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What to Do If You Respond to a Phishing Email?

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,...

January 27, 2022

How To Encrypt Email in Outlook? 3 Effective Methods

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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...

January 24, 2022

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How to Avoid Crypto Malware

The term Crypto Malware describes two types of attacks. One is a type of Ransomware, while the other is Cryptojacking. Both are widely used by hackers to exploit the victim and gain significant profit. The Ransomware version of Crypto Malware,...

January 20, 2022

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What Is a Watering Hole Attack?

A watering hole attack takes place when a hacker compromises a specific audience either by infecting an existing website likely to attract the targeted audience or by creating a website to lure in the intended users. The number of watering...

January 10, 2022

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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....

January 10, 2022

DOS Attacks Explained: What They Are and How To Prevent Them

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DOS Attacks Explained: What They Are and How To Prevent Them

What is a DoS Attack? A denial-of-service attack, also called a DoS attack, is a means of overburdening a network’s bandwidth or computer system to the point that it can no longer function. Attackers create DoS attacks by directing too...

January 10, 2022

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Benefits of Cloud Security Controls

Introduction Cloud technology has grabbed the attention of many businesses worldwide. A growing number of companies are switching to cloud deployment of systems and services rather than on-premises deployment. The benefits of cloud computing are undeniable, but at the same...

January 4, 2022

Pretexting: 5 Examples of Social Engineering Tactics

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Pretexting: 5 Examples of Social Engineering Tactics

Cyber attackers use pretexting scenarios, a type of social engineering, to manipulate victims in order to gain access to personal or valuable information. In this scam, the attacker creates a plausible situation or a pretext to dupe the user into...

December 29, 2021

What Is BIMI & Why It Matters to Email Security

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What Is BIMI & Why It Matters to Email Security

BIMI – Brand Indicators for Message Identification is a standardized protocol introduced recently to systematically display brand logos in emails. BIMI is not only a marketing tool, it is also an important new email security feature. In addition to ensuring...

December 29, 2021

5 Best Phishing Email Templates for Simulations

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5 Best Phishing Email Templates for Simulations

Public and private keys serve as the foundation for public key cryptography and are heavily relied upon in end-to-end encryption. Also referred to as asymmetric cryptography, public key cryptography works because each public key exclusively matches a single private key....

September 11, 2021

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