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Employees repeatedly fall for vendor email compromise attacks

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Employees repeatedly fall for vendor email compromise attacks 2025-06-09 at 07:02 By Help Net Security In just 12 months, attackers attempted to steal more than $300 million via vendor email compromise (VEC), with 7% of engagements coming from employees who had engaged with a previous attack, according to Abnormal AI. Vendor email compromise risks increase […]

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CRM, Bulk Email Providers Targeted in Crypto Phishing Campaign

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CRM, Bulk Email Providers Targeted in Crypto Phishing Campaign 2025-04-07 at 15:05 By Ionut Arghire ‘PoisonSeed’ phishing campaign targets CRM and bulk email providers to distribute “crypto seed phrase” messages. The post CRM, Bulk Email Providers Targeted in Crypto Phishing Campaign appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Only 1% of malicious emails that reach inboxes deliver malware

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Only 1% of malicious emails that reach inboxes deliver malware 2025-04-02 at 07:04 By Help Net Security 99% of email threats reaching corporate user inboxes in 2024 were response-based social engineering attacks or contained phishing links, according to Fortra. Only 1% of malicious emails that reached user inboxes delivered malware. This shows that while common

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170,000 Impacted by Data Breach at Chord Specialty Dental Partners

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170,000 Impacted by Data Breach at Chord Specialty Dental Partners 2025-03-31 at 13:19 By Eduard Kovacs An email security incident at Chord Specialty Dental Partners, a US dental service organization, has impacted more than 170,000 people. The post 170,000 Impacted by Data Breach at Chord Specialty Dental Partners appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is

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Nine out of ten emails are spam

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Nine out of ten emails are spam 2025-01-31 at 06:33 By Help Net Security Now, more than ever, users can fall prey to word-perfect AI-created phishing campaigns, subtle BEC messages that sound remarkably like the sender, and highly convincing ploys from trusted vendors with legitimate-looking websites and clean domains, according to VIPRE Security Group. Spam

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Threat actors are stepping up their tactics to bypass email protections

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Threat actors are stepping up their tactics to bypass email protections 2024-11-01 at 06:33 By Help Net Security Although most organizations use emails with built-in security features that filter out suspicious messages, criminals always find a way to bypass these systems. With the development of AI technology, phishing is becoming increasingly difficult to recognize, allowing

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Critical Zimbra Vulnerability Exploited One Day After PoC Release

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Critical Zimbra Vulnerability Exploited One Day After PoC Release 2024-10-02 at 13:31 By Ionut Arghire A critical-severity vulnerability in Zimbra has been exploited in the wild to deploy a web shell on vulnerable servers. The post Critical Zimbra Vulnerability Exploited One Day After PoC Release appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from

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Security measures fail to keep up with rising email attacks

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Security measures fail to keep up with rising email attacks 2024-09-13 at 07:31 By Help Net Security Organizations must reassess their email security posture as incidents continue to escalate, leading to financial losses. Key findings reveal a significant increase in email attacks, with many successfully bypassing standard security protocols and targeting vulnerable sectors. Business email

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Unlocking the Front Door: Phishing Emails Remain a Top Cyber Threat Despite MFA

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Unlocking the Front Door: Phishing Emails Remain a Top Cyber Threat Despite MFA 2024-08-14 at 18:16 By Kevin Townsend SecurityWeek spoke with Mike Britton, CISO at Abnormal Security, to understand what the company has learned about current social engineering and phishing attacks. The post Unlocking the Front Door: Phishing Emails Remain a Top Cyber Threat

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Abnormal Security Raises $250 Million at $5.1 Billion Valuation

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Abnormal Security Raises $250 Million at $5.1 Billion Valuation 2024-08-06 at 15:16 By Eduard Kovacs Email security firm Abnormal Security has raised $250 million in a Series D funding round at a $5.1 billion valuation. The post Abnormal Security Raises $250 Million at $5.1 Billion Valuation appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt

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Vulnerabilities Enable Attackers to Spoof Emails From 20 Million Domains

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Vulnerabilities Enable Attackers to Spoof Emails From 20 Million Domains 2024-07-31 at 18:01 By Ionut Arghire Vulnerabilities in hosted email services allow attackers to spoof the identity of senders, bypassing security measures. The post Vulnerabilities Enable Attackers to Spoof Emails From 20 Million Domains appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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Information of Hundreds of European Politicians Found on Dark Web

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Information of Hundreds of European Politicians Found on Dark Web 2024-05-31 at 14:46 By Eduard Kovacs The email addresses and other information of hundreds of British, French and EU politicians have been found on the dark web. The post Information of Hundreds of European Politicians Found on Dark Web appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article

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Why the automotive sector is a target for email-based cyber attacks

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Why the automotive sector is a target for email-based cyber attacks 2024-04-30 at 07:01 By Help Net Security While every organization across every vertical is at risk of advanced email attacks, certain industries periodically become the go-to target for threat actors. In this Help Net Security video, Mick Leach, Field CISO at Abnormal Security, discusses

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KnowBe4 Plans to Acquire Egress for Email Security Tech

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KnowBe4 Plans to Acquire Egress for Email Security Tech 2024-04-24 at 19:16 By Ryan Naraine KnowBe4 boasts that the merger will create “the largest, advanced AI-driven cybersecurity platform for managing human risk.” The post KnowBe4 Plans to Acquire Egress for Email Security Tech appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS

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The key pillars of domain security

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The key pillars of domain security 2024-04-19 at 07:01 By Help Net Security From branded emails and marketing campaigns to critical protocols, internal portals, and internet traffic, domains are central to digital enterprise operations. They are constantly created for new assets and initiatives. In this Help Net Security video, Mark Flegg, Global Director of Security

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Understanding next-level cyber threats

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Understanding next-level cyber threats 2024-04-17 at 06:31 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Trevor Hilligoss, VP of SpyCloud Labs, discusses the 2024 SpyCloud Identity Exposure Report, an annual report examining the latest trends in cybercrime and its impact. Researchers recaptured nearly 1.38 billion passwords circulating the darknet in 2023, an 81.5%

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How malicious email campaigns continue to slip through the cracks

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How malicious email campaigns continue to slip through the cracks 2024-04-08 at 07:01 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Josh Bartolomie, VP of Global Threat Services at Cofense, discusses how email will remain a target as long as it remains the predominant form of communication within a business. Cofense researchers have

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How CISOs tackle business payment fraud

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How CISOs tackle business payment fraud 2024-03-28 at 07:01 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Shai Gabay, CEO of Trustmi, discusses why payments are a source of cyber worry for CISOs. CISOs are worried about Business Email Compromise (BEC), cyber attackers’ use of AI, and securing the supply chain. These are

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Growing AceCryptor attacks in Europe

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Growing AceCryptor attacks in Europe 2024-03-20 at 13:01 By Help Net Security ESET Research has recorded a considerable increase in AceCryptor attacks, with detections tripling between the first and second halves of 2023. In recent months, researchers registered a significant change in how AceCryptor is used, namely that the attackers spreading Rescoms (also known as

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IMF Emails Hacked

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IMF Emails Hacked 2024-03-18 at 10:28 By Eduard Kovacs The International Monetary Fund (IMF) detects a cybersecurity incident that involved nearly a dozen email accounts getting hacked. The post IMF Emails Hacked appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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