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![3 ways for your business to spot a spear phishing email during the holidays](/static/build/img/news/alt/phishing-statistics-cybersecurity-scaled-small.jpg)
Cyberattacks on organizations are predicted to skyrocket during the online holiday shopping season. Here is how to identify possible threats.
![LinkedIn used 18M non-member emails to target Facebook ads. Were you a victim?](/static/build/img/news/alt/managed-security-small.jpg)
A Data Protection Commissioner investigation found that LinkedIn violated data protection policies shortly before onset of GDPR.
![Attackers Are Landing Email Inboxes Without the Need to Phish](/static/build/img/news/alt/DDoS-small.jpg)
We’ve all heard the proverb: Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Well now, threat actors don’t even have to exert the effort to phish...
![Amazon Snafu Exposed Customers' Names and Email Addresses](/static/build/img/news/alt/cyberattack-statistics-1-small.jpg)
Scant Detail on Incident and Unusual Email Notification Raises EyebrowsAmazon has blamed a technical error for its inadvertent exposure of some customers' names and email addresses online. The...
![Amazon Exposes Customer Names, Email Addresses](/static/build/img/news/alt/DDoS-small.jpg)
Amazon informed some customers this week that their name and email address were exposed due to a “technical error,” but the company provided very few other details. read more
![Technical foul: Amazon suffers data breach days before Black Friday, emails world+dog](/static/build/img/news/alt/breach-statistics-small.jpg)
$1tn biz doesn't answer very basic questions - like how or why it happened Amazon has suffered a data breach just days before Black Friday – and the company was tight-lipped about whether it had...
![When selling security awareness training by email, probably a good shout not to hit 'reply all'](/static/build/img/news/alt/cybercrime-statistics-small.jpg)
The irony meter is quivering Oh the irony. A channel account rep trying to drum up business for security awareness training scored an own goal this week when he pressed the send to all option on...
![Report Shows Increase in Email Attacks Using .com File Extensions](/static/build/img/news/alt/hackers-statistics-small.jpg)
Leesburg, VA-based anti-phishing firm Cofense (formerly PhishMe) has discovered an uptick in the use of .com file extensions in phishing emails. read more
![GreatHorn Expands Email Security Platform](/static/build/img/news/alt/managed-security-small.jpg)
Waltham, MA-based GreatHorn has expanded its machine-learning phishing protection system into a complete email security platform. "This major new expansion of the Company's flagship solution," it...
![Emotet Campaign Ramps Up with Mass Email Harvesting Module](/static/build/img/news/alt/IoT-Cybersecurity-Predictions-2-small.jpg)
The new variant can exfiltrate emails for a period going back 180 days, en masse.