Black Friday and Cyber Monday are highlights in the cybercriminals’ calendars, leading to a spike in the number of related phishing attacks. Between November 1st – November 14th, 2023, we've detected a 237% increase in phishing emails relating to Black Friday and Cyber Monday versus the period between September 1st – October 31st, 2023. We predict that this will increase in the run up to this year’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
As part of our efforts to effectively quantify and demonstrate the return on investment (ROI) for our customers, Egress has commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a Total Economic Impact of Egress Intelligent Email Security study. As part of this study, Forrester interviewed and gathered data from four Egress customers. This data and the interviewees’ experiences were aggregated to create a composite customer organization – a financial services firm with 9,000 mailboxes.
A data breach can wreak havoc on an organization and can also have long-term consequences for those who have their personal information exposed. In this article, we'll outline the biggest cybersecurity data breaches in history, as well as a rundown of some of the more recent notable cybersecurity breaches. Data is the new currency, and cybersecurity breaches are a major threat to individuals and businesses.
Data breaches are a costly and time-consuming problem for businesses in today's digital age and no organization, regardless of industry or size, is immune. Cyberattacks can impact the security of proprietary information, halt operations, and compromise private customer data. This guide explains how to respond to data breaches and protect your reputation and discusses the costs of data breach reputation damage.
Following the release of the Phishing Threat Trends Report, we recently hosted the Human Risk Summit, a coming together of some of the biggest names in the industry to discuss the human element and the role it plays in cybersecurity. In this post, we’ll recap some of the themes, statistics, and insights from two of our speakers – Nadine Michaelides of University College London and Jinan Budge of Forrester.
Following the release of the Phishing Threat Trends Report, we recently hosted the Human Risk Summit, a coming together of some of the biggest names in the industry to discuss the human element and the role it plays in cybersecurity. In this post, we’ll recap some of the themes, statistics, and insights from two of our speakers – Chris Novak of Verizon and Perry Carpenter from KnowBe4.
Cybercriminals never take a day off, and nor should your email protection. The online threat landscape is constantly evolving, and our Threat Intelligence team has unearthed some incredibly sophisticated threats over the last 10 months. To help equip you in the fight against phishing attacks, such as business email compromise, we published the Phishing Threat Trends Report, which outlines and explains the most common threats we’ve seen so far in 2023.
On March 15th, 2023, a new feature released from Microsoft enabled organizations with a paid subscription to Microsoft 365 for business, Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, Enterprise Mobility Suite, or other Microsoft services, to add company branding to their Microsoft 365 sign-in page via Azure Active Directory. This update is often recommended to improve both user experience and security by providing assurance the individual is logging in via the legitimate page for their company.
The Egress Threat Intelligence team has detected an 83.6% increase in scouting phishing emails between May 1st – June 30, 2023, compared with March 1st – April 30th, 2023. These emails aim to identify organizations’ and individuals’ personal time off (PTO) patterns or other absences from work through the automatic out-of-office responses they receive. The scouting attacks were sent from multiple spoofed email addresses from servers located in Russia and Japan.
