- Microsoft Expands Anti-Phishing Protections To Teams
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Microsoft has expanded the protections in Defender for Office 365 to Microsoft Teams. The goal is to protect users from malicious phishing attacks. ...
- The Top 5 Types Of COVID-19-Related Email Crime
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Malicious actors have been busy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Barracuda lists the five leading types of digital crime. ...
- BIMI Helps Both Brands And Consumers
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Monday, July 26, 2021
Logos help consumers evaluate how they react to commercial messages. BIMI makes it easier by presenting brand logos with authenticated emails. ...
- Microsoft Knocked Out Of No. 1 Spot As Most Impersonated Brand In Phishing Emails
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, July 23, 2021
Credit Agricole is first, and Facebook second among the 25 most victimized companies. ...
- Akamai Says Internet Outage Is Resolved
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, July 22, 2021
The company has ruled out a cyberattack of the cause. It blames the episode on a software configuration update. ...
- Microsoft 365 Security Setting Hacked By Bad Actors
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, July 21, 2021
A Microsoft 365 security setting has been hacked by malicious actors who are using it to launch automating phishing attacks. The co-opting was discovered by email security company
Vade. ...
- BIMI Drives Higher Open Rates, Study Shows
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, July 20, 2021
BIMI allows brands to display their logos next to authenticated emails. The difference is noticeable when competitors do not display logos with their emails. ...
- Google Dashboard Will Now Alert Users About Outages
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, July 19, 2021
Email outage newsletters are also being tweaked to include "structured information such as key issue details, the status of the affected services, and a link to the Google Workspace Stat ...
- DMARC Dragging: Growth In Global Adoption Has Slowed
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Friday, July 16, 2021
The DMARC standard can save money for brands and facilitate use of BIMI. But not everyone has caught on, KDMARC reports. ...
- Recently Rebranded Emailable Acquires DataValidation
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, July 16, 2021
The two firms are providing email validation and verification solutions. ...
- Barracuda Closes Acquisition Of SKOUT Cybersecurity
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, July 16, 2021
SKOUT founder Aidan Kehoe is now serving as GM SKOUT Products, Barracuda. ...
- Entrust Partners With Red Siftto To Drive BIMI
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, July 14, 2021
Company says its Verified Mark Certificates are now generally available. ...
- How To Navigate Recent Big Data Breach
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Mint Mobile has been hit by attackers, exposing name, address, email and other information. Here’s what to do if you’re part of an affected breach. ...
- Validity Offers VMCs, Certificates That Enable BIMI Use
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, July 13, 2021
With Google now supporting BIMI within all Gmail inboxes, BIMI is now available in 2 billion inboxes. ...
- Armorblox Partners Wth Intermedia To Prevent Email Breaches
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, July 12, 2021
The goal is to provide a new level of protection to block advanced attacks, the companies say. ...
- Gmail Is Rolling Out BIMI To All Its Inboxes
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, July 12, 2021
Email security standard allows users to display their brand logos next to authenticated emails. ...
- Advisory: How To Protect Your Firm Against Kaseya Ransomware Attacks
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, July 6, 2021
Expel urges firms to shut down their VSA servers immediately and to block the malicious hashes. ...
- Consumer Reports Says Email Providers Are Scanning Emails For Positive Purposes
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Friday, July 2, 2021
Email providers say they are not scanning emails for ad targeting. But they still scan them to prevent phishing. Here’s a rundown from Consumer Reports on current scanning
activities. ...
- Barracuda To Acquire SKOUT Cybersecurity
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Friday, July 2, 2021
The purchase provides Barracuda with an extended detection and response platform. ...
- LinkedIn Data Breach Exposes Inferred Salaries
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, June 30, 2021
A massive LinkedIn data breach has exposed data on 700 million users -- 92% of the total audience. The data, including inferred salaries on some, is available on the da ...
- Mercedes Benz Data Leak Affects Only 1,000 Consumers
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Monday, June 28, 2021
Mercedes Benz has been hit with a data breach, although it is not as widespread as it could have been. It includes card and Social Security details on only 1,0 ...
- Rhode Island Warns Residents Of Phishing Scam
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Friday, June 25, 2021
Rhode Island residents are being targeted by a phishing attack focusing on professional licenses, the state’s Department of Labor and Training has warned. The advisory states that recipients should n ...
- Apple Says Tight Control Over Apps Boosts Security And Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Apple, which famously doesn't allow sideloading, says in its new report that doing so "would degrade the security of the iOS platform and expose users to serious security risks." ...
- How HUMAN, Google, Facebook Make It More Expensive To Commit Cybercrime
Data & Programmatic Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, June 21, 2021
"We had to disrupt the economics of cybercrime," said HUMAN CEO Tamer Hassan. "It's an economic problem measured by the cost of fraud." ...
- Google Must Face Shareholders' Claims Over Delayed Disclosure Of Data Breach
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 17, 2021
Siding against Google, a federal appellate court has revived shareholders' claims that the company violated securities laws by failing to disclose a data breach that affected Google+ users. ...
- Harvard Graduates Can No Longer Get An Alumni Email Account
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Monday, June 14, 2021
The Harvard Alumni Association will no longer allow graduates to create an alumni email forwarding account. The association cites concerns over phishing, spam and email
security. ...
- Email Claiming To Be From Microsoft Was A Scam
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Thursday, June 10, 2021
An email claiming to address a security issue was a scam, despite featuring a Microsoft logo. Potential victims were urged to click on a link within 48 hours. ...
- Outages Hit Numerous Publishing Sites, Fastly Says Problem Is Solved
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, June 8, 2021
'The New York Times' and CNN are among the media sites hit. Also affected were Google, Amazon and Shopify. ...
- When Will Attacks On Media Become A Big Deal?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, June 8, 2021
Cox Media Group -- which owns 57 U.S. radio and TV stations -- apparently has been hacked. ...
- Cyber Crooks Are Delivering Malicious Content Via Google PPC Ads
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Friday, June 4, 2021
Threat actors are using pay-per-click (PPC) ads in Google’s search results to deliver malicious content. Morphisec investigated the paid ads and reports that they lead to downloads of dangerous packages.&n ...
