies can do with which technologies to improve their email security. Evaluation of the year XNUMX Between January and…

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Email security: the important second check
25 December 2021
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Email security: the important second check

Phishing and ransomware attacks: Given the sheer volume of emails, errors are inevitable. Implementing critical double checking to improve email security is vital. Business reliance on email creates a huge cybersecurity risk. And not just because of the increasing and increasingly intelligent phishing and ransomware attacks. Given the sheer volume of emails sent and received per day (over 300 billion per day in 2020), errors are inevitable. Employees are entrusted with in-house data and assets, and many are allowed to conduct financial transactions - often ...

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Cloud Email Security solution for secure hybrid working
19 October 2021
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Cloud Email Security solution for secure hybrid working

Cloud-based SaaS offer stops threats in the cloud before they reach the company's internal network. Zyxel's new Cloud Email Security solution enables SMEs to work securely in a hybrid manner. Zyxel Networks, a leading provider of secure, AI and cloud-based business and home networking solutions, today announced its new SaaS-based Cloud Email Security (CES) offering. Cloud Email Security (CES) Flexible working models have become the norm in many industries over the past 18 months. Despite all the advantages, these represent a challenge for network administrators in SMBs, as they protect employees who work from home from the increasing cyber threats ...

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Outlook appointments as a trap
5 May 2021
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B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

Email addresses are verified by rejection - Outlook appointments as a trap. Currently, invitations to fake Outlook appointments are increasingly being sent. Anyone who reacts to this - replies, accepts or rejects - falls into the trap of data collectors who use this method to check whether e-mail addresses are active. There are currently more and more complaints about unwanted Outlook invitations to fake appointments. This is reported by the consumer advice center in Bremen. It is not necessarily obvious at first glance that it is spam. Hacked e-mail accounts are often used for sending and the appointment invitation can even come from one of your real contacts. To-…

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Bank spam is on the rise
10 January 2021
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Bitdefender_News

Bank spam: increase in volume and sophistication. According to Bitdefender, spammers perfectly mimic industry jargon and layouts. Companies are also increasingly being targeted. E-mail-based attacks that imitate the customer communication of well-known financial institutions and online payment services have increased again sharply in the last few months. And the spammers are getting better at making their attacks appear like real banking services. Detailed imitations Many of the fraudulent emails imitate legitimate correspondence as sent by banks. In banking spam, they use real logos, specific layouts, and even the correct terminology. This makes it difficult for the recipients to ...

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Phishing - This is how an attack works 
September 14, 2020
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Mail attack

Phishing is usually only explained theoretically. Kaspersky experts explain an attack using a live example. An in-depth look at a phishing website and its attempts to disguise itself as an email scanner and use it to lure victims. In recent years, there has been a fairly regular news of email-based corporate network infections (and ransomware-related infections in general). It is therefore no surprise that fraudsters like to use the fear of such attacks to gain access to email credentials for company accounts by tricking company employees into "scanning" their mailboxes. The trick is aimed at ...

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