DMARC Authentication becomes Mandatory: Email remains the backbone of business communication. It’s reliable, universal, and fast. But with its ease of use comes danger. Hornetsecurity’s annual research shows that email overwhelmingly remains the top vector for cyberattacks and that attackers are getting more sophisticated as AI allows them to reach more potential victims at scale. […]
Protecting email brands from impersonation by cybercriminals is essential. The burgeoning number of phishing and ransomware attacks we have seen over the last few years using email as an attack method shows this. The UK Cabinet Office (as early as 2016) and the USA Department for Homeland Security in 2018 identified protecting email domains as […]
The Cyber Security Threat to Financial Services Businesses Businesses operating in the financial services sector are a prime target for cybercriminals. They will go where the money is, as they always have done. Some of the leading cyber attack methods used against financial services companies occur via email message. Examples of malicious emails include phishing […]
Email is a vital business tool. Even with the emergence of communication hub products like Slack and Microsoft Teams, it is email that delivers the majority of business messaging today. The way that email was initially designed means that malicious third parties can spoof email addresses and pretend to be from an organisation. This opens […]
Email is still an essential business communication tool. It is likely to remain so for the foreseeable future, even with the rise of other communication platforms like Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Basecamp. The way email was initially conceived on the Internet means that it has some easily exploitable security issues. One of these is the […]