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Office 365 Phishing Email Campaign Hides Excel Template in HTML

  Phishing remains one of the most popular types of corporate attacks in terms of its prevalence, and therefore it is not surprising that attackers are coming up with increasingly sophisticated methods to obtain the victim’s personal data. Signs of an Office 365 Phishing Attack  A Warning from Microsoft: The

Loose SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and ARC Settings Sabotage Security

It’s safe to say that all of our Cyren Inbox Security customers use the native Office 365 security capabilities of Exchange Online Protection and Advanced Threat Protection (now collectively called Microsoft Defender for Office 365). If you follow this blog, you can’t help but notice that CIS and our incident

What Is Macro Malware (Macro Virus)? Prevention Tips & Examples

Macro malware (also known as macro viruses) is a computer virus that is written in the same macro language used in other software, such as Microsoft Excel and Word. Since macro viruses use the same macro language, the attack begins as soon as the document is opened. Macro malware can

Phishing through the prism of graphic design

A little design in the phishing world What do bright and catchy presentations, laconic documents, and perfect CVs have in common? Everyone can easily create it by using online graphic design platforms without wasting time. Almost everyone already knows about such services and have used at least one time before.

Anatomy of a Malware Attack: Emails with Password-Protected Files

Almost 94% of all malware attacks are delivered via email. These attacks may include ransomware, adware, spyware, and more. Lately we have observed a growing trend of distributing malware through password-protected email attachments. Let’s look at an example of what this kind of malware attack looks like so that you

Phishing hosted on high Alexa domains: another dangerous trick in Web

Dark side of high Alexa domains How much do you trust such services as Google, Windows, Dropbox? And what about the open access libraries? One more important question is, how much your employees use such services in their daily routine? According to the Cyren Inbox Security traffic statistic, vast amounts

Security Awareness Training Won’t Give CISOs or Employees Peace of Mind

I attended a virtual roundtable discussion with CISOs this week. The session opened with a somber question: what keeps you up at night? The overwhelming majority of CISOs said they’re afraid users will click on something they shouldn’t. And rightfully so – according to the 2019 Global Data Exposure Report,