Security News

Reminder—Third Party Gmail Apps Can Read Your Emails, "Allow" Carefully!
2018-07-03 08:48

Reminder—If you've forgotten about any Google app after using it once a few years ago, be careful, it may still have access to your private emails. When it comes to privacy on social media, we...

Is User Training the Weakest Link for Your Email Security Approach?
2018-06-28 06:41

Security training and awareness should be at the top of your layered security strategy to ensure your employees are less of a liability, and the risk of a breach is significantly lower.

“Safer hops for email” – EFF’s plan to cut down on email snooping
2018-06-27 00:27

STARTTLS is the email command that switches into encrypted mode. EFF just announced "STARTTLS Everyhere" to get everyone on board...

EFF Secures Email Delivery With STARTTLS Everywhere
2018-06-26 17:00

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) this week announced STARTTLS Everywhere, a new project aimed at improving the security of email delivery. read more

Facebook sends weekly app emails to wrong people
2018-06-26 10:17

In another one of those privacy hiccups Facebook is making a habit of lately, the company has admitted accidentally copying some weekly app developer emails to the wrong recipients.

Eight Arrested for Roles in Email Fraud Schemes
2018-06-26 10:12

Eight individuals were arrested for their roles in a widespread, Africa-based business email compromise (BEC) conspiracy, the United States Department of Justice announced on Monday. read more

In non-startling news, EFF says STARTTLS email crypto is mostly done wrong
2018-06-26 03:57

And so it's trying to kick off an effort to fix that up, because security and privacy matter Having successfully pushed for universal HTTPS Web encryption, the Electronic Frontier Foundation's...

Email Phishers Using A Simple Way to Bypass MS Office 365 Protection
2018-06-19 20:18

Security researchers have been warning about a simple technique that cyber criminals and email scammers are using in the wild to bypass most AI-powered phishing detection mechanisms implemented by...

How to allow users to report suspicious emails with Outlook's Report Message feature
2018-06-19 15:44

The best defense against phishing attacks for enterprises may be self-reporting employees. Report Message for Outlook provides an easy to use reporting mechanism.

UK Email Threat Firm Tessian Secures $13 Million Series A Funding
2018-06-18 12:15

London, UK-based start-up Tessian has raised $13 million in a Series A funding round led by Balderton Capital. Existing investors Accel, Amadeus Capital Partners, Crane, LocalGlobe, Winton...