C-level executives increasingly and proactively targeted by social breaches

C-level executives – who have access to a company’s most sensitive information, are now the major focus for social engineering attacks, alerts the Verizon 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report. Senior executives are 12x more likely to be the target of… Continue reading C-level executives increasingly and proactively targeted by social breaches

New infosec products of the week: March 1, 2019

SecBI launches new solution to help MSSPs maximize their productivity and scalability SecBI announced an automated threat detection and response solution designed to help managed security service providers (MSSPs) maximize their productivity and scalab… Continue reading New infosec products of the week: March 1, 2019

GreatHorn protects users from the large variety of Microsoft and Google credential theft attacks

GreatHorn, provider of the industry’s most advanced email threat protection platform, announced the capability to analyze and assess the authenticity of Office 365 and G Suite login pages embedded in emails received by users. The new release further pr… Continue reading GreatHorn protects users from the large variety of Microsoft and Google credential theft attacks

Email security predictions: What we can expect in 2019

2018 shed a lot of light on how expensive successful phishing attacks can be, with the FBI reporting in July well over $12B in financial losses due to business email compromise and Anthem reaching a $16M settlement in October due to phishing-driven dat… Continue reading Email security predictions: What we can expect in 2019

Manipulation tactics that you fall for in phishing attacks

It’s 6 p.m. on a Friday. Just as you finish packing up for the day, an email from your boss pops up on your phone asking why an urgent payment didn’t go out earlier in the week. He’s tied up in a business dinner, so he needs you to wire payment to a sp… Continue reading Manipulation tactics that you fall for in phishing attacks

The primary email security challenge enterprises face is trust

Only 34 percent of users without email security responsibility recall seeing email-based attacks in their inboxes, compared to 85 percent of email security professionals, according to GreatHorn. Throughout June 2018, 295 business professionals from bot… Continue reading The primary email security challenge enterprises face is trust

Enterprises face 3,680 potential phishing emails each week

GreatHorn analyzed more than 3.5 terabytes of data – over 373 million corporate emails – to gain insights into the sheer volume of email threats facing enterprises and the role of automated tools in helping them keep up with that challenge. Researchers found that the average enterprise receives 3,680 messages containing threat characteristics that require review, investigation and (if applicable) remediation per week. Without automated tools, the company estimates that task would take a security … More Continue reading Enterprises face 3,680 potential phishing emails each week

Amazon, Cybereason, and GreatHorn – Startup Security Weekly #45

Why most startups fail, conference season tips, the question you need to ask before solving any problem, and when should you hit pause? Michael and Paul deliver updates from GreatHorn, Cybereason, Amazon, and more! Startup Articles & Discussion Should Startups Care About Profitability? ==> Number One Most Stupid Reason That Start-ups Fail ==> There’s One Question You […]

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