Over the years, enterprise security teams and threat actors have been involved in a never-ending game of cat and mouse. Organizations pour millions of dollars to stop advanced threats, but threat actors continue finding ways to evade detection by either enhancing their code or simply repackaging malware in more ways

On July 7, Microsoft revealed they’ve been working since December 2019 to wrest control of key domains used in vast cyber attacks in 62 countries. This particular phishing scheme used COVID-19-related lures to defraud Microsoft 365 customers. It’s one of many attacks we’ve seen. With tensions high and IT resources

Companies worldwide are up against sophisticated email attacks like Business Email Compromises (BEC). These attacks are also known as spear phishing, impersonation, and whaling, with the goal of convincing an end-user to release money or provide account information. Related: Microsoft 365 Is Wildly Successful and Profoundly Vulnerable – Here’s Why

Bad actors are constantly raising the ante on email scams. According to Microsoft, “phishers have been quietly retaliating, evolving their techniques to try and evade protections. In 2019, we saw phishing attacks reach new levels of creativity and sophistication.” To keep pace with these evasive attacks, threat protection software has

Microsoft 365 has been adopted and used at an enormous rate and now powers 600,000 companies in the United States alone. Also enormous? The 78% of Microsoft 365 administrators who reported successful security breaches, citing email phishing as the leading cause. Cloud inboxes are simply more vulnerable than on-premises email

Despite investing a record $3B in Secure Email Gateways (SEGs) in 2019, US companies still lost $1.7B to phishing. Here’s how attackers use sophisticated tactics to bypass the SEG and trick users into taking the bait. Fooling the SEG Activating or uploading malicious content to a target web page only

The COVID-19 Effect on Economy The economic pain being caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is taking a big toll on a global scale and governments are not exempted by this crisis. Many governments around the world are moving their tax-filing deadlines and lifting late penalties to help their citizens cope