Phishing Protection: What You Need To Watch For
Like your classic con man, an email phishing attack can wear any number of faces. No matter if you’re a small, mid-size or large company, phishing protection is increasingly critical as cybercriminals grow smarter and smarter. While anti-phishing software like Cloudphish and other email security solutions will greatly reduce the risk of a phishing attack,...
Why The Mimecast Hack Was Predictable
After the recent discovery of the devastating SolarWinds attack on the US Government, Mimecast disclosed yesterday that they too have been compromised by a sophisticated cyber criminal. It is not known at this point if the attack was conducted by the same suspected Russian hackers responsible for the SolarWinds incident, but it does bear some...
Employees Continue to Fall Prey to Fake CEO Email Scams
Imagine yourself as a financial executive at a multinational, Fortune-500 company. A new CEO has just started this month and sent you an email with instructions to transfer a payment to a new vendor in China. Without a close inspection, the request seems routine: a message arrives from the company email address, the form is...
Small Business Email Security Is More Susceptible to Phishing Attacks
Cybercrime is an increasingly frequent, costly, and agile threat to businesses of any size. Unfortunately, small business email security is the most susceptible to email phishing scams and often suffer the most when a breach occurs. According to the FBI, there’s been a dramatic increase in activity since COVID-19. The bureau reports a 300% increase...