Security News

Rise in email impersonation attacks makes companies re-assess their security efforts
2018-08-03 11:30

Most companies believe they’ve experienced serious data breaches driven by email impersonation in the past 12 months – but are not doing nearly enough to prevent future impersonation attacks,...

Putting the ass in Atlassian: Helpdesk email server passwords blabbed to strangers
2018-08-02 21:56

Logins misdirected to wrong boxes by Jira toolkit Exclusive Atlassian has warned users of its Jira Service Desk toolkit to change their helpdesk email account passwords – after a glitch caused the...

Google: We'll warn you if government hackers are attacking your company email
2018-08-02 15:24

Google adds a new feature to warn organisations if staff are being targeted by government-backed hackers using phishing or malware.

Reddit Hacked – Emails, Passwords, Private Messages Stolen
2018-08-02 06:47

Another day, another significant data breach. This time the victim is Reddit... seems someone is really pissed off with Reddit's account ban policy or bias moderators. Reddit social media network...

How to install the StartupMaster password extension on the Thunderbird email client
2018-08-01 18:42

TechRepublic's Jack Wallen walks you through installing the StartupMaster Thunderbird extension, which improves email security by requiring a password when Thunderbird starts.

The Disconnect Between Understanding Email Threats and Preventing Them
2018-08-01 15:57

Email continues to be the starting point for the majority of all security breaches. The 2018 Verizon Data Breaches Investigation Report (DBIR) says that email is the attack vector in 96% of...

ThreatList: Business Email Compromises Way Up for Q2
2018-07-31 19:20

Hardest hit were organizations using Office 365, with incidents costing more than $2 million each.

State of Email Security: What Can Stop Email Threats?
2018-07-30 11:22

Neither Current Technology Nor Security Awareness Training Will Stop Email Threats read more

The primary email security challenge enterprises face is trust
2018-07-27 11:30

Only 34 percent of users without email security responsibility recall seeing email-based attacks in their inboxes, compared to 85 percent of email security professionals, according to GreatHorn....

Cross-Vector Threats: The Web Begins Where Email Ends
2018-07-27 10:21

You Can Only Detect Something as Malicious if It’s Malicious at the Time You Are Looking at It read more