Tag: email security
Essential components for cloud email security
Attacks are getting more sophisticated, and organizations need a fresh approach. The email threat landscape is evolving fast. From sophisticated phishing attacks to business email compromise (BEC) attacks, bad actors continually find new ways to outsmart existing defenses. For businesses...
AI drives profit and revenue for MSPs and consultants
Recent studies by Canalys and Channel Futures project managed service provider (MSP) revenue to grow 11% or more in 2024. The Channel Futures study reveals that 62% of MSPs increased their artificial intelligence (AI) deployments and consultations in the fourth quarter...
How CISOs can leverage generative AI to improve email, application security
In an era where digital threats evolve at an unprecedented pace, the integration of generative AI into cybersecurity operations has become essential. From content creation to behavior prediction and knowledge articulation, generative AI is reshaping the landscape of security practices, offering immense...
Understanding email threats: The foundation of email security
In today’s digital landscape, email remains a fundamental communication tool for businesses. However, its ubiquity makes it a prime target for cyber threats. Understanding these threats is the first step in fortifying your email security. In this blog post, we’ll...
Threat Spotlight: How company size affects the email threats targeting your business
It takes less than a minute for someone to fall for a phishing scam. According to the 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report, the median time for a recipient to click on a malicious link after opening the email is 21 seconds, followed by...
Email security and XDR are critical to strengthen your cyber defense
Email is an integral part of our daily communication. With countless emails being sent and received daily, it has become an essential fabric of the day-to-day business activities that most of us take for granted. The widespread use of email...
Threat Spotlight: Phishing emails using Adobe InDesign on the rise
Barracuda security researchers are warning of a recent surge in phishing attacks leveraging Adobe InDesign, a known and trusted document publishing system. Some of the attacks are targeted. According to Barracuda telemetry, there has been a near 30-fold increase since October in...
5 best practices for MSP email security
Email remains the primary entry point for most cyberattacks, whether phishing, ransomware, social engineering scams, or business email compromise (BEC). According to data from Barracuda, 75 percent of organizations were the victim of a successful email attack in 2022, and...
Report: 2023 spear-phishing trends
Cybercriminals continue to barrage organizations with targeted spear-phishing attacks, and many companies are struggling to keep up. In fact, Barracuda market research finds that 50% of surveyed organizations were victims of spear phishing in 2022 — and 24% had at least...
The real cost of a major email-borne attack
A new international study highlights the significant financial cost and disruption caused by an email-based security attack. Three-quarters (75%) of the organizations surveyed for the 2023 Email Trends Report say they have fallen victim to at least one successful email attack in...
