- Google To Make 2FA Security Protection The Default
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Friday, May 7, 2021
Google has announced that it will "start automatically enrolling users in 2SV" or two-step verification. While some of Gmail’s 1.5 billion users have enabled 2FA, this will make it t ...
- Google Adds External Badge To Gmail As An Added Security Measure
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, April 30, 2021
Teams will be alerted when someone outside the company is in conversation. ...
- Firm Adds Biometric Authentication To Email Encryption
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, April 30, 2021
Users will be able to access encrypted messages without passwords, using the new capability. ...
- KnowBe4 Exceeds Share Price Expectation With IPO
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Friday, April 23, 2021
Cybersecurity tech firm KnowBe4 Inc. opened with an IPO share price of $19.95, compared to the initial offer price of $16 on Nasdaq. The company gained a valuation of $3. ...
- HUMAN, Google, Roku Squash CTV Botnet After It Impersonates Billions Of Ad Requests
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, April 22, 2021
Chief scientist at cybersecurity firm HUMAN Michael McNally publicly called on the ad industry to implement standards and upgrade practices to prevent fraud in CTV devices after finding a sophisticat ...
- Hackers Impersonate Bloomberg Employees
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Thursday, April 22, 2021
Hackers are posing as Bloomberg employees in a new email attempt to install remote access software on target computers. The effort has gone beyond bumbling emails in broken
English. ...
- N-able, SolarWinds Spinoff, Names Mike Adler Chief Technology/Product Officer
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, April 22, 2021
In addition, firm forms partnership with DNSfilter to help managed service providers assist clients. ...
- Crypto Firm Email Data Exposed Due To Hack Of Third-Party System: Report
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, April 15, 2021
Some Celsius clients were sent a fraudulent email announcement, the firm says in an email. ...
- Millions Of Consumers Use Pets' Names As Passwords
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Friday, April 9, 2021
British shoppers, probably much like their American counterparts, are using their pets’ names as passwords, more than those of family members or notable dates. But 40% claim they never u ...
- Deepfakes A Growing Cyberthreat Concern
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, April 8, 2021
Deepfakes have become a weaponized AI tool of concern to marketers and business execs, part of a growing list of automated cyberattacks as people spend more time online. ...
- The Growing Victim List: Data Breaches Rose In Q1, Hitting More People
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Thursday, April 8, 2021
The number of people affected by breaches is up from the Q4 2020 total, but down from Q1 2020. Email remains a primary attack vehicle, Identity Theft Resource Center repo ...
- Cofense Acquires Cyberfish, Will Target 'Legacy' Competitors
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, April 8, 2021
Cofense hopes to serve companies seeking to consolidate technology vendors, the company says. ...
- Maternity Marketer Says Its Database Was Breached
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Apparel marketer Destination Maternity revealed that a database containing personal information on customers was breached last month. Included were names, email addresses, phone numbers and
potentially due dates. ...
- Facebook Breach Exposes Data On 553 Million Users
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Monday, April 5, 2021
Data on 553 million Facebook users was published on an online hacking forum. Included were names, birthdates, locations and some email addresses. ...
- Justice Department Warns About Fake Post-Vaccine Survey Scams
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, April 5, 2021
Fraudulent emails and texts are promising prizes to their intended victims. ...
- Tool Helps Firms Comply With Anti-Spam Laws
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, March 30, 2021
RAVEN, a new offering from DRT Cyber, is being offered in beta prior to full release. ...
- White Ops Takes On Human Rebrand
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, March 30, 2021
The company, now owned by Goldman Sachs in partnership with ClearSky Security and NightDragon, said the name reflects its strong commitment to equality and diversity. ...
- Security Firm Hornetsecurity Acquires Zerospam
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, March 29, 2021
Hornetsecurity says it will be investing heavily in the Zerospam partner community and providing new products. ...
- Virginia's New Privacy Law Could Cause Headaches For Security Staffers
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Friday, March 26, 2021
Virginia’s new privacy law, the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act, may cause complications for CSOs and CISOs. With GDPR and CPRA now law, they will have to comply with “differi ...
- Cyber Criminals Send 3 Billion Emails A Day
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Phishing artists are now sending a combined 3 billion emails per day. They spoof the sender identity in the “from” field to lure intended victims into opening the emails. &n ...
- DMARC Demarcation: Brands Adopt Security Standard, But Still Don't Enforce It
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Monday, March 22, 2021
Only 14.8% of email domains are fully protected from spoofing and phishing, Valimail reports. ...
- California Bans Dark Patterns, And Institutes Privacy Options Icons
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, March 16, 2021
California has added new rules under the CCPA that would prohibit the use of dark patterns. These widespread tricks frustrate or delay people from opting out of the sale ...
- Zoom Must Face Some Security And Privacy Claims, Judge Rules
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, March 12, 2021
Zoom users can proceed with some claims related to "zoombombing" and encryption practices, a federal judge ruled. ...
- Identity Theft On The Rise, Experienced By Almost Half Of U.S. Consumers: Study
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Total economic losses from ID theft could hit $635.4 billion by 2023, Aite reports. ...
- Microsoft Strengthens Phishing Protections
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Microsoft is adding support for external email message tags to its cloud-based email service in an effort to boost its phishing protection. Exchange Online administrators can have all emails fr ...
- White House Is Concerned As Microsoft Email Breach Spreads
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, March 5, 2021
A hack of Microsoft's email server was apparently caused by China-based hackers and is being monitored by the White House even as it spreads to Europe. Microsoft attributes the atta ...
- High Rate Of Password Reuse Leads To Problems
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, March 3, 2021
A security vendor has found almost 1.5 billion breached log-in combos. Part of the problem is that password reuse now stands at 60% across multiple accounts. And the total ...
- Microsoft To Allow Azure Active Directory To Ditch Passwords
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Microsoft will allow users of its Azure Active Directory to ditch passwords in favor of biometrics when securing work accounts, the firm announced Tuesday at its annual conference. Azure Acti ...
- SailPoint Technologies Enhances Identity Platform
Digital News Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Developers can now customize and automate functions to enhance company security, identity security firm SailPoint Technologies says. ...
- Armorblox Snares $30 Million In Series B Financing
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, February 26, 2021
Email security company Armorblox will use the money to build its go-to-market, engineering and data science teams. ...
