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As we have continued to improve anti-phishing capabilities for clients over the past few years, we have seen a myriad of changes in phishing email composition, style, and approach. Throughout all those changes however, one thing has remained the same. … Continue reading How to Avoid Drowning in Spam and Phishing Emails
As we have continued to improve anti-phishing capabilities for clients over the past few years, we have seen a myriad of changes in phishing email composition, style, and approach. Throughout all those changes however, one thing has remained the same. … Continue reading How to Avoid Drowning in Spam and Phishing Emails
By Jerome Doaty, Zakari Grater, and Brenda Gooshaw Samson Technology is an important part of any phishing defense, especially perimeter tech designed to filter emails. But these systems, even those billed as “next-gen email security platforms,” don’t c… Continue reading Their email filters missed these threats. Good thing the users didn’t.
Most security teams today are pretty much in the same boat: limited budget, limited man power, and limited time to defend their network against escalating threats and attacks. Perhaps that’s why so many information security vendors claim to have the “… Continue reading Examples of Silver-bullet Technology Fails
One of the keys to a successful anti-phishing program is communication. Specifically, communicating with users before and after a phishing scenario. It’s likely not everyone in your organization is a cybersecurity expert. Scheduling regular communicat… Continue reading Communication is essential to your anti-phishing program.
Imagine a cunning phisher: he knows his craft and sends your users an email appearing to come from your CEO that bypasses all your other technology. What would you do? One of our customers faced that very scenario and relied on Cofense TriageTM and the… Continue reading Phishing attack shut down in 19 minutes with Cofense Triage.
On March 22nd, Cofense came across a rather unique malware sample that had a very low detection rate. At the time of analysis, the file was only detected by 5/61 AV engines. The detection rate did not reach 30% until at least a week later, as per Virus… Continue reading Is .XLSX Phishing Making a Comeback?
Over the past few years, we have seen media attention drawn towards the length of our attention spans as related to our use of technology. Some reports claim a drop from 12 seconds to 8 seconds over the past decade, while others refute that data. In ei… Continue reading Attention Spans and Education Design
Back in 2008, Cofense™ (PhishMe®) pretty much invented the phishing awareness industry when we unveiled the first phishing simulation program for businesses. Cofense PhishMe™ made it easy to condition employees to recognize and report phi… Continue reading Doubling Down on PhishMe with New Features and Awareness Focus
Want to boost your anti-phishing and your professional creds? Now you can, in just a few hours and on your own schedule. Cofense™ is pleased to announce the Cofense PhishMe™ certification, the industry’s first and only professional… Continue reading Become the First Security Awareness Professional to be Fully Certified in Phishing Simulation Programs with Cofense