Security News

Email Impersonation Attacks Increase by 80%
2018-08-28 11:29

The latest ESRA report from Mimecast indicates just why email attacks are so loved by cybercriminals, and why organizations need to take email security more seriously. read more

Google Tells Toomey Hackers Tried to Infiltrate Staff Email
2018-08-27 10:01

Google has alerted U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey's office that hackers with ties to a "nation-state" sent phishing emails to old campaign email accounts, a spokesman for the Pennsylvania Republican said...

6.4 billion fake emails sent every day
2018-08-24 11:30

The Valimail Q2 2018 Email Fraud Landscape shows that fake email continues to be a serious problem, with an estimated 6.4 billion fake emails sent every day. That total includes only exact-domain...

Turla Backdoor Controlled via Email Attachments
2018-08-23 17:53

ESET security researchers have analyzed a new backdoor used by the Russian-speaking advanced persistent threat (APT) group known as Turla. read more

How to send a confidential email in Gmail on Android, iOS
2018-08-20 13:43

Gmail users can set an expiration date or revoke access to messages through confidential mode. Here's how to use the feature on mobile.

Telecom services: Patient zero for email-based attacks?
2018-08-17 11:50

Organizations offering telecommunication services are seeing more advanced malware threats than organizations in other industries, Lastline researchers have found. They have come to that...

Email Phishers Using New Way to Bypass Microsoft Office 365 Protections
2018-08-15 18:33

Phishing works no matter how hard a company tries to protect its customers or employees. Security researchers have been warning of a new phishing attack that cybercriminals and email scammers are...

Prank 'Give me a raise!' email nearly lands sysadmin with dismissal
2018-08-13 09:45

Staffer learns hard way: boss jokes don't mix well with infosec demos Who, Me? Welcome again to Who, Me?, where we invite Reg readers to begin the week crossing their fingers it will be better...