Category: Email Encryption
What is Clone Phishing?
Email phishing has become more of a group of attacks instead of a single thread vector inside of business email compromise. Hackers will alter their attack vectors to stay ahead of the organization’s SecOps teams. Spear phishing, angler, whaling, and...
Email Security And Email Impersonation Protection
Since 2016 the global financial loss from email impersonation scams, precisely Business Email Compromise (BEC), is more than $26 billion, according to the FBI’s public service announcement in September 2019. Because email impersonation and email spoofing are a growing threat,...
WannaCry Ransomware Attacks Propagating Through Email I Case Study
WannaCry ransomware was discovered in 2017, infecting hundreds of thousands of computers globally. It targeted a critical security vulnerability of Microsoft operating systems. A malware codename EternalBlue created by the NSA leaked in April 2017, was used by WannaCry’s developers...
How to Send a Secure Email Attachment
Most organizations at one time have lost critical data through the email channel. The data sets include intellectual property, confidential spreadsheets with financial information, and accidental sharing of employee information. Malicious insider threats from disgruntled employees were attempting to copy...
What to Do If You Respond to a Phishing Email?
Anyone can fall victim to a phishing email attack. Phishing is a dangerous activity that can cause anxiety, financial loss, and reputational damage. Phishing scams use fraudulent emails and websites to steal confidential and sensitive information, such as account numbers,...
How To Encrypt Email in Outlook? 3 Effective Methods
As email security challenges continue to present themselves, email providers like Microsoft Outlook -- which has experienced widespread, longstanding popularity in the professional sector -- are continuing to adapt, putting forth robust encryption offerings intended to protect both the platform...
Is TLS Email Encryption Good Enough?
Banks do not send customers’ financial statements in an email. Why? Because email is not a secure method of communication. Email data travels unsecured over the web and is stored unencrypted on internet email relays, email servers, and end-user devices....