Phishers are targeting Office 365 users by exploiting Adobe Cloud

Phishers are creating Adobe Creative Cloud accounts and using them to send phishing emails capable of thwarting traditional checks and some advanced threat protection solutions, Avanan security researcher Jeremy Fuchs warns. This new wave of attacks st… Continue reading Phishers are targeting Office 365 users by exploiting Adobe Cloud

Check Point acquires Avanan to deliver email and collaboration suite security for organizations

Check Point Software Technologies announced the acquisition of Avanan. Avanan technology provides the highest level of security for emails and SaaS collaboration suites. Avanan will integrate into the Check Point Infinity consolidated architecture to d… Continue reading Check Point acquires Avanan to deliver email and collaboration suite security for organizations

How Avanan helps you reduce phishing and ransomware

How does ransomware begin? According to a new report from Palo Alto Networks, the answer is primarily through email. The report shows the top arrival protocols for ransomware. The most significant vector is SMTP, at 45%, followed by IMAP at 26.5%. When… Continue reading How Avanan helps you reduce phishing and ransomware

IT, healthcare and manufacturing top targets for cyberattacks

Avanan announced the release of a report which analyzes today’s threat landscape, phishing vectors, and industry-based attacks, exposing healthcare and manufacturing as two of the top targets for cyberattacks in the first half of the year. “With hospit… Continue reading IT, healthcare and manufacturing top targets for cyberattacks

Avanan announces availability of its security application for Microsoft Teams

Avanan announced that their protection for Microsoft Teams is now available in full prevent mode. Following Microsoft’s announcement of the Teams API, Avanan is announcing general availability of its security application for Teams, enabling Avanan cust… Continue reading Avanan announces availability of its security application for Microsoft Teams

Office 365 users: Beware of phishing emails pointing to Office Sway

One of phishers’ preferred methods for fooling both targets and email filters is to use legitimate services to host phishing pages. The latest example of this involves Office 365 users being directed to phishing and malicious pages hosted on Offi… Continue reading Office 365 users: Beware of phishing emails pointing to Office Sway

Hackers go phishing for the holidays

It’s that time of year again. Everyone’s busy – at work and at home. That includes cybercriminals, too. In fact, the holiday season is when busy, distracted people tend to be especially vulnerable to phishing attacks. Just one click on a phishing link … Continue reading Hackers go phishing for the holidays

Phishers targeting Office 365 admins have a new trick up their sleeve

Phishers targeting Office 365 admins have a new trick up their sleeve: they are checking the credentials entered into the spoofed login page in real-time and, if they are valid, the victims are redirected to their real Office 365 inbox. “If the l… Continue reading Phishers targeting Office 365 admins have a new trick up their sleeve

Phishing Report Highlights Need for Sophisticated Anti-Malware Software


A recent report by a security vendor says that 25% of phishing messages get by Exchange Online Protection (EOP) and arrive into Office 365 user mailboxes. This highlights the need to configure EOP properly and run multiple lines of defense. Microsoft would like you to use Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) alongside EOP. Offerings from other security vendors are also available. For better protection against phishing, you should consider something like ATP.

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