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Rethinking the Human Factor in Cybersecurity

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Rethinking the Human Factor in Cybersecurity 2025-04-17 at 16:52 By Rethink human involvement in cybersecurity—it’s not about blame, but about designing systems that support human strengths and mitigate limitations. Explore how secure email gateways (SEGs) like Trustwave MailMarshal use AI-powered threat detection to outpace phishing tactics and reduce human error. Understand the psychological triggers behind phishing attacks […]

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Pixel-Perfect Trap: The Surge of SVG-Borne Phishing Attacks

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Pixel-Perfect Trap: The Surge of SVG-Borne Phishing Attacks 2025-04-10 at 23:16 By Bernard Bautista and Kevin Adriano Ever thought an image file could be part of a cyber threat? The Trustwave SpiderLabs Email Security team has identified a major spike in SVG image-based attacks, where harmless-looking graphics are being used to hide dangerous links. This

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Tycoon2FA New Evasion Technique for 2025

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Tycoon2FA New Evasion Technique for 2025 2025-04-10 at 19:36 By Phil Hay, Rodel Mendrez The Tycoon 2FA phishing kit has adopted several new evasion techniques aimed at slipping past endpoints and detection systems. These include using a custom CAPTCHA rendered via HTML5 canvas, invisible Unicode characters in obfuscated JavaScript, and anti-debugging scripts to thwart inspection.

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AI Now Outsmarts Humans in Spear Phishing, Analysis Shows

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AI Now Outsmarts Humans in Spear Phishing, Analysis Shows 2025-04-09 at 20:02 By Kevin Townsend Agentic AI has improved spear phishing effectiveness by 55% since 2023, research shows. The post AI Now Outsmarts Humans in Spear Phishing, Analysis Shows appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React to

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Treasury’s OCC Says Hackers Had Access to 150,000 Emails

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Treasury’s OCC Says Hackers Had Access to 150,000 Emails 2025-04-09 at 14:48 By Eduard Kovacs The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has disclosed an email security incident in which 100 accounts were compromised for over a year. The post Treasury’s OCC Says Hackers Had Access to 150,000 Emails appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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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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Phishing Attacks Are Evolving – Is Your Email Security Keeping Up?

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Phishing Attacks Are Evolving – Is Your Email Security Keeping Up? 2025-04-04 at 16:02 By Craig Searle Phishing attacks cost businesses millions—learn why email security is about more than just passing a test. Strengthen your email security culture with leadership support, continuous training, and adaptive strategies. Discover how Trustwave MailMarshal enhances email security by blocking phishing threats before they reach your inbox. A

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Trustwave Named a Top Player in Radicati’s Secure Email Market Quadrant 2025 Report

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Trustwave Named a Top Player in Radicati’s Secure Email Market Quadrant 2025 Report 2025-04-02 at 16:11 By Trustwave MailMarshal fortified its position as a leading secure email gateway by being named a Top Player in Radicati’s Secure Email Market Quadrant 2025 report. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave Blog View Original Source React to this

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Google is making sending end-to-end encrypted emails easy

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Google is making sending end-to-end encrypted emails easy 2025-04-02 at 15:03 By Zeljka Zorz Sending end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) emails from Gmail enterprise accounts is about to become much easier than it is now, Google has announced on Tuesday. The company will first make available this simplified capability to users who want to send E2EE emails

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Google Brings End-to-End Encrypted Emails to All Enterprise Gmail Users

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Google Brings End-to-End Encrypted Emails to All Enterprise Gmail Users 2025-04-02 at 13:05 By Ionut Arghire Gmail now allows enterprise users to send end-to-end encrypted emails to colleagues, and will soon allow sending to any inbox. The post Google Brings End-to-End Encrypted Emails to All Enterprise Gmail Users appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is

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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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Trustwave MailMarshal’s Secure Email Gateway Protects Against Phishing/Ransomware Attacks

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Trustwave MailMarshal’s Secure Email Gateway Protects Against Phishing/Ransomware Attacks 2025-03-25 at 15:28 By Combat Medusa Ransomware: Learn how Trustwave MailMarshal’s secure email gateway effectively blocks phishing attacks, the primary entry point for this dangerous threat. Strengthen Your Email Security: Discover the layered protection and advanced threat detection capabilities of our managed email security services, and prevent costly data breaches.

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Mining Company NioCorp Loses $500,000 in BEC Hack

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Mining Company NioCorp Loses $500,000 in BEC Hack 2025-02-20 at 18:06 By Eduard Kovacs NioCorp Developments has informed the SEC that it lost $0.5 million after its systems were compromised. The post Mining Company NioCorp Loses $500,000 in BEC Hack appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React

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The Rise of Email Marketing Platforms for Business Email Compromise Attacks

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The Rise of Email Marketing Platforms for Business Email Compromise Attacks 2025-02-18 at 21:49 By Maria Katrina Udquin In a statistical report published in September 2024 by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), it was revealed that more than US$55 billion was lost to business email compromise (BEC) attacks between October 2013 and December 2023. This profitability

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How AI-powered Secure Email Gateways Fight Back vs. AI-armed Bad Actors

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How AI-powered Secure Email Gateways Fight Back vs. AI-armed Bad Actors 2025-02-12 at 16:01 By As bad actors use artificial intelligence to step up their phishing game, mounting an effective defense means using a secure email gateway that likewise employs AI to detect even the most cleverly crafted phishing emails and the fraudulent websites to

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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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How to use Hide My Email to protect your inbox from spam

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How to use Hide My Email to protect your inbox from spam 2025-01-30 at 06:03 By Help Net Security Hide My Email is a service that comes with iCloud+, Apple’s subscription-based service. It allows users to generate one-time-use or reusable email addresses that forward messages to their personal inbox without ever revealing their actual email

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Trustwave SpiderLabs December 2024: Phishing and Email Security Insights

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Trustwave SpiderLabs December 2024: Phishing and Email Security Insights 2025-01-27 at 16:04 By There was some good, bad, and neutral news when it comes to email threats in December 2024, according to new data compiled by Trustwave SpiderLabs’ MailMarshal email security team. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave Blog View Original Source React to this headline:

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Users receive at least one advanced phishing link every week

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Users receive at least one advanced phishing link every week 2025-01-06 at 06:37 By Help Net Security Phishing remains one of the most significant cyber threats impacting organizations worldwide, according to SlashNext. Credential phishing is raising Credential theft attacks surged dramatically in the second half of 2024 (703%), signaling a sharp escalation in the use

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