As email phishing grows more sophisticated and remains a primary attack vector for data breaches, many security providers are attempting to step up their solutions to better mitigate risk. Microsoft is no exception, as the tech giant continues to invest in its Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection, which it proclaims to provide protection, detection and response to “unknown and sophisticated attacks.”
HMRC implements DMARC to block spoofed emails but criminals still able to mimic brand to send phishing messages and trick victims
Major vulnerability allows spear-phishing emails to bypass Gmail’s anti-phishing SPF security in business email compromise (BEC) attack
Phishing emails have evolved into complex threats due to business email compromise, polymorphic attacks and fileless messages that gateways cannot protect.
Google’s Gmail for Business has had an overhaul and now claims to offer AI-powered security features. According to its marketing materials, it will now offer advanced protection against phishing and malware attempts. Fantastic?
Scammers could use the power of Artificial Intelligence to create devious phishing messages that humans can’t possibly detect
Phishing emails now bypass gateway-based filters, so organizations must adopt new mailbox-level email security for phishing prevention.
Phishing awareness training alone will never be a sufficient solution to email security and phishing mitigation, and solutions providers know it. So are organizations that use it for more than 3 years now.
Phishing Awareness Training focused solutions are not aligned with today’s advanced persistent threats, business email compromise and ransomware attacks that require a more holistic and integrated approach to phishing mitigation.
As ransomware ran amock last year we take a retrospective look at what actually transpired
