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Email systems are vulnerable to a multitude of risks that can interfere with business operations. It’s impossible to embrace continuity without being fully aware of these risks, what they entail, and the repercussions that may follow. Here are the most common threats that organizations should be prepared for before and after they master BCP: There are many crisis types that can undermine your business continuity unless it’s enhanced with advanced solutions and protocols.

Researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 warn that attackers are using refresh entries in HTTP response headers to automatically redirect users to phishing pages without user interaction. “Unit 42 researchers observed many large-scale phishing campaigns in 2024 that used a refresh entry in the HTTP response header,” the researchers write. “From May-July we detected around 2,000 malicious URLs daily that were associated with campaigns of this type.

Phishing attacks occur when cybercriminals trick their victims into sharing personal information, such as passwords or credit card numbers, by pretending to be someone they’re not. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made it easier for cybercriminals to carry out phishing attacks by writing believable phishing messages, mimicking people’s voices, researching targets and creating deepfakes.

Phishing remains the favored and most successful method of obtaining an initial foothold in a targeted organization. So it should come as no surprise that threat actors have developed turnkey solutions that enable even low-skilled hackers to conduct successful email attacks.

Over the past year, BlueVoyant’s cyber threat analysts have identified a significant rise in third-party phishing tactics, most notably with a campaign impersonating the Zelle digital payment service. By mimicking a well-known payment site like Zelle, threat actors can evade detection more effectively while collecting credentials and personally identifiable information (PII) from online users of hundreds of financial institutions.

Researchers at Bitdefender warn that law firms are high-value targets for ransomware gangs and other criminal threat actors. Attackers frequently use phishing to gain initial access to an organization’s networks. “Phishing is one of the most common attacks in the legal field,” the researchers write. “Cybercriminals pose as legitimate entities, tricking employees into divulging sensitive information or clicking malicious links.

Today, we’re excited to expand our recent Unified Risk Posture announcement with more information on our latest integrations with CrowdStrike. We previously shared that our CrowdStrike Falcon Next-Gen SIEM integration allows for deeper analysis and further investigations by unifying first- and third-party data, native threat intelligence, AI, and workflow automation to allow your security teams to focus on work that matters.

The 2024 Trustwave Risk Radar Report: Financial Services Sector underscores the escalating threat landscape facing the industry. Deepfakes, highly realistic synthetic media, and the increasing adoption of cryptocurrencies are providing cybercriminals with new avenues to compromise financial institutions. These emerging threats are augmenting the already prevalent ransomware and phishing campaigns, creating a complex and dynamic threat environment.

Analysis of a new phishing attack demonstrates how attackers may take a longer path to reach their malicious goals while staying “under the radar” of security products. It would be pretty simple to create a phishing attack that sends its’ victims a brand-impersonated email with a link that takes you to an impersonated webpage that asks for credentials, personal details or credit card information. But many of today’s security products will detect the impersonation immediately.

Schools and libraries often lack the funding and staffing needed to build and maintain a robust cybersecurity program. They are also the exact kind of organizations threat actors prefer— under defended and a storehouse of personally identifiable information (PII). Considering that, in 2024, education was the second-most represented industry in ransomware attacks, and third-most in business email compromise (BEC) attacks, it’s clear that protection is paramount.