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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

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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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Phishing, BEC, and Beyond: How Trustwave MailMarshal Enhances Your Email Security Posture

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Phishing, BEC, and Beyond: How Trustwave MailMarshal Enhances Your Email Security Posture 2024-12-19 at 16:03 By Email is the #1 attack vector, responsible for 90% of phishing incidents. Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks led to $3 billion in losses in 2023. A multi-layered email security solution like Trustwave MailMarshal can reduce risks effectively. Fact: An organization

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‘Tis the Season for Artificial Intelligence-Generated Fraud Messages

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‘Tis the Season for Artificial Intelligence-Generated Fraud Messages 2024-12-10 at 16:19 By The FBI issued an advisory on December 3rd warning the public of how threat actors use generative AI to more quickly and efficiently create messaging to defraud their victims, echoing earlier warnings issued by Trustwave SpiderLabs. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave Blog

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Businesses plagued by constant stream of malicious emails

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Businesses plagued by constant stream of malicious emails 2024-12-09 at 06:03 By Help Net Security 36.9% of all emails received by businesses (20.5 billion) in 2024 were unwanted, according to Hornetsecurity’s analysis of 55.6+ billion emails processed through their security services between November 1, 2023 and October 31, 2024 – and 2.3% of those contained

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The Role of AI in Cybersecurity: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Threats

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The Role of AI in Cybersecurity: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Threats 2024-12-04 at 16:04 By Ziv Mador As 2024 comes to a close, we went around the room and asked some of Trustwave’s top executives what cybersecurity issues and technology they saw playing a prominent role in 2025. Over the next several weeks their thoughts

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Phishers send corrupted documents to bypass email security

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Phishers send corrupted documents to bypass email security 2024-12-03 at 14:18 By Zeljka Zorz Phishers have come up with a new trick for bypassing email security systems: corrupted MS Office documents. The spam campaign Malware hunting service Any.Run has warned last week about email campaigns luring users with promises of payments, benefits and end-of-the-year bonuses.

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Rockstar 2FA Phishing-as-a-Service (PaaS): Noteworthy Email Campaigns

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Rockstar 2FA Phishing-as-a-Service (PaaS): Noteworthy Email Campaigns 2024-11-27 at 16:03 By Diana Solomon and John Kevin Adriano Welcome to the second part of our investigation into the Rockstar kit, please check out part one here. This article is an excerpt from SpiderLabs Blog View Original Source

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Rockstar 2FA: A Driving Force in Phishing-as-a-Service (PaaS)

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Rockstar 2FA: A Driving Force in Phishing-as-a-Service (PaaS) 2024-11-26 at 18:33 By Diana Solomon and John Kevin Adriano Trustwave SpiderLabs has been actively monitoring the rise of Phishing-as-a-Service (PaaS) platforms, which are increasingly popular among threat actors. This article is an excerpt from SpiderLabs Blog View Original Source

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Black Friday Cybersecurity Checklist: Safeguard Your Store and Customer Data

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Black Friday Cybersecurity Checklist: Safeguard Your Store and Customer Data 2024-11-21 at 16:03 By The holiday season starts on Black Friday and is the busiest time of year for retailers, but it’s also a peak period for cybercriminals who look to exploit vulnerabilities in business of all sizes. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave

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10 Tips to Help Holiday Shoppers to Stay Safe from Scams and Cyberattacks

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10 Tips to Help Holiday Shoppers to Stay Safe from Scams and Cyberattacks 2024-11-20 at 19:03 By The holiday season is here, and with it comes the thrill of Black Friday deals and holiday shopping sprees. But it’s not just shoppers who are gearing up – cybercriminals are ready to take advantage of the holiday

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Why AI alone can’t protect you from sophisticated email threats

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Why AI alone can’t protect you from sophisticated email threats 2024-11-19 at 07:03 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Riaz Lakhani, CISO at Barracuda Networks, discusses the effectiveness of AI-based behavioural analysis in combating sophisticated email threats like BEC and VEC. Lakhani also explains how AI tools help detect malicious email activity

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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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Trustwave SpiderLabs 2024 Trustwave Risk Radar Report: Defining the Cyber Assault on the Retail Sector

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Trustwave SpiderLabs 2024 Trustwave Risk Radar Report: Defining the Cyber Assault on the Retail Sector 2024-10-29 at 15:17 By The holiday shopping season is almost here, and according to the 2024 Trustwave Risk Radar Report: Retail Sector, threat actors have honed their skills and are prepared to use ransomware and phishing attacks that leverage well-known online brands

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2024 Trustwave Risk Radar Report: Cyber Threats to the Retail Sector

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2024 Trustwave Risk Radar Report: Cyber Threats to the Retail Sector 2024-10-29 at 15:17 By As the holiday shopping season approaches, the 2024 Trustwave Risk Radar Report: Retail Sector reveals that cybercriminals have sharpened their tactics, utilizing ransomware and phishing attacks that exploit well-known online brands to target retailers and consumers directly. This article is an

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Hooked by the Call: A Deep Dive into The Tricks Used in Callback Phishing Emails

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Hooked by the Call: A Deep Dive into The Tricks Used in Callback Phishing Emails 2024-10-21 at 17:33 By Katrina Udquin Introduction Previously, Trustwave SpiderLabs covered a massive fake order spam scheme that impersonated a tech support company and propagated via Google Groups. Since then, we have observed more spam campaigns using this hybrid form of cyberattack

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