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Email security firm Abnormal Security has raised $250 million in a Series D funding round at a $5.1 billion valuation.
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Email attacks have surged by 293% in the first half of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, according to Acronis. The number of ransomware detections was also on the rise, increasing 32% from Q4 2023 to Q1 2024. Ransomware remains a top threat for… Continue reading Email attacks skyrocket 293%
Cisco has fixed two critical vulnerabilities that may allow attackers to overwrite files on its Secure Email Gateways (CVE-2024-20401) and change the password of any user on its Smart Software Manager On-Prem license servers (CVE-2024-20419). Neither o… Continue reading Cisco fixes critical flaws in Secure Email Gateway and SSM On-Prem (CVE-2024-20401, CVE-2024-20419)
The maintainers of the Exim mail transfer agent (MTA) have fixed a critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-39929) that currently affects around 1.5 million public-facing servers and can help attackers deliver malware to users. About CVE-2024-39929 The vulnera… Continue reading Critical Exim vulnerability facilitates malware delivery (CVE-2024-39929)
Successful exploitation could allow attackers to deliver executable attachments to inboxes.
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The email addresses and other information of hundreds of British, French and EU politicians have been found on the dark web.
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Compared to the last quarter of 2023, data breaches rose from 81M to 435M in Q1 2024. That’s a 5-fold increase in just a few months. One of the most common ways data breaches happen is through apps like Facebook or Instagram, which collect a lot of use… Continue reading Product showcase: Alert – Data breach detector for your email, credit card, and ID
Over the past few years, traditional phishing messages — with their pervasive linguistic errors, thinly-veiled malicious payloads, and often outlandish pretexts — have been on the decline. Easily detected by most of today’s standard email security tool… Continue reading CISOs pursuing AI readiness should start by updating the org’s email security policy
The US government warns of a North Korean threat actor abusing weak email DMARC settings to hide spear-phishing attacks.
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56% of all 2023 claims were a result of funds transfer fraud (FTF) or business email compromise (BEC), highlighting the importance of email security as a critical aspect of cyber risk management, according to Coalition. The 2024 Cyber Claims Report is … Continue reading 56% of cyber insurance claims originate in the email inbox